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sent by SoylentNews Message System on Sunday November 10, @05:56PMWe'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.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday November 12 2019, @07:58AM (14 children)
You're not the only person to get rejected you know. I had a box full of rejections when I started posting JEs instead.
My JEs may not rank among the great works of mankind, but at least they aren't just header spam.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:12AM (13 children)
Each submission was as unique as a snowflake, with different referenced sources, and individual introductions and commentary. It's not spamming, it's submitting! 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. So here we are. Journals are not the issue.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:31AM (5 children)
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.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12 2019, @04:38PM (2 children)
Oh, don't mind him. He's just having his period.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:25PM (1 child)
Period? More like epoch.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by aristarchus on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:55PM
In the words of Betelguese, "Go ahead, make my millennium."
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by khallow on Tuesday November 12 2019, @11:09PM (1 child)
It's just an obnoxious jester act. I'm not taking this even remotely seriously.
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Wednesday November 13 2019, @12:24AM
Consider the favor returned, oh noble and disingenuous khallow!
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:44AM
Yellow snowflakes.
Different URLs pointing to different crappy articles.
More inane commentary from a pile of garbage.
Submitting the same political trash is spamming.
After being kicked out of every other site...
...you managed to lower the average story quality here. Congratulations.
Aww, are your feefees hurt?
Correct. You are the issue.
(Score: 2) by Snow on Tuesday November 12 2019, @05:48PM (5 children)
Ari, this has been explained countless times to you.
Your submissions tend to be biased and sensationalized. Remove opinion pieces. Remove entries that serve no purpose other than to rile people up. Then you will probably have better luck getting submissions accepted.
"Just the facts ma'am"
Also, while many of us love to talk politics, this is primarily not a politics site. Keep that in mind when submitting stories as well.
You are the one with a problem, not this site.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12 2019, @09:52PM (4 children)
Yes, he knows all that. He just wants to hear it countless times + 1
You guys are being so trolled!
(Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday November 13 2019, @12:39AM (3 children)
If only Snow, or Arik, or even janrinok, could explain to me one more time the guidelines for submissions, and why nearly on aristarchus submissions on one particular topic are declined, I am sure that then the beacon light of understanding would shoot through my mind like a diamond bullet. Or, not. Because censorship is indefensible. It's the hypocrisy, mostly, that gets me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 13 2019, @01:20AM (2 children)
Your silly intentions aside, it's that your style, regardless of the crowd it draws, is not front page material. You simply have to find a place with lower standards.
I'm not sure you will ever receive the attention you crave, but I am enjoying the attempt
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Wednesday November 13 2019, @02:35AM (1 child)
You seriously missuppose my intentions, my lovely AC! Happy to be of amusement, however.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 13 2019, @05:06AM
Your intentions, and even the content of your submissions are completely irrelevant. It is your demeanor that nobody wants to see on the front page. We are much more attracted to your whining right here in your little journal. This is where you belong. It's your little chapel where the curious can come in and gawk.