03-19-2005, 10:53 PM
I agree with both sides of this discussion. On one hand, having an open magazine is the way to go...no one gets silenced no matter what. On the other hand, leaving things open, especially in a zine which is now pretty much the status quo in the Qmunity, leaves way to people who write hasty articles just to be seen. Really, you take the good with the bad. And yes...QB:TM, not just at the end but throughout its ENTIRE run, was a total elitist zine. It was sickening and I can't think of many other things that pissed me off more at the time. I certainly don't want to see QBE become a QB:TM, but at the same time, becoming a zine full of trash isn't what I want to see either. So people...put some effort into your articles! Don't get published just "to be published"...that's cheap and it brings down the quality of the zine. If this happens too much, you lose readers and then people lose the readership edge they cheated so hard to obtain...and Pete loses the reader base he actually worked so hard to obtain. You wouldn't wanna piss off Pete, would you, Qmunity?
I'd knock on wood, but my desk is particle board.