I do wish soylentnews all the luck with the new news site. If it is any good people will come.

But do not tell your readers what to do. The "don't visit slashdot during this week" advice is a bit weird and isn't helping. Focus on your project, not on another one. It is my decision to visit if I want.

If slashdot serves me a beta page (which they just did) I'm out and they will see less of me that way.