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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."
(Score: 0) by number6 on Friday February 21 2014, @03:22PM
I don't mind reading about any topic. I find banal stuff can cast interesting observations or insightful qualities too.
The main thing for me is the knowledge that the user-types who make up the body of the site come from a nerdy or geeky mould. This knowledge, for me, is all that matters.
I don't view the words 'troll', 'flamebait' or 'off-topic' as things to be utterly suppressed with an iron fist; having said that, I must say, in real life I am the type of guy who is willing to hold a conversation about any topic....and I mean ANY TOPIC. I just always look for some logic when I engage with people or things, no matter how banal, scatter-brained or chaotic. I find ignorant holes in just about everybody and everything, including myself.