All that said, go for it! I may go and reinstall my reviewing privileges!
Please do so. I think that the standards of the HASA system are based actually on something like "poll" among readers. If 5 to 9 readers are willing to take the time to say "I like this story, because..." then it certainly deserves to be showcased in the public archive. If 5 to 9 readers are willing to take the time and the trouble to say "I don't like this, because...", then that does not mean the story is bad, but maybe not quite what the majority of readers would like to see *showcased* on the public side of HASA.
The catch is that this poll will be fairer if the reviewer pool is larger and more mixed. If you have a very large pool of active reviewers with many different preferences, each submitted story has a better chance to get really a judgement by "the average reader" and not by a dedicated minority that may have developed prejudices and blind spots with the passage of time.
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Please do so. I think that the standards of the HASA system are based actually on something like "poll" among readers. If 5 to 9 readers are willing to take the time to say "I like this story, because..." then it certainly deserves to be showcased in the public archive. If 5 to 9 readers are willing to take the time and the trouble to say "I don't like this, because...", then that does not mean the story is bad, but maybe not quite what the majority of readers would like to see *showcased* on the public side of HASA.
The catch is that this poll will be fairer if the reviewer pool is larger and more mixed. If you have a very large pool of active reviewers with many different preferences, each submitted story has a better chance to get really a judgement by "the average reader" and not by a dedicated minority that may have developed prejudices and blind spots with the passage of time.
*sigh*