Actually, the system is based exactly on what you mention: It is based on quality according to the opinion of each individual reviewer, with the final decision relying on the principle of majority.
Yes it is. And if it was declared as such--"an archive selected by our members," for example--then that would be fine. Kind of like an award: something given by a specific audience in recognition of that audience's notion of quality. But visiting the site, I saw tons of mentions of accepting "high quality" work and rejecting work that is not "interesting," "well written," or that is "frivolous." In the FAQ, there was one line that expressed how you put it: 'What we do at HASA is say 'Here are stories a number of our members liked a great deal. We think you will like them, too!'" But the rest of the site focuses on its inclusion of only "high quality work," with the assumption that the review procedure is qualified to make that judgement.
Which I don't think is a judgement that can be made by a group of nine...or a group of any size.
But the majority of members at HASA does want a public archive that is not open for general posting. If that is what the majority wants, it seems to me that a polled decision based on the individual opinions of random readers is a pretty valid and fair way of arriving at such a decision.
Sure. I'd be hard-pressed to find a better method and, as I've said, I don't think that anyone considers my opinion worthy of "OMG! We must change the system because Dawn protests!" That'd be nice but.... (I'm just kidding! :^P)
My problem with it comes back to using that "poll" as equating to a judgement of quality. Every site has the right to determine their own archive criteria, and I don't deny HASA that just as I hope HASA will not deny the SWG archive the right to post any work that we want...but I take issue with the notion that such a selection denotes quality. And that's just my own issue...my own opinion.
Personally I definitely prefer open posting to all those different submission procedures. Allow people to write and post what they want within the limits of the law.
Totally agreed. I love being pleasantly surprised by something new, something I never thought I'd like. And it seems to foster a much friendlier, comfortable environment, at least in my experiences.
*joins you in raising glass the the Pit of Voles!* Long live ff.net! :)
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:27 am (UTC)Yes it is. And if it was declared as such--"an archive selected by our members," for example--then that would be fine. Kind of like an award: something given by a specific audience in recognition of that audience's notion of quality. But visiting the site, I saw tons of mentions of accepting "high quality" work and rejecting work that is not "interesting," "well written," or that is "frivolous." In the FAQ, there was one line that expressed how you put it: 'What we do at HASA is say 'Here are stories a number of our members liked a great deal. We think you will like them, too!'" But the rest of the site focuses on its inclusion of only "high quality work," with the assumption that the review procedure is qualified to make that judgement.
Which I don't think is a judgement that can be made by a group of nine...or a group of any size.
But the majority of members at HASA does want a public archive that is not open for general posting. If that is what the majority wants, it seems to me that a polled decision based on the individual opinions of random readers is a pretty valid and fair way of arriving at such a decision.
Sure. I'd be hard-pressed to find a better method and, as I've said, I don't think that anyone considers my opinion worthy of "OMG! We must change the system because Dawn protests!" That'd be nice but.... (I'm just kidding! :^P)
My problem with it comes back to using that "poll" as equating to a judgement of quality. Every site has the right to determine their own archive criteria, and I don't deny HASA that just as I hope HASA will not deny the SWG archive the right to post any work that we want...but I take issue with the notion that such a selection denotes quality. And that's just my own issue...my own opinion.
Personally I definitely prefer open posting to all those different submission procedures. Allow people to write and post what they want within the limits of the law.
Totally agreed. I love being pleasantly surprised by something new, something I never thought I'd like. And it seems to foster a much friendlier, comfortable environment, at least in my experiences.
*joins you in raising glass the the Pit of Voles!* Long live ff.net! :)