Tough Town the Internet... "Recent feature and policy updates"

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   "Recent feature and policy updates
   *This week we will introduce a new policy (known as Boot Camp) whereby until you have published five simultaneously-Featured Hubs, new Hubs that do not pass the Quality Assessment Process (QAP) will be unpublished rather simply being not Featured (read more on the HubPages Blog)."
   
   Newbies have my sympathies... Hang in there!

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      HubPagesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      We figure if people subject themselves to boot camps at gyms, they might as well do so on HubPages.
      
      Much less sweating in our case. Highly favorable.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   http://blog.hubpages.com/2013/04/five-f … b-barrier/

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   I don't get what is new.
   
   If you have five featured hubs hubs that fail QAP will be published but not featured.
   
   Whereas if you don't have five featured hubs, hubs that fail QAP will be published but not featured.
   
   Hubs that break rule will be unpublished in both cases surely? No one should get a free pass for porn etc? No?
   
   ?

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      SimeyCposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      "Whereas if you don't have five featured hubs, hubs that fail QAP will be published but not featured." is actually "Whereas if you don't have five featured hubs, hubs that fail QAP will be unpublished and not featured.

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         psycheskinnerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Ah.
         
         So the change is that those without a Good5 will be unpublished rather than just not featured. 
         
         Huh.  Bad enough that it takes 20 hubs to get Adsense.  How it takes 5 hubs to even get hubs.
         
         Given how my first hubs went, and what is getting rejected now, I doubt I would have made it under this system

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            SimeyCposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            The idea is to catch the spammers - unfortunately I guess there will be some good writers caught. However this is pretty standard for many writing sites now - Constant-Content, Wizzley etc. have similar rules where you have to prove your quality before you can get automatic publishing....

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               psycheskinnerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I am more concerned about writers who could be good but will have a slight learning curve.  I guess they are just collateral damage. IMHO the best way to catch spammers is to detect spam.

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   paiva25posted 12 years ago

   Till you reach the 5 featured Hub threshold, your un-featured hubs will go back and get saved as drafts until you improve and are able to get them featured.
   I think that's what it means..

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   paiva25posted 12 years ago

   Till you reach the 5 featured Hub threshold, your un-featured hubs will go back and get saved as drafts until you improve and are able to get them featured.
   I think that's what it means..

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   LongTimeMotherposted 12 years ago

   Not so bad if they are saved as drafts. It would be a shame if all text was lost forever. Losing it completely would seem mighty unfair to new hubbers who put in real effort, but hit 'publish' prematurely. A draft is something you can work on and improve.

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      paiva25posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Exactly.. It ain't such a bad thing, just ensures quality work gets published from the start..

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   Kangaroo_Jaseposted 12 years ago

   Long story, short for spam writers out there. Don't write crap on HubPages

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