Should you post an article you think is worthwhile reguardless of who it is that sent it? Yes
Should you edit it as necessary to remove uneeded "fluff"? Yes
Should you worry about the oncomming forum storm? No
YOU are an editor. You take what is submitted, format it appropriatly in your views and post it for your readers. People who submit stories may or may not be reporters. They ARE NOT STAFF, they are NOT PAYED, therefore they should not expect to have their submission posted word, for word or even to be accepted at all. They are giving you information in return for a mention of who sent it in, the deal ends there. If they don't like how their submission was edited or changed, DON'T SUBMIT. To use an old quote, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. You got an honorable mention, move on.
Slashdot is huge, they don't call it the Slashdot effect for nothing. The amount of submissions sent on a daily basis is probably astronomical and to expect everyone and their brother to get a story posted is unrealistic. Why aren't those same people complaining to their State officials for not winning the lottery do they? After all, they buy tickets just like other people. It's not fair that the people who buy hundreds more tickets have a better chance of winning than someone who only buys one a week. In that same effect someone who sends in one article a day has no ground to stand on for having less of a chance to get a story posted than someone who sends in 30. That's not to say the person who sent one in didn't send a good one or that all 30 are gems but you see where this is going. People, we're not a comunism society, we're capitolism. If you want to get ahead, YOU HAVE TO WORK, no one is going to just hand you everything you want. Just because you scoured the internet and really thought you had a perfect story doesn't mean it will be posted, it means work harder and send in multiple good submissions and your chances of getting one posted are much better. There's only so many submissions that can be read at a time so there are going to be entries that fall through the cracks.
As for the forum flurries, simple logic takes care of that. Did they subscribe to Slashdot Premium? No? Then shut it. You're reading stories and news FOR FREE. You type in slashdot.org, you're agreeing to read what is posted. If you don't like it, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE and leave everyone else alone. If you want to make a suggestion, then do so in the forum or email the editors but don't throw a temper tantrum because your "precious opinions" weren't used. If you don't pay for it, you don't have a right to complain. The only reason I'm even posting is because CmdrTaco requested feedback from all the readers. For all I know this whole post could be deleted and there's not a damn thing I can do about it.
Long post short, CmdrTaco you do what you think is best for Slashdot. Anyone who opens this site and reads its contents has to abide by your rules, it's YOUR SITE. If they don't like it, they are free to make suggestions but if they're causing trouble, there should be no suprise if they're banned. Everyone has the constitutional right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness SO LONG AS those rights DON'T infringe on someone else's. I have the right to read stories on Slashdot every time I open my web browser, have for years, but that right has been infringed upon because CmdrTaco needed to ran and had to take up space where a story would have been due to incessant forum and email whining because someone who puts forth time and effort into getting stories posted got their stories listed.
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THANK YOU!!!! Guess I should have taken more time to read before posting as you said pretty much what I said.
Should you post an article you think is worthwhile reguardless of who it is that sent it? Yes
Should you edit it as necessary to remove uneeded "fluff"? Yes
Should you worry about the oncomming forum storm? No
YOU are an editor. You take what is submitted, format it appropriatly in your views and post it for your readers. People who submit stories may or may not be reporters. They ARE NOT STAFF, they are NOT PAYED, therefore they should not expect to have their submission posted word, for word or even to be accepted at all. They are giving you information in return for a mention of who sent it in, the deal ends there. If they don't like how their submission was edited or changed, DON'T SUBMIT. To use an old quote, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. You got an honorable mention, move on.
Slashdot is huge, they don't call it the Slashdot effect for nothing. The amount of submissions sent on a daily basis is probably astronomical and to expect everyone and their brother to get a story posted is unrealistic. Why aren't those same people complaining to their State officials for not winning the lottery do they? After all, they buy tickets just like other people. It's not fair that the people who buy hundreds more tickets have a better chance of winning than someone who only buys one a week. In that same effect someone who sends in one article a day has no ground to stand on for having less of a chance to get a story posted than someone who sends in 30. That's not to say the person who sent one in didn't send a good one or that all 30 are gems but you see where this is going. People, we're not a comunism society, we're capitolism. If you want to get ahead, YOU HAVE TO WORK, no one is going to just hand you everything you want. Just because you scoured the internet and really thought you had a perfect story doesn't mean it will be posted, it means work harder and send in multiple good submissions and your chances of getting one posted are much better. There's only so many submissions that can be read at a time so there are going to be entries that fall through the cracks.
As for the forum flurries, simple logic takes care of that. Did they subscribe to Slashdot Premium? No? Then shut it. You're reading stories and news FOR FREE. You type in slashdot.org, you're agreeing to read what is posted. If you don't like it, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE and leave everyone else alone. If you want to make a suggestion, then do so in the forum or email the editors but don't throw a temper tantrum because your "precious opinions" weren't used. If you don't pay for it, you don't have a right to complain. The only reason I'm even posting is because CmdrTaco requested feedback from all the readers. For all I know this whole post could be deleted and there's not a damn thing I can do about it.
Long post short, CmdrTaco you do what you think is best for Slashdot. Anyone who opens this site and reads its contents has to abide by your rules, it's YOUR SITE. If they don't like it, they are free to make suggestions but if they're causing trouble, there should be no suprise if they're banned. Everyone has the constitutional right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness SO LONG AS those rights DON'T infringe on someone else's. I have the right to read stories on Slashdot every time I open my web browser, have for years, but that right has been infringed upon because CmdrTaco needed to ran and had to take up space where a story would have been due to incessant forum and email whining because someone who puts forth time and effort into getting stories posted got their stories listed.