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What Have We Created?

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday February 20 2014, @04:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-so-meta-even-this-acronym dept.

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."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by shadov on Thursday February 20 2014, @05:44PM

    by shadov (296) on Thursday February 20 2014, @05:44PM (#3746)

    Climate change is both science and stuff that matters, so I'd say it fits in here just fine.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:01PM (#3766)

    > Climate change is both science and stuff that matters, so I'd say it fits in here just fine.

    I would technically agree, but it has become SO politicized in the USA, almost any discussion on it is nothing but noise. You can get that anywhere.

    • (Score: 1) by shadov on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:13PM

      by shadov (296) on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:13PM (#3853)

      > I would technically agree, but it has become SO politicized in the USA, almost any discussion on it is nothing but noise. You can get that anywhere.

      The signal-to-noise ratio certainly tends to be bad, but I don't think it has fallen to zero. The discussions with slashdot/soylent type audience and moderation system are at least less horrible than in most other places.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @07:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @07:21AM (#4232)

    It's politics, and it is covered quite well in other venues.

    I think a lot of people like to see the stories not because they're on topic, but because they agree. It's always a wonderful opportunity to bash people who don't think the same as us.