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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: 2) by captain normal on Thursday March 06 2014, @05:49AM

    by captain normal (2205) on Thursday March 06 2014, @05:49AM (#11778)

    I think what you guys have done in such a short time is awesome. I can also understand how the many hours of work and attention put in by John have led to burn-out. I do hope after he recovers from the madness that sleep deprivation causes, he will find a bit of time to stay with us and join the conversion from time to time.
    I have nothing but the deepest respect not only for John (mattie p), but all the lead team.
    Let us all take it easy on NCommander and the crew from now on. We have years to fix small bugs and add improvements. This site is up and running and already I don't miss whatever that old site was/is. We are finding nerdy stuff to post and carrying on (to me) a much more intelligent and fun conversion than I have seen in a long time.
    John, Thank you. Thank you.

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  • (Score: 1) by captain normal on Thursday March 06 2014, @06:44AM

    by captain normal (2205) on Thursday March 06 2014, @06:44AM (#11800)

    This is a correction. Don't know why I mixed up mattie p for Barrabas (Must be over consumption of IPA), But if there is any offence, please accept my sincere apology.

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by mattie_p on Thursday March 06 2014, @04:07PM

      by mattie_p (13) on Thursday March 06 2014, @04:07PM (#12012) Journal

      Its cool. Mattie_p (that's me) is still involved and I will continue to do so.