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sent by SoylentNews Message System on Sunday November 10, @05:56PM

We're sorry, your submission "Socrates Untenured: The Social Media Problem Is Worse Than You Think" was declined for the following reason:

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Of course, these are only those that some ed felt guilty enough to send a message. Others deleted without comment or a by-your-leave.

Post-Scriptum: I must express my deepest gratitude to the Soylentil who sees fit to gift a subscription to me, since I am not able to contribute to SN, even though I almost never agree with my benefactor. We need more Soylenils like that.

 

Reply to: Re:Quit spamming.

    (Score: 1) by Arik on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:31AM

    by Arik (4543) on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:31AM (#919297)
    "Each submission was as unique as a snowflake, with different referenced sources, and individual introductions and commentary."

    Alright, so prove it. Reproduce the entire submissions rather than just the headers.

    Or you could take my initial advice and post the best one instead.

    Either way, headers prove nothing other than you were hitting submit repeatedly.

    "It's not spamming, it's submitting!"

    Uhh, it'd be both, if it's the first.

    And repeatedly submitting the same or very similar titles does seem like spamming. Hiding the bodies only makes it look more like spamming.

    "When SN began, I noticed a dearth of quality stories in the queue, and so I decided to dedicate myself to filling this lacunae. Then I realized that there was a certain amount of editorial bias."

    No, then you noticed they turn down a lot of your submissions and you INFERRED there was some editorial bias.

    I'm sure there is *some* editorial bias but it's relatively negligible, and not all one way. Settle down.

    Everyone criticizes most of the front page stories for being late. Defense: if you report early you probably get stuff wrong. Counter-attack - you STILL got it wrong!

    The whole point to the site is for commenters to hopefully correct and supplement.

    The editors have a hard job. I used to think they were biased against me, in fact. But after extensive rumination on the subject, I think it's more a matter of 1) they get spammed and are supposed to be functioning by rules that select for not-quite-too-late-rehashes and 2) I rarely have the confluence of non-work hours, passion, and lucidity for long enough to finish a post since 2010 anyway.

    You might consider the ominous parallels.

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