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posted by NCommander on Monday June 08 2020, @01:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the somewhat-overdue dept.

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)

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @05:10PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @05:10PM (#1004899)

    Just remind everyone - who are these poor down-trodden posters consistently -1'd out of existence?

    Whose BATSHIT views are not appearing on YOUR page???

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday June 08 2020, @05:31PM (5 children)

    Nobody's consistently. Happens to mine on a regular basis but by no means most of them. Ditto pretty much everyone else who participates in heated discussions or has opinions that others find repugnant. We're not perfect at moderating by any means but we're a hell of a lot better than most places I've seen.

    --
    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:06PM (#1004926)

      You proudly admit to being a troll. Now go sit in the corner.

    • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:12PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:12PM (#1004928)

      So - since there is no overall trashing - what's the fucking point of making a bunch of bullshit rules - presumably for somebody else to enforce?

      Fuck you management pricks.

    • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday June 08 2020, @09:20PM (2 children)

      by RS3 (6367) on Monday June 08 2020, @09:20PM (#1005007)

      I have no numbers but my unquantified observation is that you get undeservedly modded "Troll" the most, and frankly it bugs me. But I'm also aware that you could do something about it- in agreement with all admins of course.

      (I have intentionally _not_ drawn a conclusion here- there are many possibilities, and likely a combination thereof.)

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @01:23PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @01:23PM (#1005179)

        I have no numbers but my unquantified observation is that you get undeservedly modded "Troll" the most, and frankly it bugs me.

        You have the power to fix that. Browse at -1 when you have mod points -- and use them!

        • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:59PM

          by RS3 (6367) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @02:59PM (#1005821)

          I do occasionally. But I come here to relax and de-stress (idiot me!), not break up bar fights.

  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:14PM (#1004932)

    That would be anyone who doesn't toe the MSNBC woke line. You know, the one that says its too dangerous to have a birthday party but imperative to gather in six figure groups to protest an issue Americans are in complete agreement on. Nor should we discuss the damage to scientific credibility when public health experts condemn the former and applaud the latter.