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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, Insightful) by Open4D on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:19AM
That's what the preview button is for!
Possibly though, there could be a preference for users who don't trust themselves to have a 2nd preview, which has just your comment on screen, almost nothing else, and says "Are you really sure you want to post this?" "Yes" "No, go back and edit it further".
(Score: 2, Insightful) by dmc on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:35AM
Another option would be time-delayed and cancellable posting. I think I'd like that in thunderbird for email as well. I.e. by default the time delay on post would be 0s or perhaps 120s, though with a number/time entry field to modify the default for that post. Then after you hit submit you have that length of time to optionally cancel the post/submission. That way you can both 'fire and forget' as well as 'catch a mistake and keep it from going out'. I've too well conditioned myself now at the age of 38, but I can't count the number of times I've emailed the author/maintainer of an open source package with a question that had been bugging me for hours or days, only to have the correct thought about how to find the answer myself within 5 minutes of sending the mail. (yes, I am the one who had to post Doh above after a similar scenario, but in that case, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have found it myself even after a day)