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As promised, here's the round-table discussion post that I said on Wednesday was coming. We have a long history at SoylentNews of listening and responding to our community; I genuinely hope that never changes. I also recognize that I may have ruffled some feathers in the last few weeks with original content postings so here's the best place to get this all out.
I am mindful of the community's support and goodwill; I don't want to squander any of it. Yes, there are times where my hand may be forced (e.g., DCMA takedowns). Still, I'm always a bit hesitant whenever I post on the main site for anything that isn't site update news or similar. I may be the de facto site leader, but I want my submissions to be treated like anyone else's — I want no favoritism. The editorial team does review my stories and signs off before they go live (unless it's an "emergency" situation such as the last time we blew up the site). However, as the saying goes, the buck stops with me.
SoylentNews accepts original content. I'm also aware that I've probably submitted the most original content so far (See "Previously", below for some examples). I'm grateful for the community's apparent acceptance of my submissions and the positive responses to them. What I don't know is if there is an undercurrent of displeasure with these. Maybe everyone thinks these are all fine. Then again, maybe somebody has an issue with them. Rather than assume anything, let's get it all out in the open.
What I want to cover in this round-table discussion is original content and having images in posts as well as topics such as yesterday's Live Show on Improving Your Security -- Wednesday June 3rd, 2020.
So, contributors and commenters to SoylentNews, get that Reply button hot and let me hear your feedback. As usual, either a member of staff or I will respond to your comments below,
73 de NCommander
Previously:
(2020-06-03) Live Show on Improving Your Security -- Wednesday June 3rd, 2020
(2020-05-24) Retrotech: The Novell NetWare Experience
(2020-05-14) Exploring Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - Early 90s Networking
(2020-05-10) Examining Windows 1.0 HELLO.C - 35 Years of Backwards Compatibility
(2020-05-15) Meta: Having a Chat about SoylentNews' Internet Relay Chat
(2018-10-25) My Time as an ICANN Fellow
(2017-10-09) soylentnews.org experiencing DNSSEC issues
(2017-04-20) Soylentnews.org is Moving to Gentoo...
(2017-04-17) SN Security Updates: CAA, LogJam, HTTP Method Disable, and 3DES
(2017-03-13) Xenix 2.2.3c Restoration: Xrossing The X (Part 4)
(Score: 3, Funny) by NCommander on Monday June 08 2020, @02:15PM (6 children)
For my content specifically, it's either images I made myself, or would clearly fall under a fair use exception, and of the later, the only ones I've used in articles that I can think of offhand is a picture of the box for some of the software.
Legally, we're shielded under Section 230. If we get a DMCA takedown notice, the post goes down, and means SN PBC is off the hook. We get a counter-claim, the post goes back up but we're shielded.
Now if Section 230 goes *poof*, that's a different bailiwick.
I'm not suggesting we put images in comments. Journals I might consider but I'm slightly concerned that having the site's HDDs jammed up due to spambot 3-million is a legit concern. If someone wants to post and edit original content w/ images, we'd probably give them privs on dev so they can use the full article editor.
Still always moving
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PiMuNu on Monday June 08 2020, @03:41PM (2 children)
Are you covered if someone posts something illegal?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday June 08 2020, @04:44PM (1 child)
For the most part, yes. There are some shitty, idiotic laws centered around kiddy diddlers and probably national security but otherwise we're not under any obligation to proactively search for anything or do something about anything we happen across.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Monday June 08 2020, @06:24PM
Thanks for reply :)
(Score: 5, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Monday June 08 2020, @04:54PM
Don't do it The legal hassles just aren't worth it, at least wait until we elect a congress that will put in place real protection. Still got a few months. Happy hunting.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 4, Insightful) by acid andy on Monday June 08 2020, @05:07PM (1 child)
If you allow images in journals (or even comments) and it gets used to troll people, I for one would probably leave this site. A user preference to disable them at the server side when logged in might be just about tolerable though.
Considering some of the shit that gets spammed here in textual form, I'd think very carefully before you allow the great unwashed to post images.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday June 08 2020, @05:51PM
It's not the masses I'm worried about showing up in images, though it does rhyme with them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.