Can somebody point to an actual case - beyond the British humor competitions we have protected in Drills & Amusements - where a poem was rejected because it was workshopped on the Sphere? I'm willing to listen, but I just don't see this as a significant problem.
I do agree with Andrew F. re the deterioration of the Sphere. A number of active and talented players are no longer as active, and I'm seeing less good poetry (including my own), less good crits, and more let's-talk-about-the-meaning-of-life or let's-talk-about-me blather. There always seems to be a run of this from July to September - both the summer school break, and the return, seem to impact the Sphere, and then things seem to improve as the academic year progresses, but overall the Sphere ain't what it used to be (look at the tiny impact of Shaun Russel's well-meaning attempt to restore The Deep End) and I can't blame the lack of a pass-word protected forum. I hope it's not Gresham's Law.
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