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mattie_p paraphrases Barrabas, who uttered these words (mostly):
To everyone who contributed to the initial roll out, thank you! It was an amazing effort, and we couldn't have done it without you.
I've set down some notes, with an overview of where I see the project heading in the next few weeks. As always, we can stop and discuss if the community feels we should be moving in a different direction.
We have had a wildly successful launch, and can now proceed at a slightly more leisurely pace, at least for the team that handles code development. I have always intended to do development the right way; with a strong foundation of tools and with leaders to oversee and coordinate the effort between individuals and other groups. As a result, this upcoming week I've told our system administrator team to take a break. They can certainly do minor bug fixes at a leisurely pace if they feel bored, but I want a team that is relaxed and refreshed.
Speaking of a team, we actually have at least five of them. There is a systems team, which are primarily concerned with systems and server issues. There is a development team, consisting of people who contribute code to the site. There is a content team, consisting of our editors, artists, and administrators of our wiki, forum, and IRC channels. A fourth group is style, representing those who help determine how the site is presented. Finally, we have our business team, which includes marketing, legal, finances, and other such issues.
This has been an exciting time. I understand there has been some concern about decisions made during first roll out. I promised that we would operate by community consensus, and I will abide by that. Look for opportunities to contribute to the future direction of SoylentNews over the upcoming days and weeks.
(To read the full story in his words, simply go to Barrabas's Journal Entry. (internal hyperlink))
(Score: 2, Insightful) by eravnrekaree on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:09AM
I like the current red theme and I think it ought to stay. Soylent should stay to true to the Slashdot classic format. I am accepting of the idea of making it so the user can enable in place reply boxes instead of loading a reply form on a seperate page, but this should be able to be selectable option by the user as to which to use.
I looked into mod_perl and found that mod_perl 2.0 is backward compatable with 1.0 as long as you add a single Apache2::combat declaration to the files so there is no need to rewrite any code. The current code base works well enough, its mainly a few minor features that could be added to the existing code base like in place replies. Perhaps allowing users to edit previously submitted replies should be considered.
Lets try to keep the traditional slashdot look and code. None of that Metro crap that slashdot beta does. I like the "1997" look and it should stay.
(Score: 2, Funny) by JeanCroix on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:53AM
Likewise. Let the red serve as an eternal reminder of the righteous wrath against the horrors of Beta, lest we should ever forget.