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Today we stand proud, fellow Soylentils. Two stories have been received to explain why:
Slashdot.org switches accounts to Classic-like interface
It now appears that Slashdot has now completely changed its interface to the new "beta" interface - which looks almost the same as the "old" interface. Users can no longer view the non-beta classic site, which is being reported by users all around the site.
The only official news on the matter is in the form of a journal entry.
Does this mean it's time to go after our original mission and let them know we're here?
"Beta" Delenda est!
Remember Slashdot? Remember Beta? This blog post might be tagged "sudden outbreak of common sense," if it wasn't well over a year too late:
...effective today, we've jettisoned the Slashdot Beta platform out the side portal. [...] After heavily experimenting on the Beta platform and splitting traffic between Classic and Beta, we've made some decisions about which platform changes ultimately make sense: starting today, we're unifying users back on our Classic platform.
A raft of minor changes came along with this announcement. Still no comment, though, on whether those users are a "community" or an "audience."
And frankly, that's why soylentnews is better.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by q.kontinuum on Friday February 27 2015, @05:52PM
Thanks, but I'm not sure I want to pay $20 on top of my current subscription. Now, $5 I might have to spare. It's not even that the $20 would actually hurt me, it's a pure psychological thing. $5 is about a regular lunch or a magazine for me, which comes under "small change". $20 is a purchase. I was just thinking, maybe we have others who feel the same way. How many subscribers do we currently have? ~300-400? How many Users do we have? ~7000?
If each user could spend $1, soylentnews would be funded for a year. If one out of three gives $1 on top of current subscribers, that would also be enough.
Note: I am willing to spend a little bit more; I already did. But giving some small money would be something for soylentnews without any expectation in return. Extending the subscription for another year would mean that soylentnews uses the money now they got to pay the infrastructure next year.
Registered IRC nick on chat.soylentnews.org: qkontinuum
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday February 27 2015, @09:44PM
That's part of what paulej72 is working on right now; monthly, semiannual, and annual price points that act as a minimum price what you're free to haggle upwards from if you feel the desire to contribute more. Also recurring billing vs our current one shot billing, you'll have the choice. It would probably be done already but paypal's test server has been giving him fits by sending back wrongly formed data.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by mrcoolbp on Friday February 27 2015, @10:57PM
Oh, I understand. The changes I mentioned will open up monthly 5$, and other options. I'm not sure how much work would go into the licensing idea but we could look into it if others agree.
(Score:1^½, Radical)