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posted by Dopefish on Monday February 17 2014, @02:06AM   
from the allow-me-to-introduce-myself dept.

Dopefish writes

Greetings Soylentils! And welcome to SoylentNews!

We are here to deliver the best community-sourced news, catered for all manner of nerd! Because this is a grassroots based platform, the content feeds are powered by readers like you. Our main objective is to highlight news stories on the web that are of importance to everyone, but especially nerds. In addition, SoylentNews will strive to go beyond simple news-aggregation, with some core principles:

• Providing a soapbox for experts to discuss their profession and solicit questions from a curious audience.
• Allowing the community to comment, without any mandatory registration.
• Staying mindful of the community's needs and wants while avoiding changes to satisfy an overarching corporate agenda.

We want to make this your source for news about technology, art, and science. We are the new kid on the block and are adapting quickly to satisfy our community's needs, as we look forward to exceeding your expectations and pushing boundaries like never before. Lastly, there will be no changes in format without a general consensus from the community. Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the ride!

~Dopefish

• Re:Giving everyone a special dispensation... Re:Giving everyone a special dispensation... (Score: 2, Interesting) by dilbert on Monday February 17 2014, @12:38PM

  by dilbert (444) on Monday February 17 2014, @12:38PM (#626)

  It would never make it past the editors, but someone should submit an article at 'the other place' about SN.

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• Not Not (Score: 1) by cx on Monday February 17 2014, @12:45PM

  by cx (239) on Monday February 17 2014, @12:45PM (#630)

  Why? It's already slightly embarrassing that all recent threads there are spammed by AC comments about the launch. Not to mention it would actually decrease the number of people participating in discussions here.
  
  I believe everyone who showed even slight interest for alternatives to /. on /. is aware of SoylentNews.

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  • Re:Not Re:Not (Score: 1) by dilbert on Monday February 17 2014, @02:13PM

    by dilbert (444) on Monday February 17 2014, @02:13PM (#708)

    I can see your point, and agree that people who want an alternative probably already know about SoylentNews. I wasn't aware of AC's spamming threads on slashdot because I haven't visited the site for the past 8 days now.

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    • Re:Not Re:Not (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @02:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @02:27PM (#725)

      If you haven't been there I apologize for my abrasive tone. I find spam annoying whatever the product is and Slashdot was spammed heavily during the boycott.

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      • Re:Not (Score: 1) by cx on Monday February 17 2014, @02:31PM

        by cx (239) on Monday February 17 2014, @02:31PM (#733)

        I also find this 'posted as AC even though correctly previewed as myself' bug annoying.

        - cx -

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