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On behalf of all the staff I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!
I am grateful for all the support the community has shown us since we started SoylentNews.org on February 12, 2014. Has it really been that long? Back then, the internet was dominated by HTTP; it would take some time (years?) until we transitioned to Gandhi and then Let's Encrypt!
I have been active on the site since we started. Why? It was the spirit of gratitude I saw here to be free from having "corporate overlords"; how people pitched in trying to help. They were looking not at what they could get but rather what they could give! That spirit lives on to this day. Where? I see it in the people who submit stories and journal articles. I see it when people post (and moderate) comments. And lets not forget those who subscribe to the site which pays bills (hosting fees and accounting expenses, primarily). We are all volunteers here; nobody has ever been paid anything for their work here!
I'm taking this opportunity to thank all the editors who perform the seemingly thankless task of selecting, reviewing, editing, and posting stories to the site. I hereby invite them to enjoy the long holiday weekend.
We will be on a holiday/weekend story schedule from the start of Thursday through the end of Sunday (UTC). Enjoy the well-deserved break! Thank You!
Another story will be along presently; this story is in addition to our normal schedule. --martyb/Bytram
(Score: 5, Informative) by captain normal on Thursday November 25 2021, @02:44AM (1 child)
Thank all the folk on this page: https://wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/WhosWho [soylentnews.org]
Thank you Marty for being the ramrod on this herd. You are awesome.
And maybe we should also thank Dice Holding for giving us the spark that lit our fire. (Or maybe not)
Seven years? It sure doesn't seem that long.
For folk in other parts of the world here is what we mean about Thanksgiving Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving [wikipedia.org]
"It is easier to fool someone than it is to convince them that they have been fooled" Mark Twain
(Score: 2) by martyb on Thursday November 25 2021, @04:43AM
Yes, though a number of them are no longer here now, they set a solid foundation (from years-old code!) on which this site has blossomed and flourished. We'd not be where we are how without their hard work and sacrifice.
Buck Feta? Indeed!
Wit is intellect, dancing.