prospectacle writes:
"An important choice remains for this site. What kind of organisation will we be, practically, legally and financially?
A for-profit, shareholder corporation seems out of the question, by general consensus (correct me if I'm wrong), but other questions remain. The basic choice is this:
Will we be like a charity, a co-op, or a recreational club?
This is a gross simplification, but gives some idea of the options involved. Feel free to offer alternatives. So what should we be, what is our purpose, really? And what kind of a structure is required to make sure we serve that purpose, and that money doesn't end up in the wrong pockets?
Bonus question: which jurisdiction should we set ourselves up in to fulfil our mission most effectively?"
(Score: 5, Insightful) by melikamp on Wednesday March 12 2014, @11:43AM
Why would anyone go away? Just because there is a story or two every day regarding a topic they don't care about? I have absolutely no interest in about half of the stories on this site, and 90% on /. before that, and I am sure the situation is similar for most readers and posters.
(Score: 3, Informative) by codemachine on Wednesday March 12 2014, @05:50PM
Seems the comments volume is down quite a bit on any story that doesn't involve Soylent News itself.
So much time and attention is being put into this transparency/drama stuff that the actual news site may be slipping away.
People have been turned off, some have turned away. The focus has to move towards posting interesting stories and discussing them, or the rest of the decisions made here simply won't matter.
We could run on this same server with this same obsolete code and we'd be okay for quite some time, as long as there were good stories and good discussion.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday March 12 2014, @06:41PM
Actually comment volume is creeping up.
I haven't seen a story scroll off the main page with zero comments in a long time, and 20 or 40 comments for a group of this size is quite impressive.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.