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Journal by janrinok

NCommander is publishing a Meta story today: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/11/20/0342250 It will be published on the front page with all of the restrictions that apply to such stories and discussions.

In it NCommander explains how he sees the future of the site developing with regards to software, hardware and administration. Some of those views are different now from the views that many of us held in 2014. The requirement for some of our servers is no longer justified, and there are better technologies available for achieving what we are trying to do thus also reducing our running costs. The administration of the site is placing an increasing burden on the relatively few administrators that remain in the support team. Society has also changed. Some discussion has been replaced by intimidation and threats. It is much more polarised than it was in 2014. In many ways this is the same as for numerous other web sites. However, the abuse and toxic atmosphere created by a small number of Anonymous Cowards is unacceptable and must be reversed if the site is to survive. The responsibility for some of the problems that we are experiencing, and the resulting actions that we have had to take, is placed entirely at their feet.

A few months ago the majority of the community opted - albeit very reluctantly - to remove AC posts from the front pages of the site. This action has successfully removed the vast majority of the abuse from our discussions. We are seeing a slow increase in the number of comments week-on-week and the signal-to-noise ratio is now much higher. It is only right that we also reconsider the implications of that change.

This journal entry is to enable anyone who wishes to remain anonymous to express their views. I promise that I will read it and will ensure that genuine views are considered when the community decides which path it wishes to follow. I cannot make any assurances that other members of the site's administration will read it - although I expect that at least some will. If you have an account then I strongly encourage you to leave your views under NCommander's Meta story and not here.

I further my promise that I will try to represent your views as honestly and fairly as I can.

If you abuse this journal then you are simply giving more support to the alternative options that might be considered than you are to the status quo. I encourage you to expresses sensible, logical and considered views but should you decide that abuse is what you prefer then this journal entry can simply be removed. You are being given an opportunity - do not throw it away.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:03PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:03PM (#1280844)

    Maybe it is unavoidable, but it's still sad that i can't make comments except here in the shadows. I have one place left where i can comment without registering, but it's for a specific subject.

    As i said in the original topic, i just don't feel like reading the comments much anymore. I can't contribute, so what's the point. I'm not saying my contributions are anything that earth shattering, but sometimes i might be able to clear something up, share my knowledge or whatever.

    But as it is, i guess i'll keep reading the interesting articles and be quiet in the shadows feeling a bit of an outcast.

    And hey, thanks for ruining it for the rest of us you whackjob, paranoid, selfish, spamming assholes. Fuck you, fuck you very much.

    "Heaven's closed, hell's sold out, so i walk on earth..."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:08PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:08PM (#1280845)

    The only way to win, is not to play.

    Let it go. There are other places.

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday November 21 2022, @06:15PM (1 child)

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 21 2022, @06:15PM (#1280850) Journal

      Oh really - where you are given free rein to say what you wish without any responsibilities at somebody else's expense? So why do you still come here?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:21PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:21PM (#1280852)

        Purely for your warm, witty banter.

  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday November 21 2022, @06:14PM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 21 2022, @06:14PM (#1280849) Journal

    I would much rather that we could think of an alternative but for the moment we cannot. We would rather not lose you.

    And while I support your outburst against the minority who have caused this problem I fear that they neither care nor feel remorse. It is too late. However, this is a discussion. Nothing yet has been decided so don't be too hasty.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:53PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @06:53PM (#1280863)

      I would much rather that we could think of an alternative but for the moment we cannot.

      Ay, there's the rub.

  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday November 21 2022, @07:45PM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 21 2022, @07:45PM (#1280874) Journal

    Let me turn the question around. Given that we cannot open the front pages to unlimited AC posting without going back to what we had 4 months ago, what would you like to see in terms of provision for ACs? What would convince you to stay?

    Do you want a copy of each front page story reproducing in a journal so that you can discuss it? Do you have an alternative method of identifying (by random number, a different kind of username "acMyName" etc)? I'm not sure how we would manage the latter, but we haven't yet given a great deal of thought. There would have to be some form of verification (issued password for each AC - but how would we guarantee only one password per AC?). We don't want to actually know who you are, we just want to know one account from another so that those who respect the system can participate) Perhaps a your id_rsa.pub - it doesn't tell us anything about you but it is unique to you.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @08:40PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 21 2022, @08:40PM (#1280890)

      Please, for the love of the Bard, edit! Less is... somethin'.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by janrinok on Monday November 21 2022, @08:09PM (2 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 21 2022, @08:09PM (#1280879) Journal
    • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2022, @10:14AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2022, @10:14AM (#1281999)

      Rather than take away the ability to post as AC on the site, what we actually want is some way of controlling AC posts

      Seems like what janrinok wants is a sort of Tesla AC self-posting control, that will cause the AC to crash and burn, preferably into an emergency vehicle.

      In any case, SN appears to be dead. No interesting comments anymore. And the front page continues with really boring and uninteresting articles, the polls are trite and ridiculous, and Ncommander has once again gone missing.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2022, @08:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2022, @08:25PM (#1282047)

        Spam mod in the hidden depth of a janrinok journal! How appropriate and end for SoylentNews!

        Always remember BuckFeta, and the hope that was.