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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @08:59PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @08:59PM (#1004999)

    Because fuck you.

    Have you thought more than 0 levels deep on having a 2nd level of comments on the comments?

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by janrinok on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:28PM (2 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:28PM (#1005279) Journal

    Because fuck you.

    Ah, the sign that someone cannot yet explain how to solve this problem. There is nothing like a well argued, coherent response when someone points out a possible flaw in your plan...

    • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Tuesday June 09 2020, @07:12PM (1 child)

      by acid andy (1683) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @07:12PM (#1005329) Homepage Journal

      I took that as another example of what someone might write as their reason for a downmod, not a direct response to the GP.

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      If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
      • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Wednesday June 10 2020, @03:15PM

        by RS3 (6367) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @03:15PM (#1005826)

        Just to be clear, I certainly didn't post the AC comment, nor would I- it's not my reason for being here.

        I had the opposite reaction (vulgarity aside)- I took it as a (vulgar) response to a dismissive.

        A possible better response by Common Joe might have been: "you have some good ideas. It might take some effort to implement them, and many potential revisions to get it right, but again, it's an idea worthy of consideration."

        Make any sense?

        People crave self-determination, at the very least, some sense of having some say. You could argue it's pointless, just appeasing the masses. I just saw in the news where in Seattle protesters have "stormed" city hall and demanded mayor's resignation and de-funding of the police. My reaction was: shouldn't there be a democratic process?

        One of the things I consider as a huge flaw in the US system is that once we vote someone into office, it's much too difficult to vote them out.

        This system is owned and run by the admins, each of whom have varying degrees of power, authority, decision-making, etc. My only reason for writing what I've written is that I don't think they fully understand what it's like being in the "trenches". I have much more to write, but no time...