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What should we do about Barrabas's current request?
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by wjwlsn on Monday March 10 2014, @12:38PM
(Disclaimer: I'm an interested party here, as I've offered to pay the $2k that John has asked for.)
Barrabas had the vision, started the project, laid out the initial capital, recruited a bunch of volunteers, organized the teams (at first, anyway), and served as public frontman for this whole operation for a serious chunk of time. Yes, there has been a lot of drama and bad blood recently, but that doesn't negate the substantial contribution he's had.
If he says $2k is the cost to buy out his interest, I tend to think that's not unreasonable.
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(Score: 1) by quadrox on Monday March 10 2014, @12:56PM
While I am not happy with how either Barrabas or NCommander have been dealing with the situation, I think it is only reasonable to settle this matter for good this way. And even though there might be some discussion about specific charges, I don't think it is worth haggling over every last bit of it.
I am perfectly willing to pay my (small - I am not rich) share of this.
(Score: 1) by TK on Monday March 10 2014, @01:04PM
In the interests of pragmatism, I think this understanding would be most beneficial to everyone involved.
From Barabbas's POV:
$2000 = Non-disputed charges + disputed charges
From NCommander's POV:
$2000 = Non-disputed charges + the cost of buying the rights and DNS registration
As for community donations, I think you are a part of the majority of people who would be willing to throw down $20-$50 for the Barrabas buy off + notary/lawyer fees.
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(Score: 2) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 10 2014, @02:53PM
I agree that we should buy Barrabas off.
It would give the impression that closure was provided and a handshake was exchanged in spite of all the bad blood. We're still trying to grow readership, and if you just up and leave to a different name and domain, many of the readers will roll their eyes and just not follow you there because you(meaning SN in general, not any one person) will have already demonstrated that you're flaky and susceptible to personal conflict within your ranks.
People don't want to invest emotionally in something they know is going to disappear and/or be shitted-up with petty squabbles -- that's why we're all here in the first place. I would be willing to donate twenty bucks, and very likely more if SN survives this bullshit.
Barrabas' role in all of this must not be ignored. If it takes a cold, hard business deal to put this all behind us, so be it. It would not be advantageous to start something else with the stench of unresolved issues in the air.
(Score: 1) by CoolHand on Monday March 10 2014, @03:34PM
I agree with this.. I think at this point it is almost absolutely necessary to make the purchase at that price point anyway)... I would make a small donation to contribute to the purchase... I think that if we ever do change names, we would want to still have this to redirect to the new name/site. If "dev.soylentnews.org" all of a sudden starts selling soylent food, and the news site is no longer here, then that will lead to general confusion/disgust/etc...
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Monday March 10 2014, @01:33PM
Yeah, but baby websites often can't afford to play the real business game so quickly. That's the trouble.