Comments on: When we finally got to speak http://alternatelexicon.com/2009/09/23/when-we-finally-got-to-speak/ absolutely full of trivia Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ali http://alternatelexicon.com/2009/09/23/when-we-finally-got-to-speak/#comment-53 Ali Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:55:36 +0000 http://alternatelexicon.com/?p=121#comment-53 Thanks for the explanation about how it works. I wish there was some indication to non-members about it! I work at a children and adolescent psych hospital, so I would hope my coworkers would know even a little about autism. And yet... Thanks for the explanation about how it works. I wish there was some indication to non-members about it!

I work at a children and adolescent psych hospital, so I would hope my coworkers would know even a little about autism. And yet…

]]> By: Lindsay http://alternatelexicon.com/2009/09/23/when-we-finally-got-to-speak/#comment-52 Lindsay Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:24:03 +0000 http://alternatelexicon.com/?p=121#comment-52 <blockquote>...coworkers who pretty much fail at the comprehension of autism and epidemiology...</blockquote> Heh. While most of the people in my life that I've talked to about autism have been really ignorant as well, they've been more of the (generally a lot more pleasant) type of ignorant person who goes, "Autism? I've heard a little about that but I'm not really sure what it is. Can you tell me about it?"

…coworkers who pretty much fail at the comprehension of autism and epidemiology…

Heh. While most of the people in my life that I’ve talked to about autism have been really ignorant as well, they’ve been more of the (generally a lot more pleasant) type of ignorant person who goes, “Autism? I’ve heard a little about that but I’m not really sure what it is. Can you tell me about it?”

]]> By: Lindsay http://alternatelexicon.com/2009/09/23/when-we-finally-got-to-speak/#comment-51 Lindsay Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:09 +0000 http://alternatelexicon.com/?p=121#comment-51 The length of time it takes for a new blog to get added to the Hub (or conclusively rejected) varies widely. A few times every season, a ballot will be sent out to every member with 5-10 blogs on it. The members have five voting options for each candidate blog: 1) yes, put it on the Hub; 2) no, don't put it on the Hub; 3) not enough information --- let's wait awhile and decide later; 4) the blog, while it might be very good, is just not a good fit for the Hub; and 5) no opinion. How long it takes for enough votes to be collected also seems to vary. I submitted my blog for membership in the Hub shortly after I created it two years ago. I have only been accepted to the Hub for maybe a month or two (I have a terrible sense of time, so maybe it's been longer. But it took a really long time, and my eventual membership came because I was invited to join --- apparently people already on the Hub were reading my blog, and wanted it on there. So for all I know my original submission was lost in the ether). Anyway, the point of all this is that there are a lot of possible reasons you haven't heard anything yet. It might be that your blog hasn't gotten on a ballot yet (I honestly don't remember if it has or not), it might be that no consensus on it was reached, it might be that the consensus was to wait and see. I wouldn't worry about it. :) The length of time it takes for a new blog to get added to the Hub (or conclusively rejected) varies widely.

A few times every season, a ballot will be sent out to every member with 5-10 blogs on it. The members have five voting options for each candidate blog: 1) yes, put it on the Hub; 2) no, don’t put it on the Hub; 3) not enough information — let’s wait awhile and decide later; 4) the blog, while it might be very good, is just not a good fit for the Hub; and 5) no opinion.

How long it takes for enough votes to be collected also seems to vary.

I submitted my blog for membership in the Hub shortly after I created it two years ago. I have only been accepted to the Hub for maybe a month or two (I have a terrible sense of time, so maybe it’s been longer. But it took a really long time, and my eventual membership came because I was invited to join — apparently people already on the Hub were reading my blog, and wanted it on there. So for all I know my original submission was lost in the ether).

Anyway, the point of all this is that there are a lot of possible reasons you haven’t heard anything yet. It might be that your blog hasn’t gotten on a ballot yet (I honestly don’t remember if it has or not), it might be that no consensus on it was reached, it might be that the consensus was to wait and see.

I wouldn’t worry about it. :)

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