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Name Vote Complete

posted by mrcoolbp on Saturday May 31 2014, @04:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the and-the-winner-is dept.

mrcoolbp writes:

We've finally reached the end. The name will be....

...SoylentNews.org!

I know, it's a bit anti-climactic, but we've gone over the results and our current name won by a significant margin. We'll follow up with a post detailing the voting results in a few days.

Edit: The results data are available in responses to this comment.

For what it's worth, there were a lot of us that would have like to see the name change. The staff even had a chance to override this decision, but instead we decided to support the community's choice.

I'd like to thank everyone who spent a lot of time (and in some cases money) suggesting domains, voting, and bearing with us through this long complex process. It turned into a huge, non-trivial task to pull off, and I appreciate your patience and understanding. We listened to your criticisms of the process as well and we've learned a lot about how we can significantly improve this process for the future.

Okay, now cue all the "I told you that SoylentNews would win!1!!1!!" comments...

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by black6host on Saturday May 31 2014, @04:56PM

    by black6host (3827) on Saturday May 31 2014, @04:56PM (#49630) Journal

    I just wanted to say thank you for giving it so much consideration and putting the time and effort into it.

    Job well done, folks.

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  • (Score: 2) by buswolley on Saturday May 31 2014, @05:25PM

    by buswolley (848) on Saturday May 31 2014, @05:25PM (#49642)

    Yes this is a community success, mo matter the result.
    NExt up on the docket,
    changing the name of slashcode to soylentcode,spaghetticode,slashcode, or ____

    --
    subicular junctures

  • (Score: 1) by stephenw32768 on Saturday May 31 2014, @08:53PM

    by stephenw32768 (2735) on Saturday May 31 2014, @08:53PM (#49711)

    +1.

    I've been lurking here almost since the beginning. I didn't register to vote because I'm not an active member of the community and thus didn't have any skin in the game, so to speak; but I like the name and I'm glad it won.

    Nice one, guys.

    *resumes lurking*

    -Stephen

  • (Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Saturday May 31 2014, @10:49PM

    by M. Baranczak (1673) on Saturday May 31 2014, @10:49PM (#49727)

    Speaking of time... why will it take "a few days" to put up a post with the voting results? You already have the results, right?

  • (Score: 1) by NullPtr on Thursday June 05 2014, @07:50AM

    by NullPtr (3786) on Thursday June 05 2014, @07:50AM (#51537) Journal

    And it's amusing that even you thought it was a stupid name! Out of interest.....why? Why was it called Soylent Green? What's the connection between a slashdot fork and a limp movie?