Who decides what gets cherry picked and what doesn't? Are they read before or randomly chosen or are they scanned by a computer for something that makes an entry better than others? Anyone with any ideas on this process speak up!
Thank you.
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Ewan | April 11, 2009 - 13:14
Everything is read and cherries are a subjective choice made by an editor.
_lynze_ | April 11, 2009 - 16:55
Yeah i thought that, but the emails don't seem to agree,
'From: admin@abctales.com on behalf of ABCtales.com Cherrypicking Robot (NoReply@abctales.com) '
Also, recently i posted a story of roughly 2000 words and within about five minutes of posting it i received an email saying it had been cherrypicked =/. Makes it a little questionable.
2Lou | April 11, 2009 - 17:39
Hi Lynze. It's not automated. The Robot refers to the email notification system - i.e. when an Ed marks a piece as cherry picked, the email is sent automatically.
That your piece was picked so quickly must have been coincidence - an Ed would have been going through the 'un-read' pile when yours was posted. I'd take it as a compliment - the quality must have been obvious by a skim read alone. There is more than one Ed and they are real people. All pieces are read - not just to cherry pick but to check content for legal reasons.
Lou
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_lynze_ | April 11, 2009 - 19:55
Hmm, i suppose that makes sense then. Still five minutes-ish, but iffy, but i'll take your word for it :)
Thanks x
threeleafshamrock | April 13, 2009 - 01:00
Don't feel that you have to read mine; just gimme the cherry ;) I won't argue!
Chris ;)
tarashannon | May 21, 2009 - 11:40
lol