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Re: SoylentNews founder resigns

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On 2014-03-07, Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is an update post from NCommander:
>
> "As many of you have already read, John Barrabas resigned as head of 
> SoylentNews, and I've taken over in his place. Many people who are not 
> involved in Staff were likely blindsided on this, and the community 
> itself deserves to have an understanding of the reasons and events 
> leading up to this. This post exists to set the record straight.
>
> I would like to make it clear, especially in hindsight, that the events 
> leading up to this were not pretty, and that no one involved came out 
> smelling like roses. Mistakes were made all around, tempers were lost, 
> and to be frank, at times, I've conducted myself in a way that was not 
> professional.
>
> In the end, the changeover was amicable, and John and I are still on 
> speaking terms with each other. This isn't intended as a bashfest, but 
> rather as explanation to the community (along with those staff who were 
> not directly involved) of why and how this change came about."
>
> "http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/03/06/0728230"

It's a pretty interesting read, and the IRC raw logs are enlightening,
too.  Another case of people with a common technical interest who
stumble over themselves on issues of management, leadership,
communication, and decision-making.  

It's still a great site, and the problems they hit have more to do with
the headlong rush into building a new site fast enough to catch the /.
exodus, than with bad will or malice.

I think Soy will survive, and hope so - I already like it quite a bit!

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  Re: SoylentNews founder resigns RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-06 08:52 +0000
    Re: SoylentNews founder resigns Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-06 10:30 +0000
      Re: SoylentNews founder resigns Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-06 14:18 +0100
        Re: SoylentNews founder resigns RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-06 18:41 +0000
          Re: SoylentNews founder resigns Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-06 22:53 +0000
  Re: SoylentNews founder resigns Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 13:20 +0000
    Re: SoylentNews founder resigns RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-07 16:01 +0000

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