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jcd writes:
"I'm rather excited to get going with Soylent and to watch it grow. Nay, help it grow. I have lurked in /. for more than a decade (note: I'm not the same username over there, I know, how sneaky), and always wished I could have been involved with the beginning. So this is a great opportunity, and I joined as soon as I saw what Soylent was doing. Not to mention the fact that I felt right at home with the old style. It's very comfortable.
So here's a question for everyone. Are we going to be the same as slashdot? A clone that focuses as entirely as possible on tech related news? Or will we branch out to other topics? I'm interested to see either way. I posted a comment to this effect in one of our two existing polls, and it may be a community-wide assumption, but I do think it merits a discussion."
(Score: 2, Interesting) by GungnirSniper on Thursday February 20 2014, @05:18PM
It would be great to see SN cover all geek-related topics, including PC Gaming and Mods, Mobile Gaming, Lifehacks, Automotive, Economics, Sports, and whatever areas people want to intelligently discuss. Just be ready to add the ability to choose to see/ignore topics to keep everyone happy.
The greatest strength of Slashcode (and thus this site) is the ability to have other quality posters moderate things. There's no reason this site cannot cover more areas with that strength.
Personally, I'd like to see an NFL section. Sure, other sites discuss it, but we can discuss it better.
Tips for better submissions to help our site grow. [dev.soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Non Sequor on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:04PM
The rule of thumb should be if a topic draws more meaningful discussion than discussion about whether it's on topic, it should be in bounds.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by lothmordor on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:39PM
In which case, what would SoylentNews be doing differently or better than
As many others have noted, the community formed around discussion of the articles here is where the value is. What I think hasn't been said enough though, is how valuable the article submitter and editor roles are. The articles form the basis of the discussion, at the very least a starting point. Every article submission begs the question, "What do you think about this?"
Since few of us have time to browse every mailing list, blog post and news site around, we rely on the editorial staff to pull out gems from the sea of submissions. If the community is going to continue to have intelligent and thoughtful conversation, we need to have articles that attract and encourages people to engage in that manner.
I think part of slashdot's problem is the articles and summaries started to stray toward sensationalist "pop" science and politics, which attracted the younger and less educated crowd.
I don't think we need to be elitists jerks, but there are plenty of other news sites that serve the layperson.
I certainly won't advocate banning any topic, (well, maybe celebrity gossip) but if it's not of a technical nature then perhaps it's better served elsewhere?
TL;DR: If the articles are crap, the comments will probably be crap too.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Thursday February 20 2014, @09:30PM
Reddit generally doesn't have as long of posts, so it's usually lighter, quicker replies. Well laid out thought is somewhat missing from that site not because the design doesn't lend itself to longer, thoughtful posts like this site does.
Tips for better submissions to help our site grow. [dev.soylentnews.org]