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What is SoylentNews?

posted by mattie_p on Tuesday February 25 2014, @11:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the choose-your-own-adventure dept.

So, what is SoylentNews? This is your chance to tell us!

I am announcing the first ever SoylentNews online video contest. The rules are pretty simple.

  1. Upload an original video (no more than about 60 seconds, please) to the site of your choice (but please tell us where it is up loaded and ensure it tracks views) that answers the question, "What is Soylent News?" Your video should ideally contain the phrase, "Soylent News is ..." but this is not strictly required. Let us know what site you upload to.
  2. Tag your video SoylentNews.
  3. Watch as the hits roll in.
  4. ????
  5. Profit!

Too easy, right? We will count the views on 31 March 2014, at 11:59 UTC. The winner is the individual video that has the most views.

You do not actually have to appear in the video! Make a cartoon, do CGI, do a voiceover of a movie, whatever. Be creative and explore your artistic vision! (Yes, you have one. It may be underutilized at times but it is there).

We have not yet determined the prize for the winner, but it will be jaw-droppingly awe-inspiring (it's a key-chain I found on the sidewalk somewhere). No, it'll be something good. At a minimum we'll feature your video on the site here and interview you for the "making of" your entry. But probably more (it's a keychain).

On behalf of the entire staff and volunteers, we continue to be amazed at the response we've gotten from the community so far. We will continue to provide ways that you can interact with us and help define us. I hope you enjoy this contest. If you have any other suggestions for how we can better meet your needs, feel free to let us know in IRC, the Forums, or the Wiki. Thanks for reading!

~Mattie_p

p.s. keychain!

p.p.s updated based on feedback

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by mattie_p on Tuesday February 25 2014, @02:41PM

    by mattie_p (13) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @02:41PM (#6817) Journal

    Personally, I feel that posting comments to another site trying to draw audience away from there is counter-productive. Instead of choosing to identify SoylentNews by what it is not, I choose to identify it by what it is, a community. And a community should always have the choice to define its own identity.

    Thus, I am requesting that the members of the community use this opportunity to help define us in a positive manner.

    Honestly, I think we're past the point where we need to spam another site. I talked with someone on Sunday about the site, and he told me today he was up past midnight reading the articles and comments last night. We want to be a positive contribution to everyone, not just anti-something.

    Thanks for reading. ~mattie_p

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  • (Score: 1) by Yow on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:08PM

    by Yow (1637) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:08PM (#6845)

    asking Elite Nerds to 1. post a VIDEO (i.e. we can actually see you) and 2. articulate something positive - may just be too much to ask (?!?)

  • (Score: 2) by Sir Garlon on Tuesday February 25 2014, @06:12PM

    by Sir Garlon (1264) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @06:12PM (#6972)

    Not to mention that Dice worked hard to widen the audience, and we are working hard to narrow it. Leave the muggles to Slashdot. I hope they like it better without us, because I sure like Soylent without them.

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    [Sir Garlon] is the marvellest knight who is now living, for he destroyeth many good knights, for he goeth invisible.

  • (Score: 2) by unitron on Tuesday February 25 2014, @10:51PM

    by unitron (70) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @10:51PM (#7079) Journal

    When my dad passed away (somewhat unexpectedly), it was a month or so before I got back to /.

    What if that month had been February 2014?

    How would I even know about this place or the whole flap about beta?

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    something something Slashcott something something Beta something something

    • (Score: 1) by adolf on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:29AM

      by adolf (1961) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:29AM (#7173)

      How did you hear about /. in the first place?

      --
      I'm wasting my days as I've wasted my nights and I've wasted my youth

      • (Score: 2) by unitron on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:04AM

        by unitron (70) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:04AM (#7208) Journal

        "How did you hear about /. in the first place?"

        It got mentioned on the now long defunct browserwatch.com's chat forums.

        There was a user there I got along well with who also showed up on /. ... and after driving myself nuts for an hour or so I found an old email that revealed the name I was trying to remember was Tridus.

        You can see a comment from him near the bottom of this

        http://slashdot.org/story/00/05/18/1433233/jeffrey -zeldman-bites-back [slashdot.org]

        which co-incidentally happened to occur during my aforementioned period of absence.

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        something something Slashcott something something Beta something something