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from the prevention-goes-a-long-way dept.
So, every once in awhile, if things have been quiet, I like to pop a post seeing what the general feelings of the community are towards the site, seeing what we could do better, etc. I think its been a few months since the last time I posted in Meta, so I think this is a good time to get a pulse on the community, and provide a venue to get any feedback (good or bad).
On the staff side, I know things have been relatively quiet over the summer due to most of us being busy with life and such, which is why we haven't made a major site upgrade since the original rehash upgrade at the end of May. For myself, I've been working at a new job, and dealing with a fair bit of non-Soylent related things to the point that I really only have the time or energy to post, and occasional check in, and I'd like to thank the rest of the staff, and mrcoolbp in particular for holding down the fort for me.
Anyway, in contrast to my usual posts, I'm going to cut this off here, and will be looking forward to your comments below.
73 from NCommander
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday November 18 2015, @04:29AM
After an editor approves a story and puts it into the pending queue, do other editors look at the story and make improvements?
Emphatically, yes. As n1 mentioned, stories require two signoffs before being posted to the main page. The pending stories list is where that second sign off happens. What's more, there can be discussions between editors over various stories in the pending queue, and changes made.
I think the site runs on EST, and the time is currently around 17:00. In the pending queue, a story is being delayed so it won't appear until after 3:00 tomorrow morning.
It's GMT, actually.
Stories are scheduled so they don't all come out at once. This is done on purpose to keep a relatively even flow of stories throughout the day.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday November 18 2015, @04:32AM
cmn32480 did a much better job explaining. Please mod his comment up and consign mine to oblivion.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr