WriterDom
Good to the last drop
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- Jun 25, 2000
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If you are looking to give poets more exposure that aren't on it. There is a very simple solution. You create a Poetry forum where each thread is a poem. And, if 212 people want to comment on a TJ poem that's fine. Those of us, and I'm not really including myself in "us" that don't even like her poetry, don't have to open the thread. Anyone wishing for instant feedback doesn't have to scrounge for 10 high votes to make the top list. The older poems fade quickly into history.
And there is nothing that says you can't continue the submission and voting cycle also.
I wouldn't be opposed to doing away with the top list. I stopped submitting because after 50 or so poems, it just got boring. I stopped visiting the top list because I got tired of the politics.
And what I suggest isn't that radical. It's how about 90% of web interacting poetry sites operate. Poetry is dynamic. Creating 6 different Top lists to make everyone happy is just silly. Because people will never be happy with top lists.
And there is nothing that says you can't continue the submission and voting cycle also.
I wouldn't be opposed to doing away with the top list. I stopped submitting because after 50 or so poems, it just got boring. I stopped visiting the top list because I got tired of the politics.
And what I suggest isn't that radical. It's how about 90% of web interacting poetry sites operate. Poetry is dynamic. Creating 6 different Top lists to make everyone happy is just silly. Because people will never be happy with top lists.