Bumping this up to mention a modification to the selection procedure.
Someone suggested we could get closer to the ideal of completely “blind” selection if the person receiving the subs and seeing the authors’ names weren’t also on the selection panel. Since I don’t mind excluding myself from the selectors, I’ve done so and modified the info on the website accordingly. Nobody rating the subs will do so knowing who the authors are.
Of course, sometimes a panelist might recognise something previously seen here or on another board. I’m confident everyone will judge objectively in any case — but where a panelist knows or guesses the author and prefers to recuse him/herself, someone else will read instead.
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