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

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: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Friday May 29 2015, @05:28AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday May 29 2015, @05:28AM (#189515) Journal

    Allowing users to "ban" stories by the name that appears in the byline could be useful.

    In fact, with a little work, this could be done on the front page using an extension.

    Most summary blurbs have a

    <p class="byline">...</p>

    in it. getElementsByClassName, check a list of banned names, and then hide the

    <div class="article"></div> and
    <div class="storylinks"></div>

    for the story. Rss could be more difficult.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Friday May 29 2015, @07:37AM

    by frojack (1554) on Friday May 29 2015, @07:37AM (#189558) Journal

    Or, we could put our hands over our eyes and ears and sing la la la la loudly when we see that dreaded by-line....

    I can't think of better things to spend dev time on.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @05:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @05:09PM (#189737)

      Or, we could put our hands over our eyes and ears and sing la la la la loudly when we see that dreaded by-line....

      Indeed. Now everyone can have their own personal version of Faux Noise right here on SN!