Am I the only one who has supposedly "low quality" poems for hubs?

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   Sunny Riverposted 12 years ago

   Am I the only one who has supposedly "low quality" poems for hubs?
   
   Or is it just me? I find it rather annoying that hp doesn't seem to bother having different quality standards for a poem vs. a how-to hub. It borders on insulting in my mind, to say that my poem isn't a quality hub just because it's not long enough for them.

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   writingloverposted 12 years ago

   I had a similar issue with two of my creative writing pieces. It was just hours after I published those two that they became idle. I added a sentence to each one and they were published almost instantly. Apparently they fell short of the required 8 that I needed. I thought they were high quality, so I was kind of put out. I haven't had trouble with my poems so far, but I can relate.

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   Theater girlposted 12 years ago

   I am having a situation like this too. My piece has traffic, comments etc, and it is still not featured cause of "quality" is it the word number, I wonder? Any help?

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      Sunny Riverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It must be the word number because that's why a couple of mine are now "low quality". My longer ones are just fine. "Drip Drop:, my poem, isn't featured and it has a low word count, but something like "Spider Slayer" is because it's a bit longer.

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      Theater girlposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I added a sentence or two and another picture and the piece is now featured. Go figure! Thanks for the discussion and tips!

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   anaghamposted 12 years ago

   I know.. my poem is short enough when compared to the how to-hubs.. but what matters is what we write.. I have only one poem in my list, thinking of publishing another..poems cannot be considered as low quality hubs just because they are not long enough...poems also have their own standards..

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   chef-de-jourposted 12 years ago

   There are ongoing issues with HP over poetry -  restrictive capsules, length of poem and subject matter to name a few. I agree with you - a poem is a poem no matter how lomng or short and that length should be decided by the author...BUT as a creative writer on HP you have to weigh up the pros and cons. It's great that there's a platform for poetry, one which potentially can attract many readers and responders, plus you have a great deal of feedback and guidance available.
   
   I write poetry on HP and prefer to gather a few together rather than publish them separately. This could be option for you - then you can write very short poems without fear of the hub going idle.
   
   Hope this helps, a little.

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      anaghamposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That could help.. thanks for the suggestion..

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   JThomp42posted 12 years ago

   Yes, I have encountered this issue many, many times. Make sure when starting your hub you specify it as poetry. This may help a little, but it seems that Google wants nothing to do with poetry.

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   duffsmomposted 12 years ago

   Not yet, but I am sure as they run all the older hubs thru the QAP process it will happen. It has happened to three of my recipes.  RECIPES for heaven sake!! Ingredients - instructions - what else do they need?
   
   I am so close to pulling everything off here. They have gone nuts around here.

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