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A Resignation

posted by mattie_p on Thursday March 06 2014, @02:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-kim-jung-un dept.

I can no longer sustain the level of activity needed to run SoylentNews, and so I have resigned as leader.

In the end, I was literally begging people to step back and let the site "just run" for a few days while I caught up... alas, to no effect. Issues must be resolved "right here and right now" continuously throughout my day with no end in sight.

NCommander has taken over as project lead - he has access to everything from the registrar down. I understand he has a different vision for the project, which will soon be revealed.

I'm sorry to leave like this, but there's really nothing for it. I'm going back to my AI studies, which happen at a more leisurely pace.

John Barrabas

(And yes, this was an amicable transfer of power. There's no hard feelings on my side.)

[Ed. Note: this is a word for word article based on Barrabas's journal entry.]

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday March 06 2014, @03:16AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday March 06 2014, @03:16AM (#11698) Homepage

    Seconded. This place is doing fine, and all bitchers and moaners can do is complain that somebody offered them a far superior alternative to what they were bitching about before this place even existed. Fuck the bitchers, they will be troll-bombed relentlessly.

    I will avenge you!

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Common Joe on Thursday March 06 2014, @05:17AM

    by Common Joe (33) <common.joe.0101NO@SPAMgmail.com> on Thursday March 06 2014, @05:17AM (#11764) Journal

    By Grabthar's Hammer, I will avenge you!

    FTFY.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by dj245 on Thursday March 06 2014, @09:29PM

    by dj245 (1530) on Thursday March 06 2014, @09:29PM (#12225)

    In my line of work, complaints are common and customers ask for a lot of things they will never get. Heck, if we gave them everything they wanted, we would sell industrial equipment for $1 with a 100 year warranty and 24/7 support. There comes a point when the thing your doing is basically good enough, it works fine. When that happens you have to weigh the cost of doing X against the cost (in goodwill or loyalty) of not doing X. Take it easy, the site basically works and things can be fixed in due time.