Suggestion - Allow Established Authors to Publish without Pending Wait

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  1. PegCole17 profile image94
    PegCole17posted 11 years ago

    Hello,
    On other sites where there is a "wait" period before articles move out of pending status, they allow authors with an established reputation to apply for exemptions to the wait time.

    I just tried to tweet my latest book review to Oprah magazine, since she asked in a Tweet today what we are reading. When I tested my link, it showed up as "This Hub is Unpublished" !!!! Very frustrating as the author has already forwarded my review to his publisher.

    This is disallowing us many opportunities to bring in traffic through our efforts. What can be done?
    Sincerely
    PegCole17

    1. wilderness profile image95
      wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      ??  Being pending has nothing to do with being unpublished, and links work whether the hub is pending or not.

      Is it possible that tweeting a hub within moments of publication doesn't work simply because the internal workings of HP takes a few minutes or hours to include the address in their database?  I know that Pinterest and FaceBook, for example, can't see brand new photos for a while.

      1. PegCole17 profile image94
        PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

        Hello Wilderness,
        The hub was published yesterday so it has been at least 16 to 18 hours since I published. My point was more that with established writers, like yourself with a score of 100 (congrats) the chances of getting a poor quality hub is diminished considerably.

        Anyhoo, my rant was unjustified because I just sent the link out again with the long URL and it took me properly to the hub.

        So, please excuse me blathering on about it.
        smile

        Happy so happy, I'm totally happy. Oh yes I am. Lalalalala

        1. wilderness profile image95
          wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          lol  Good to see it's working properly; I thought there had to be something else as pending and links not working should not have a connection. 

          Funny you caught the "100" - I hadn't even noticed.  I'ts came and gone so many times I don't even look any more.  You'll be beating me out tomorrow as that 99 becomes 100 and my 100 becomes 95.

          1. PegCole17 profile image94
            PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Yo ho Wilderness. Yesterday was my day to hit the high mark of 100 but the glory was short lived. Today I'm down to 99. Oh well. It had been a long, dry spell and I was elated for a brief moment. Guess that happens.

            wink

            1. wilderness profile image95
              wildernessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

              lol  So you're leading me down the road of ignominy, not following.  Well, maybe I'll just choose not to follow!  smile

              1. PegCole17 profile image94
                PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                So, there you go at 100 again. Whoo hoo! Maybe it'll be contagious.
                Peg

    2. Becky Katz profile image80
      Becky Katzposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Peg, another 100. Congrats, you are on a roll.

      1. PegCole17 profile image94
        PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

        Hey there Becky. Looks like you are on the edge of 100. I already fell off.
        sad

  2. Simone Smith profile image88
    Simone Smithposted 11 years ago

    Hey PegCole17!

    Even when Hubs are going through the "Pending" period, they should be accessible via their URLs (and your profile, should you choose to have them shown).

    We must have all Hubs go through the Pending period (which we are doing everything we can to shorten) because we must rate all Hubs before we can decide whether or not we will Feature them.

    I see that "Change - Reflections on Personal Growth and Social Transformation, A Review" is available via your Profile- is that the book review you tried to tweet? Was it possibly moderated, and that's why you were not able to access it? That's the only reason (aside from you just not having published it yet) why that Hub would not have been available via its URL...

    1. janderson99 profile image54
      janderson99posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      "We must have all Hubs go through the Pending period (which we are doing everything we can to shorten)"
      BUT
      "Some people have asked why do some Hubs go directly to featured.....Right now, there are a small number of Hubbers where our system can process their Hubs immediately based on data we have."  http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/105644
      Data shows some hubs get featured in 2 hours or less.

      1. Simone Smith profile image88
        Simone Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        As I understand it, it all depends on how fast we can get human ratings- and that varies based on who is presently active on Mechanical Turk and how many other Hubs are being published. Hope that clears things up! big_smile

    2. PegCole17 profile image94
      PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Simone,
      I copied the link from the stats and used the shortened URL rather than what I usually do, adding a referral tracker to the full link. I will try again and yes, that is the hub I was talking about.

      I understand the reasoning for the pending status and am not trying to make more work for you guys, nor rush the process which is important. It just seems that after 85 hubs have been written that my writing style is pretty much established. On InfoBarrel, for example (not that I promote them) they take off the restrictions after an author has written 10 articles. (I only have 10 there since they do not allow us to keep our copyright to the work even if we delete articles.)

      Sorry, I will try again to send it out to Oprah. After all, she did ask the question...
      :\

      1. Simone Smith profile image88
        Simone Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        I understand entirely! I agree that not every Hubber needs to be treated with the same level of scrutiny. We're still testing different ways of addressing this- clearly the QAP is a work in progress, and we appreciate your bearing with us!

        1. PegCole17 profile image94
          PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Thank you, Simone, for your courteous answer to my redundant question. I see where Paul addressed this issue some time back and although the wait time has been somewhat reduced for some, I still see an average 24 hour wait on my new hubs. Thank goodness I'm not publishing "Breaking News". LOL

          Anyway. Thanks again.
          PegCole17

  3. mckbirdbks profile image81
    mckbirdbksposted 11 years ago

    Hi Peg. Sorry I missed the big century mark. Congratulations belatedly. You sure deserve it.

    1. PegCole17 profile image94
      PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Mike. It was a fleeting moment of glory. But glory appreciated nonetheless!
      See ya
      Peg

      1. marcoujor profile image73
        marcoujorposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        Wow, Peggy...I just read that link that janderson directed us to above...oh my gosh...I better just keep writing and have another cuppa. I am so proud of you and your writing and your 100...!

        1. PegCole17 profile image94
          PegCole17posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks Mar, for pointing out the link from Janderson. I followed the discussion thread. This is apparently not a new issue and others are frustrated as well. Now I feel a little better. I must need a sugar fix. Off to find a donut.
          Peg

 
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