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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: 3, Funny) by n1 on Saturday May 31 2014, @06:14PM

    by n1 (993) on Saturday May 31 2014, @06:14PM (#49663) Journal

    Just like to mention, as a member of staff, this outcome is not one I was hoping for.

    I respect the result even though I quite strongly disagree with keeping the name. We can be the GIMP in the 'news for nerds' sphere.

    Starting Score:    1  point
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  • (Score: 2) by mattie_p on Saturday May 31 2014, @06:49PM

    by mattie_p (13) on Saturday May 31 2014, @06:49PM (#49670) Journal

    Hopefully you don't disagree enough to ragequit, we would miss you.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by lhsi on Saturday May 31 2014, @06:55PM

    by lhsi (711) on Saturday May 31 2014, @06:55PM (#49673) Journal

    Part of me was hoping for a different name, one that's easier to get across to other people in discussion would be nice. The last set of choices weren't too much better though.

    In all, I'm not too bothered about it.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by pe1rxq on Saturday May 31 2014, @07:03PM

      by pe1rxq (844) on Saturday May 31 2014, @07:03PM (#49679) Homepage

      I did not visit the other site all those years because its name made sense or was explainable.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 31 2014, @08:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 31 2014, @08:25PM (#49699)

        Amen brotha!

      • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday June 01 2014, @01:48AM

        by Reziac (2489) on Sunday June 01 2014, @01:48AM (#49771) Homepage

        This!! I visited the other site all these years because it was worth visiting... and a bit because I could remember the bloody name. I'm glad SN won... another name I can remember, another site I hope to visit for a lot of years. :)

        --
        And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.

  • (Score: 1) by islisis on Sunday June 01 2014, @02:10AM

    by islisis (2901) on Sunday June 01 2014, @02:10AM (#49780) Homepage

    So sad and so true

  • (Score: 1) by islisis on Sunday June 01 2014, @05:19AM

    by islisis (2901) on Sunday June 01 2014, @05:19AM (#49820) Homepage

    I would still like to know why you decided to use a 'moderation' system rather than a voting algorithm, like instant-runoff. Might the outcome have been changed...?