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posted by mattie_p on Wednesday February 19 2014, @07:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the man-behind-the-curtain dept.

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))

 
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  • (Score: 1) by darnkitten on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:28AM

    by darnkitten (1912) on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:28AM (#3007)

    Possible OT; when I click on hidden comments, they open in another tab, instead of expanding. This used to happen on /., but, for the life of me, I can't remember how it was fixed. Can someone let me know which setting to use to either expand hidden comments or to force an "Expand all?"

  • (Score: 1) by number6 on Thursday February 20 2014, @11:32AM

    by number6 (1831) on Thursday February 20 2014, @11:32AM (#3358) Journal

    There is a script for Greasemonkey (Firefox addon) which allows you to do what you want.

    Slashdot Expandable Comment Tree v2

       Adds [+][-] symbols next to all comments allowing you to expand and collapse any of them for viewing.
       The script is here:   http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/38184 [userscripts.org]

    To modify the script to work on SoylentNews:

       Open the script in a text editor, and add this line:
       // @include       http*://*soylentnews.org/*

    • (Score: 1) by darnkitten on Tuesday February 25 2014, @10:25PM

      by darnkitten (1912) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @10:25PM (#6978)

      Thanks--I wasn't able to get it to work (I don't know why, probably interference fromsome extension or other), but switching to "Nested" in the prefs seems to do the job.