SoylentNews.org Temporarily Offline?

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in internet on (#3FK)
SoylentNews.org (including li694-22.members.linode.com) is offline at the moment. The site currently returns the following:
Error 503 Service Unavailable
Service Unavailable
Guru Meditation:
XID: 1060599780
Varnish cache server
There has been a lot of drama going on with SoylentNews lately. The nominal founder, Barrabas, wanted to create a for-profit business, but the majority of volunteers wanted to avoid the potential for another sell-out which lead to the Slashcott in the first place. Due to conflicts with those volunteers, Barrabas has sold the domain to a new and unknown owner. If a deal between the mystery domain owner and NCommander and his volunteer 'Overlords' cannot be reached, the Site Formerly Known as SoylentNews can be found on the default Linode address.

Re: DDoS (Score: 1)

by suxen@pipedot.org on 2014-03-13 08:31 (#HF)

Have you read the IRC logs? NCommander is no political master-mind and he does not know how to white wash himself, his own description of the events leaves one feeling sympathetic towards Barabas, the IRC logs tell a different story. My take is that Barabase wanted to run a business but at the same time was enjoying the benefits of the free labour that comes with a community project. Sooner or later it was going to turn ugly, IMO it is just as well that it happened sooner.
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