Who read our submissions?

[Mythrana]

Hello all,

May I know who read and approve our submissions? And how many read our submissions before publishing them? If there were 5 editors and one is reading our submission can another editor get access to our submissions at the same time please?

Thank you and have a good day all.

Warmest rgds,
Mythrana

 

[cantdog]

We must guess. The replies to that question have always said Laurel and Manu or maybe mostly Laurel. They do it all. It seems a Herculean task. If Laurel had a bad 'flu or an auto accident, perhaps all submissions would just sit unread.

It seems less and less realistic to think that they can do all that as the site expands.

But that's all we really know, unless some new data has come in since the last time the question was asked.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

It's a group of former editors from The New Yorker and The Paris Review working out of the top four floors of the Literotica Building in mid-town Manhattan.

No, honestly I have no idea. There was a rumor at one time that the stories aren't even read but rather run through an application that scans for certain forbidden words and flags them, but that can't be true, because every do often a story gets an "E" rating, which means that some reviewer really liked it.

On the other hand, if you calculate the number of daily submissions, it suggests the amount of reading required is staggering, and I doubt very much that Lit has a huge staff of readers.

Bottom line is, I really don't know. This sounds like a question for Weird Harold.

 

[Guest]

Is your Bermuda triangle a fearful place, indeedy?

 

[snooper]

... This sounds like a question for Weird Harold.

There have been many threads on this topic (almost as many as on the age limit) and nobody knows for sure.

There are at least two technical people using "Manu" for communications, because I had an email about a technical problem which said "If this doesn't fix it I'll ask Manu about it" and it came from manu @ Lit.

Personally I believe that there must be several Laurels because of the workload argument, and yet there remains the curious fact that non-consent stories are always the last ones posted on any given day on the "New Stories" list. Perhaps that is because they are referred to "higher authority" for a final decision?

It seems odd that nobody will tell us the answer, not even the moderators; have they all been sworn to silence?

The most outrageous theory proposed so far is that the whole thing is a CIA front and that some (or many) of the stories contain coded messages for operatives world wide. The pet suspects are those authors with over a thousand postings.

 

[cantdog]

Snooper, I love that! Black ops scoping net porn, worldwide.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

There have been many threads on this topic (almost as many as on the age limit) and nobody knows for sure.

There are at least two technical people using "Manu" for communications, because I had an email about a technical problem which said "If this doesn't fix it I'll ask Manu about it" and it came from manu @ Lit.

Personally I believe that there must be several Laurels because of the workload argument, and yet there remains the curious fact that non-consent stories are always the last ones posted on any given day on the "New Stories" list. Perhaps that is because they are referred to "higher authority" for a final decision?

It seems odd that nobody will tell us the answer, not even the moderators; have they all been sworn to silence?

The most outrageous theory proposed so far is that the whole thing is a CIA front and that some (or many) of the stories contain coded messages for operatives world wide. The pet suspects are those authors with over a thousand postings.

Several Laurels and two or more Manus...? The cloning was a success... Soon, we'll be ready to take over the world with our Laurel clone army our two Manu generals...

I mean, no... We're not up to anything at all, just reading stories and such... Pay no attention to that 1,000 plus poster behind the curtain...



Ahem. Laurel and Manu read them, most likely, which may have something to do with why sometimes more are read faster and sometimes not. One might be ill, or the other, or too busy with other things. Pretty easy stuff to do, just time consuming, especially when something occurs that requires their time elsewhere.

Q_C

 

[Weird Harold]

On the other hand, if you calculate the number of daily submissions, it suggests the amount of reading required is staggering, and I doubt very much that Lit has a huge staff of readers.

Bottom line is, I really don't know. This sounds like a question for Weird Harold.

To be perfectly honest, I dont know the answer in any absolute way.

To the best of my knowledge, there are only one Laurel and one Manu and each has access to any of the site functions. I have gotten e-mails from Manu via Laurel's e-mail adresss, and vice versa.

In general, Laurel does the editorial functions and Manu does the technical functions but both can do either function.

As far as the reading load for a single person to approve everything, all I can say is that I do know that Laurel is a speed reader in a class far beyond my measly 600 wpm ability and approval/rejection for most stories doesn't require a detailed reading, just a scan for potential problems that require a closer reading.

It is possible for single person to approve the numbers of stories posted daily, although I personallywould be burnt out long ago by the necessity to do it every day for as long as Laurel has been doing it and recruited a legion or two of pre-readers to flag the problem stories for me. But unless Laurel has change her position in the three years since I last offered to pre-read some of the stories, I don think there are any pre-readers or "junior editors" involved.

In short, the "official" answer is, "Laurel is solely responsible for approval, rejection, and timing of posting for all stories," and I have no personal knowledge that causes me to doubt that official answer.

 

[NoJo]

So does that mean an "Editor's Pick" means "Laurel's Pick", Weird?

 

[Weird Harold]

So does that mean an "Editor's Pick" means "Laurel's Pick", Weird?

Either Laurel or Manu can add an "editor's choice" flag and as far as I know, both do. The majority are "Laurel's Pick" because she reads all of the stories rather than just the (comparitively) few that Manu reads, but I do know of at least one story that Manu added the flag to.

 

[tolyk]

Then shouldn't they be Administrator's Choice?

 

[Weird Harold]

Then shouldn't they be Administrator's Choice?

Or maybe "Publisher's Choice."

Does it really matter what the label is? It's their site and they can say that the little Green E stands for "Exceptionally Perverted" without changing how the stories are chosen or by whom.

 

[tolyk]

Or maybe "Publisher's Choice."

Does it really matter what the label is? It's their site and they can say that the little Green E stands for "Exceptionally Perverted" without changing how the stories are chosen or by whom.

Oh, I know I was just being technical for a chuckle.

Publisher's choice sounds good, but I am rather partial to editor's choice.. has a nice ring to it.. even though I know I'll never have one of those little green 'E's

 

[Just-Legal]

Oh, I know I was just being technical for a chuckle.

Publisher's choice sounds good, but I am rather partial to editor's choice.. has a nice ring to it.. even though I know I'll never have one of those little green 'E's

E's are bad, mmkay?

Sorry. Mr Mackey moment. Too much South Park, not enough sleep.