Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.misc > #554

Re: SoylentNews.org is live

Show all headers | View raw

On 2014-02-18 16:00:06 +0000, RS Wood said:

> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:45:02 -04-59 (UTC), wjwlsn
>> <ibillwilson@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Bruce Perens just posted some details of his upcoming revival of 
>>> Technocrat.net at
>>> http://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=104&cid=1086
>>> 
>>> Full text: "I am doing the last bit of work before bringing 
>>> Technocrat.net back online today. The software is brand new, and not as 
>>> functional as the slashcode here (moderation doesn't work yet) but it's 
>>> going in a different direction that I hope will raise the level of 
>>> discourse. No ACs. Extra status for people who post using their real 
>>> name. Moderation of subm
>>> issions once they're published (Haven't you wanted to down-moderate bad 
>>> articles on Slashdot?). Moderation of comments on two axes: comportment 
>>> (behavior) and content. Editors get to delete comments, the garbage 
>>> we're so used to on Slashdot doesn't get to stick around. Optimized for 
>>> caching (I serve through Cloudflare, so this is a scalability thing, 
>>> but if you
>>> can use a proxy it helps there, too). Minimal Javascript (you need 
>>> Javacript to moderate, and to submit, but not to read at all). Device 
>>> agnostic. Very sparse styling."
>> 
>> 
>> That editors can delete comments I consider a Very Bad Thing, since
>> too often we've seen it used to censors opinions with which they do
>> not agree.
>> 
>> Nor do I agree with the fact that anonymous posting is forbidden. It
>> creates a barrier for new users, and sometimes the most insightful
>> comments are also the most disagreeable, so posting anonymously allows
>> a wider range of opinions.
>> 
>> Technocrat.net is going to end up another closed Internet community
>> that won't be open to opinions contrary to the common groupthink. Good
>> luck to Perens in his attempt to revive his site, but if this is the
>> direction he intends to go, I do not think I will be joining him on
>> his journey.
>> 
>> 
> This is interesting.  I'm going to have to think about it some more, 
> and I'm definitely open to the idea that there are potential 
> improvements to be made in moderation systems, article-submission 
> protocols, etc.  But I do agree that as proposed, it's not 
> overwhelmingly clear the Technocrat model is going to be an improvement.

So it has all the same flaws that Slashdot had, and more, without the 
interesting user base generating the comments that realistically, are 
the only reason anybody even visits Slashdot any more.  I'm not trading 
cyber-AIDS for cyber-cancer.

Back to comp.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

SoylentNews.org is live wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 01:52 +0000
  Re: SoylentNews.org is live RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-17 09:22 +0000
    UTF-8 (was Re: SoylentNews.org is live) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-17 09:47 +0000
      Re: UTF-8 (was Re: SoylentNews.org is live) Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-19 19:54 +0000
      Re: UTF-8 (was Re: SoylentNews.org is live) Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-02-19 20:14 -0600
      Re: UTF-8 (was Re: SoylentNews.org is live) Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-02-23 10:33 +0000
  Re: SoylentNews.org is live wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 16:45 +0000
    Re: SoylentNews.org is live Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 09:46 -0500
      Re: SoylentNews.org is live RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-18 16:00 +0000
        Re: SoylentNews.org is live Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-18 17:06 -0800
          Re: SoylentNews.org is live Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 09:45 -0500
            Re: SoylentNews.org is live RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-19 14:59 +0000

csiph-web