I can no longer sustain the level of activity needed to run SoylentNews, and so I have resigned as leader.
In the end, I was literally begging people to step back and let the site "just run" for a few days while I caught up... alas, to no effect. Issues must be resolved "right here and right now" continuously throughout my day with no end in sight.
NCommander has taken over as project lead - he has access to everything from the registrar down. I understand he has a different vision for the project, which will soon be revealed.
I'm sorry to leave like this, but there's really nothing for it. I'm going back to my AI studies, which happen at a more leisurely pace.
John Barrabas
(And yes, this was an amicable transfer of power. There's no hard feelings on my side.)
[Ed. Note: this is a word for word article based on Barrabas's journal entry.]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 06 2014, @12:47AM
The NSA got to him! He's fleeing for his life! We're all doomed! DOOOOOOOOMED!
(cue the wailing and gnashing of teeth)
Seriously, thanks for getting this started, and it takes a wise man to see that a path forward may not, after all, be for him.
Alas, I am only a wise ass, so I will wantonly start the rumor that the exodus is due to the discovery of an order for a stone statue of Natalie Portman, nude, to be placed under an eternal waterfall of hot grits. (No, the meme will never die! It lives on! Muhahahahhahahaha!)
Well, you had to have something to down vote amid all these comments of reasonableness and good cheer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 06 2014, @01:23AM