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Update: The staff is in conversation with the buyer right now. More to follow, but at this point it looks to be a benevolent benefactor from the community. More to follow as we get it.
SoylentNews community:
As you know, there is not a lot of information available right now. Barrabas reports that he has sold the Soylentnews.org and associated domain names, and successfully transferred them, but neither the buyer's name nor the terms of that sale have been disclosed. As spokesperson for the staff of the site during this time, we would like everyone to know the following:
Our current backup plan is to revert to the li694-22.members.linode.com where the site is actually hosted. If we need to go there for any reason, we will try to notify the site in advance. If it has to go down or we are forced down, we'll be there. We will rebuild the database with some downtime and work from there.
We will send out a mass email to all users from the database informing them of this step should we need to do so.
We do not plan to implement this yet. We (the staff) did not advocate the buyout, but will try and work with the buyer if possible. We do not know the terms on which the domain name was sold.
We the staff will still operate the site, in its current condition on linode, until the community can vote on a new name. Depending on the buyer, we hope we can consider keeping the name the same as an option.
Until we know more information, we would like everyone to remain calm, collected, and civil, while we sort through these issues. Thank you
~mattie_p
(Score: 5, Funny) by everdred on Monday March 10 2014, @08:05PM
We finally have a name!
(Score: 2, Interesting) by dilbert on Monday March 10 2014, @08:11PM
lots of similarities between the dirty laundry here, and the garbage there. We get an added sense of meaning if this place blows up like the Death Star...
(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 10 2014, @08:11PM
li694-22.members.linode.com is people!
(Score: 1) by ksarka on Monday March 10 2014, @08:33PM
Yes. You just made me blow air out of my nose real loud!
Sadly I'm out of modpoints for this..
(Score: 3, Funny) by everdred on Monday March 10 2014, @08:36PM
Quick, someone register li694-22.members.linode.com.org! ;)
(Score: 1) by rts008 on Tuesday March 11 2014, @08:45AM
Yes AC, I'll grant that was pretty funny. Well done.
Instead of felling happy though, now I just feel old....
(Score: 5, Insightful) by elgrantrolo on Monday March 10 2014, @08:23PM
Better than that: we have a new meme!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 10 2014, @08:50PM
I actually like it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 10 2014, @09:37PM
li694-22.org is still available if you want to buy it.
Vote with your money they says !
(Score: 1) by everdred on Monday March 10 2014, @09:57PM
(Score: 1) by kbahey on Monday March 10 2014, @10:59PM
How about calling it li694-22.org?
Or by its nickname: li694.org?
2bits.com, Inc: Drupal, WordPress, and LAMP performance tuning [2bits.com].
(Score: 2) by Daniel Dvorkin on Monday March 10 2014, @11:25PM
Pronounced "Lithium 694", perhaps?
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(Score: 1) by kbahey on Monday March 10 2014, @11:31PM
Fine by me.
I thought it is a real isotope, but when I Googled it, turns out some music band or something.
2bits.com, Inc: Drupal, WordPress, and LAMP performance tuning [2bits.com].
(Score: 1) by Taibhsear on Tuesday March 11 2014, @03:12PM
Or just "Lithium News: Because you can't help going among mad people."
A la Lithium [wikipedia.org] and Lewis Carroll.
(Score: 2) by gottabeme on Wednesday March 12 2014, @10:45AM
I actually really like this idea.
(Score: 2) by Daniel Dvorkin on Wednesday March 12 2014, @06:38PM
Ha! Yes, that's excellent.
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