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META: Editorial Transparency - What do you want?

posted by juggs on Friday May 29 2015, @04:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the random-thoughts dept.

juggs writes:

This is a topic that comes up all too often in comments, lambasting editors or praising them.

As it stands, editorial is a black box, they accept submissions, fettle them, then they appear as stories. Recently, the Original Submission link appeared on stories so you can see what went in and what appeared out of that black box, yet still the complaints come.

Just how much transparency is necessary? (This is an open question not rhetorical)

I like to believe that SoylentNews is the people that form it as a community, and the editing should reflect that.

Should we adopt some version control for subs so everyone can see who edited what through the pipeline that goes from sub to front page?

Thoughts on a postcard please.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Friday May 29 2015, @05:12AM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Friday May 29 2015, @05:12AM (#189501) Journal

    This crowd-source idea is cool. Let's call it Firehose. :D

    Your idea about the journal-to-main-page concept is pretty awesome, but it would likely require some significant backend changes to not overburden the editorial team.

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  • (Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Friday May 29 2015, @05:49AM

    by q.kontinuum (532) on Friday May 29 2015, @05:49AM (#189524) Journal

    Your idea about the journal-to-main-page [...] would likely require some significant backend changes

    Yes, probably... Personally I'd prefer the other idea of having a "Submission" story. It inherently supports anonymous submissions, and I would think it's easier to implement. Even without setting special rules for comment section in "Submission" story, it might be helpful as long as the threads are always removed after the actual article was published.

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