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martyb [soylentnews.org] writes:

Reflections:

Another year has passed. It has been a privilege to work as a volunteer on this site and it is my sincere hope that the staff at SoylentNews have held true to our founding principles of providing a site for people to engage in discussion on topics that interest the community. I know I have learned much from the stories and comments posted here; thanks to you all.

In a nutshell, over the past year we have:

• Users registered: 1048
• Stories published: 5029
• Stories submitted: 5998
• Comments posted: 152096

In addition, there were site upgrades to provide new functionality. Some fine-tuning of comment moderations.

WHAT ELSE?

For other data nuggets, check out The Hall of Fame [soylentnews.org] page.

Resolutions:

There is a tradition to start the new year with resolutions for the year to come. I'm curious what resolutions my fellow Soylentils have made for the coming year. Lose weight? Learn a new language (programming and/or natural)? Exercise more? Perform more community service? Submit more stories (hint hint ;) to SoylentNews?

I have found that my resolutions have a greater chance of success when I discover others are attempting to make the same changes — it no longer feels like I am alone in the attempt. There is strength in numbers. Also, when I decide to make a change, that's one thing. It's another thing entirely when I tell someone else of my plans — it helps me follow through and not give up. So I encourage you to post your new year's resolutions here.

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