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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 Appalbarry on Friday May 29 2015, @08:21PM

    by Appalbarry (66) on Friday May 29 2015, @08:21PM (#189828) Journal

    Agreed. My guess is the Eds are reacting to one or two very whiny people.

    These are the people who will never, ever be satisfied. Nothing that the Eds can do will be enough.

    Hell, even if you let these people post anything they like, with no editing, at any time, they would still complain.

    So Editors, take your cues from the 99% of people who are happy with what you're doing. The less than 1% that complain endlessly will just consume your time and energy without contributing anything of value.

    And, to the one or two people complaining: slashcode [github.com] is Open Source - go start your own web site. If you do it right it can be very successful.

    DM me if you need me to point you at an example.

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  • (Score: 2) by juggs on Sunday May 31 2015, @02:36AM

    by juggs (63) on Sunday May 31 2015, @02:36AM (#190288) Journal

    It is all too easy to allow focus to be drawn by the noisy 1%, that was my mistake right here. It's also easy to forget that if the other 99% aren't jumping up and down screaming, thinks are most likely A-OK.

    Still, it is good to see some affirmation for the Editors that put time in every day to keep the front page populated.