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mattie_p paraphrases Barrabas, who uttered these words (mostly):
To everyone who contributed to the initial roll out, thank you! It was an amazing effort, and we couldn't have done it without you.
I've set down some notes, with an overview of where I see the project heading in the next few weeks. As always, we can stop and discuss if the community feels we should be moving in a different direction.
We have had a wildly successful launch, and can now proceed at a slightly more leisurely pace, at least for the team that handles code development. I have always intended to do development the right way; with a strong foundation of tools and with leaders to oversee and coordinate the effort between individuals and other groups. As a result, this upcoming week I've told our system administrator team to take a break. They can certainly do minor bug fixes at a leisurely pace if they feel bored, but I want a team that is relaxed and refreshed.
Speaking of a team, we actually have at least five of them. There is a systems team, which are primarily concerned with systems and server issues. There is a development team, consisting of people who contribute code to the site. There is a content team, consisting of our editors, artists, and administrators of our wiki, forum, and IRC channels. A fourth group is style, representing those who help determine how the site is presented. Finally, we have our business team, which includes marketing, legal, finances, and other such issues.
This has been an exciting time. I understand there has been some concern about decisions made during first roll out. I promised that we would operate by community consensus, and I will abide by that. Look for opportunities to contribute to the future direction of SoylentNews over the upcoming days and weeks.
(To read the full story in his words, simply go to Barrabas's Journal Entry. (internal hyperlink))
(Score: 2, Informative) by FacialPaper on Wednesday February 19 2014, @07:37AM
Speaking of moderation: Is it just me or do mod points expire much faster than they used to? I understand that it's counterproductive to allow people to hoard them forever, but I've seen my points disappear within a couple of hours. I always like to keep a couple in reserve, just in case I come across an interesting but underrated AC, but that's hard to do when I'm basically forced to use them all in one go.
(Score: 5, Informative) by mattie_p on Wednesday February 19 2014, @07:39AM
I would suggest you read NCommander's journal entry [soylentnews.org] on the topic of moderation. If you have questions regarding the process by which we award mod points, please feel free to contact him.
(Score: 1) by FacialPaper on Wednesday February 19 2014, @07:57AM
Ah, that explains everything. Thanks!
(Score: 4, Informative) by NCommander on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:14AM
I admit, the new algo requires some getting used to, but moderation depends on quick and fast action as articles don't stick around on the front page for very long.
Still always moving
(Score: 2, Informative) by martyb on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:22PM
There are journal entries describing how the old system worked [soylentnews.org], and how the new system is intended to work [soylentnews.org].
I share your confusion on the expiry of mod points. It's been a long-standing frustration of mine on the old site.
What I'd love to see is something like:
I suppose it should use the same date format as selected in the user's preferences, but am open to alternatives including a separate profile entry(?). For now, whatever is easiest is fine! (BTW, why isn't ISO8601 a date/time format choice? C'mon we're NERDS here! :-)
My thinking is that it provides me a MUCH better idea of how much longer I'll have points available and I can better assess whether I want to apply them to the current story (I've only got 15 minutes left), or wait a bit to see what the next story may bring (I've got 6 hours remaining.)
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 1) by stderr on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:55PM
Or seconds since Epoch...
Or stardate.
alias sudo="echo make it yourself #" #
(Score: 1) by martyb on Wednesday February 19 2014, @06:34PM
Snort! (Wipes coffee from keyboard) NOW you're talking! Thanks for the laugh!!
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 1) by mcgrew on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:25PM
I have yet to get any points here, you're not told how long they last? If that's so, they should fix that. As to holding on to them, slashdot's lengths seemed reasonable.
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