Actually this was much more embarrassing than it was a bias. In this case the story had been clearly labeled and we just hadn't seen that label. We could have very well read it until the very end and than still slip a category when doing the newsletter.
And you might believe me or not but when it comes to editing the newsletter it is all a matter of copy and paste. None of us scroll, skim or god forbid read any of the stories we include. Why do you think we have such problems with our spoiler policy? It's because we don't read anything we link. I'd love it if it could be different, but at the moment this is that way it has to be done if we want to be able to actually post a newsletter a day.
We are well aware that there are several things we could do better, we would have to double check many of the categories for possible mistakes and spoiler warnings we should have given or Icons that are now for the third time in the Newsletter or stories being mislabeled. We also are very unhappy about any of the mistakes we make because we know that many people read us and depend on us to find their stories so we want to do it right by everyone.
But we are limited in our capability to do so (and it gets worse when it seems like everyday that number of posts is growing and in some cases growing over our heads as we speak) so we do the best we can.
We are equal opportunitists when it comes to making mistakes. I think that is my main point. I would love it if everyone who has doubts about how we do what we do could look us over the shoulder one night when we do the newsletter because it would become absolutely clear that the way we compile the newsletter leaves no room for intentional or unintentional bias.
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And you might believe me or not but when it comes to editing the newsletter it is all a matter of copy and paste. None of us scroll, skim or god forbid read any of the stories we include. Why do you think we have such problems with our spoiler policy? It's because we don't read anything we link. I'd love it if it could be different, but at the moment this is that way it has to be done if we want to be able to actually post a newsletter a day.
We are well aware that there are several things we could do better, we would have to double check many of the categories for possible mistakes and spoiler warnings we should have given or Icons that are now for the third time in the Newsletter or stories being mislabeled. We also are very unhappy about any of the mistakes we make because we know that many people read us and depend on us to find their stories so we want to do it right by everyone.
But we are limited in our capability to do so (and it gets worse when it seems like everyday that number of posts is growing and in some cases growing over our heads as we speak) so we do the best we can.
We are equal opportunitists when it comes to making mistakes. I think that is my main point. I would love it if everyone who has doubts about how we do what we do could look us over the shoulder one night when we do the newsletter because it would become absolutely clear that the way we compile the newsletter leaves no room for intentional or unintentional bias.