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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: 2, Insightful) by forkazoo on Thursday February 20 2014, @08:14PM

    by forkazoo (2561) on Thursday February 20 2014, @08:14PM (#3898)

    Personally, I consider the Ukraine to be a very interesting story, and it certainly has some "Your Rights Online" type implications. IMHO, the big thing is how it gets handled when we stray from the "science and technology" focus. Personally, I would be annoyed by "Look at the dumb selfies posted by the Ukrainian protestors" as a news story. On the other hand, I would be quite happy to see something like, "An analysis of the history of Ukraine to put the current situation in context." Fundamentally, tone matters more than topic if something is "News For Nerds." A press release saying that new CPU's make the Internet faster isn't really news for nerds, despite the fact that microprocessors are a traditionally nerdy subject. But, in depth analysis of psychological reactions to images of My Little Ponies, with pre- and post-pony raw MRI scan data available for download, would indeed be even though it is about a children's cartoon.

    So, bring on the protests. Let world news stories hit the front page. If something matters, then it matters. Just don't post a puff piece to fill the space.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @03:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @03:34AM (#4149)
    I think you hit the nail on the head. For example, wrt the endless startup stories, I don't care that you got a round of funding, or that X bought Y. I am interested in the *details* of new technological developments.