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> But I can’t help but feel that the effort meant something. Each person that put in the effort is one additional review point. Thinking, Writing, Editing, Pr
by DavidPiper 3mo ago
> But I can’t help but feel that the effort meant something.
Each person that put in the effort is one additional review point.
Thinking, Writing, Editing, Proofing, Publishing, Distributing, Selling...
At every step, a human had the opportunity to say "no, this is bad". And the fact that they didn't is a vote of quality and reputation.
These days presumably every step can be automated without a human in the loop at all, and it's up to the buyer to discover "no, this is bad", but at that point their money is already spent.
- neponeko 3mo agoAt every step, a human had the opportunity to say "no, this is bad". And the fact that they didn't is a vote of quality and reputation. Romantic image. Doesn’t hold. Traditional publishing has pushed out lots of poorly edited slop for decades; it didn’t start in 2022.
- DavidPiper 3mo agoAnd their reputation suffered so much that we're calling it out on an internet forum decades later.