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As an aside, I really like the disclaimer's approach, kind of like the Disney+ messages on certain movies, where they say they don't necessarily agree with some
by kej 3y ago
As an aside, I really like the disclaimer's approach, kind of like the Disney+ messages on certain movies, where they say they don't necessarily agree with something but still present it in the original form.
- derbOac 3y agoTo me, it was a little disconcerting, like "we've stopped receiving these things too much, people got the message, and now we're receiving other things too much, but aren't going to update this to tell you what they are, and are leaving it for posterity." Maybe there aren't new overdone stories, people see the list and stop. But that seems unlikely to me. In either case, it would be nice if there was a list that was updated, or some statement about things being better.
- rdlw 3y agoIt's just an old list some editors put together for fun, there's no requirement to regularly update something you made a decade ago. If anything, I'd say there's an obligation to keep the original text available as long as you're maintaining the website. I don't find any of this disconcerting.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoI’m a fiction writer and I don’t have such expectations of this list. Some publishers have a short list of things they don’t take due to having too many submitted. I don’t think that’s what this list it. For one it is far too detailed to keep updated. I see this list as a subset of bad storytelling they were seeing often. It’s not a subset of things they didn’t accept. (There is significant overlap.) It’s an important distinction. Lists like these get published occasionally and they become part of the history of the internet. They truly are a snapshot in time.