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I know it's been a long wait, but we've been steadily moving towards launch. With luck, you're reading this on the main index of the site, which means we've gone, and haven't gone mad in the process. Now that we're here, we hope to have made the wait worth it, but we depend on everyone in the community. To make this site a success, we depend on each and every single user even if its just from passing word of mouth. Remember, every single user can submit stories, moderate, and contribute to discussions all at the same time, and that's what makes us unique. May I be the first to welcome you to your new home.So I've got a couple of things I want to write about for this introductory post. First off, I'm Michael, your local friendly admin, and part of the dev team who has put a fair bit of blood sweat, and tears into trying to make this site (and launch) go as smoothly as possible. There's a couple of technical issues that I need to address, but that will be in a separate post.
So, to start off, I first wanted to welcome everyone who volunteered to be an editor. Barrabas tells me we have 30-something people on that list as of last check, and I suspect it will continue to grow once this goes live. I'm somewhat blown away, but we need to have a bit of a reality check. One thing that made Slashdot so great was that it was a small group of editors who really knew tech. If we took everyone who volunteered, we'd be just another news site. So unfortunately, not everyone who applied is going to make the cut, and I apologize in advance for that.
The plan is the dev team will act as de facto editors at first. While its not a perfect litmus test, we worked together as a team to get slash working, so I'd like to think we know something about technology. During that time, we'll be hashing out the specifics for editor applications, and after weeding down the list, have them post their resumes here to face the jury so to speak. In my perfect world, we'll have 4-5 editors, with most of them elected by you, the users.
Now obviously, plans can change, and if you've got a better idea, we want to hear it below. Until then, keep submitting you're scopes, and we'll hopefully have an update in a couple of days.
So, to start off, I first wanted to welcome everyone who volunteered to be an editor. Barrabas tells me we have 30-something people on that list as of last check, and I suspect it will continue to grow once this goes live. I'm somewhat blown away, but we need to have a bit of a reality check. One thing that made Slashdot so great was that it was a small group of editors who really knew tech. If we took everyone who volunteered, we'd be just another news site. So unfortunately, not everyone who applied is going to make the cut, and I apologize in advance for that.
The plan is the dev team will act as de facto editors at first. While its not a perfect litmus test, we worked together as a team to get slash working, so I'd like to think we know something about technology. During that time, we'll be hashing out the specifics for editor applications, and after weeding down the list, have them post their resumes here to face the jury so to speak. In my perfect world, we'll have 4-5 editors, with most of them elected by you, the users.
Now obviously, plans can change, and if you've got a better idea, we want to hear it below. Until then, keep submitting you're scopes, and we'll hopefully have an update in a couple of days.
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or arrested for one.
-- "Ratsy" Tourbillon
(Score: 1) by FrogBlast on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:36AM
(Score: 1) by mattie_p on Thursday February 13 2014, @07:25AM
(Score: 2, Interesting) by unitron on Sunday February 16 2014, @02:06AM
something something Slashcott something something Beta something something
(Score: 1) by Blackmoore on Tuesday February 18 2014, @12:25AM
Pass out the grog to the crew boys! this ship has left port!
(Score: 1) by pjfontillas on Monday February 24 2014, @11:59PM
Definitely brings up some memories. Cringed at the header though. Mystery meat navigation fail.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by crutchy on Monday February 17 2014, @07:15AM
i'd like to contribute to soylent if possible.
i know some php/css/html/js/mysql but don't have to code new things... i'd be happy just to review some code to look for bugs etc
there's a bit of stuff about slashcode in the about etc but i had a bit of trouble there (404 on signup)
not a seasoned developer but have been on the tools for a few years. i'm new to open source contributions though... all my work so far has been locked up in the intellectual property dungeons of companies i've worked for
(Score: 1) by pbnjoe on Monday February 17 2014, @09:42AM
Here's to many years of a strong community.
(Ok, maybe this comment is mostly flag-planting before this gets too old, but hey)
(Score: 1) by digitalaudiorock on Monday February 17 2014, @03:38PM
Hear, hear! Just created my account.
Maybe I'm just blind, but can anyone tell me where the link / button is to post a comment without replying to an existing one? I can't find it for the life of me...
(Score: 1) by pbnjoe on Monday February 17 2014, @06:33PM
The Reply button, next to the Threshold line underneath the summary :)
(Score: 1) by digitalaudiorock on Tuesday February 18 2014, @01:57AM
So I was right...I am blind :D...thanks!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @07:52PM
Former Slashdot(RIP) user here...
I just want to give you guys a heads up about a cool Greasemonkey script which works on Soylent News:
Slashdot Expandable Comment Tree v2
Adds [+][-] symbols next to all comments allowing you to expand and collapse any of them for viewing.4 [userscripts.org]
The script is here-----http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/3818
To modify the script to work on SoylentNews:
Open the script in a text editor, and add this line:
// @include http*://*soylentnews.org/*
Cheers
--AC
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @10:23PM
Does this still work? I love the idea but it doesn't appear to be functional...
(Score: 1) by rufty on Tuesday February 18 2014, @12:39PM
Thanks for setting this up - looking good.
(Score: 1) by dotdotdot on Tuesday February 18 2014, @02:43PM
Thanks for all the hard work.
I hereby declare 2014 the Year of Soylent!
(Score: 1) by ArghBlarg on Tuesday February 18 2014, @10:10PM
I just subscribed to the RSS feed.. the headlines work but at least with the Netvibes newsreader I see no story text.
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Wednesday February 19 2014, @02:20AM
Feels just like the old home should. Thanks to everyone who put this together.
Tips for better submissions to help our site grow. [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1) by AlphaMack on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:55PM
Thanks for making this happen. Cheers.
(Score: 1) by rival on Friday February 21 2014, @03:54PM
This reminds me of back when I first got onto Slashdot -- love it! Will definitely be more active here than on the Dice site. (Makes me sad to say that since it was an online home for so long, but I feel like I'm being run out of the neighborhood by the corporate steamrollers.)
(Score: 1) by hellcat on Sunday February 23 2014, @04:49AM
Tight, focused, future looking bright.
So, as your friendly English editor - here's a quick tweak:
"Now obviously, plans can change, and if you've got a better idea, we want to hear it below. Until then, keep submitting you're scopes, and we'll hopefully have an update in a couple of days."
Did you mean: "... submitting YOUR scopes ..."
(Score: 1) by Gremlin on Monday February 24 2014, @08:40AM
Darn, I was just about to point out the same thing :-)
Site looks good, looking forward to being part of the community!
(Score: 1) by Rubenerd on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:01AM
Just adding my kudos, and a sincere thank you for not relying on JS for all but the most trivial aspects of the site. It's delightfully refreshing not to have a new site collapse upon itself with NoScript [noscript.net] turned on.
I'll likely be a lurker as I was on The Dice Site, but great to be here.
(Score: 0) by NullPtr on Wednesday March 12 2014, @12:54PM
I just heard about - and signed up to - this site. Looks good so far.
A question, though. What is the reason for this site? I'm sure everyone has something they don't like about the other site, but what is the specific reason(s) for this one? Is there a statement about this somewhere which I'm missing. There's so much to choose from!
(Score: 1) by gitano on Sunday March 23 2014, @08:20PM
Thanks for all the work