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- Submit stories
- Click the Submit Story link in the "Navigation" slashbox on the left-hand side of the main page. It is not necessary to write perfect prose (though we sure appreciate it when we see it!) If you find a story that you find interesting and think that others might also enjoy it, too, send it in! We publish, on average, about 450 stories a month. If 1% of the community submitted a story or two each month, it would make a huge difference!
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- You don't need to be a subject-matter expert to comment on a story! (Though we sure do appreciate when such people chime in!) Sometimes the best discussions come about simply because someone asked a question.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:04AM
Quit begging, you morons, and fund your shitty site with Bitcoin mining.
Can't figure out how to mine Bitcoin? Ask a teenager from the Homeland Generation to tutor you, stupid Boomer assholes.
Making a public pledge never to donate to your musky news for geezers!
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday January 20 2017, @07:33AM
I happened upon a Web page, which I suggest you peruse, entitled "SoylentNews Alternatives." It lists other news sites with a similar focus; perhaps you will find one or more appropriate to your age.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161115163756/http://alternativeto.net/software/soylentnews/ [archive.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:49AM
First hit is Hacker News for Millennials.
Second hit is Slashdot for GenX.
Pretty good suggestions for picking on someone your own age.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:53AM
Interesting, I use alternativeto quite often, but I didn't know there are also alternatives for websites.
I'm also enjoying the fact that a whining, trolling AC was confronted by an actual butthurt telling him -- very politely and respectfully -- to piss off :D
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @11:50AM
https://voat.co/v/technology [voat.co]
https://voat.co/v/linux [voat.co]
https://voat.co/v/science/ [voat.co]
https://voat.co/ [voat.co]
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Friday January 20 2017, @12:25PM
"Error 1008 [...] Access denied [...] Performance & security by CloudFlare"
Thanks though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @09:45PM
Error 1008 [...] Access denied
I was under the impression that that site was like Facebook, requiring a signup to even -read- anything.
N.B. Looking back, I don't know where I got that erroneous idea.
I pull up the Linux page.
I didn't have the slightest problem getting that.
I will note that, by default, I block EVERYTHING that isn't readable text, including the 4 scripts on that page.
Now, with my browser config, I have to scroll down about 45 percent before I get to any actual content.
Adding the Fragment Identifier #linkflair to their URL would improve that condition for me.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Saturday January 21 2017, @02:33AM
I was under the impression that that site was like Facebook, requiring a signup to even -read- anything.
N.B. Looking back, I don't know where I got that erroneous idea.
I seem to recall that a discussion site recommended by The Mighty Buzzard works that way. He may have made a journal entry about the site, which has a reputation for being frequented by conservative-minded netizens.
> I didn't have the slightest problem getting [a voat.co page].
I assume that voat.co doesn't approve of the anonymising proxy I use. I also, incorrectly, assumed that other readers would understand the reason for the error. Sorry about that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:59AM
Some day you'll be old, and then you'll laugh at what a dick you were when you were young. Maybe you'll still be a dick, who knows. Everyone gets old, just remember that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @08:09AM
No way man. I'm like Homer Simpson. I haven't changed since high school. I'm 40 years old but I still rock out to all of today's teen hits on the Billboard charts.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @08:17AM
The jew is upset that non-jewish stories make it to the site and are discussed. Comments are also made on this site that reveal the truth about jews. The jew naturally hates that. The jew hides among non-jews in order to steer conversations on forums towards his worldview where jews are rulers and their demon god is praised. The jew does everything to stop people with different views from posting. Their JIDF organization is always active and gets involved in the moderation and administration of websites and forums. They don't have to worry about making a living; they live off the hard work of non-jews, so they are able to spend hours each day moderating and reporting anti-jewish comments and commenters to the proper authorities so they can be murdered.
When adding moderators and administrators of forums, always make sure they are not jewish. Otherwise intelligent discussions about real topics (and discussion of the jewish question) will be banned and only jewish celebrity news will be discussed.
Now go ahead and be a good goy and moderate this comment -1, Troll. Your jewish masters are counting on you being a good goy.
Jewish hatred toward the Goyim [youtube.com]
How the Jews Treat Christians in Israel - It's Serious! [youtube.com]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @09:42AM
Leverage What You Know to Support Donald Trump. Make America Great Again!
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday January 20 2017, @01:29PM
Leverage what you know and go find that great leader Hillary! Or is she dead? I dunno, cause no one has seen her or her leadership skills lately.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @10:27PM
no one has seen her or her leadership skills lately
I can't say that I've missed her.
(Making an effort to not consume Lamestream Media, I didn't catch much of her swill for the last year either.)
Meanwhile, in the November election, Reds took seats in the national gov't and in state houses.
Folks weren't so much voting -for- Reds as they were voting AGAINST Blues.
Since then, Neoliberal Pelosi was elected Blue Leader by her colleagues in the House.
Neoliberal Schumer was elected Blue Leader by his colleagues in the Senate.
Neoliberal Wasserman Schultz was reelected in her Florida district, over a worker-friendly anti-Neoliberal opponent.
The Florida Democrat Party elected a Neoliberal as their chairman.
The guy that most Blues like for DNC chairman is a chickenhawk.
The Blues have learned NOTHING from the election.
They will continue on their anti-worker Neoliberal tack and will continue to lose elections.
We can only hope that the migration away from the Blues is in the direction of a less Neoliberal and more anti-war party.
I'm also hoping that Trump voters take note of what his Neoliberal domestic policies and Neoconservative foreign policies get them (rather than unbendingly defending their choice as O'Bummer voters have).
With a little luck, the short fuse of Donnie Tiny Hands will be managed by more mature people and we'll avoid a nuclear war and there will be another election in 2 years.
If we're really lucky, we'll survive to see another election in 4 years.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Funny) by dyingtolive on Friday January 20 2017, @01:59PM
I think you're thinking of a comment that was posted at goylentnews.org.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!