Ensuring that High-Quality Articles Get the Spotlight…

Over the last few months, we have received a lot of positive feedback on the quality of the community’s articles, but we have also heard a few consistent concerns. Specifically, we have been told the following:

1. Our readers and writers enjoy the excellent content that appears on our site, but they worry that as we continue to grow, the quality might not hold its own.

2. People feel that they are kept in the dark as to how articles move up the site, and they believe that the site’s most dedicated contributors should be part of this process.

Effective immediately, we are addressing both of these common concerns.

For a long time, we’ve wanted to bring Bleacher Report’s community further into the process of rating article quality and pushing the best content to the front of the site.

But we hadn’t put our finger on the best way in which to do this. We don’t want just anybody to come on the site for the first time and rate articles — but we also realize that some of the best contributors are new members, who have not had a chance to establish their credentials as Top Writers.

We want the most dedicated writers to be assessing article quality, be they new stars or established veterans.

And so we are going to open the process up to both.

Starting today, established top writers, as well as proven Community Leaders, will be able to rate an article’s quality.

In addition, we are opening up an application process for all Bleacher Report members who believe that they have demonstrated a commitment to quality writing in the days and weeks since they first joined our community.

These new talents can submit an application HERE.

We will do our best to invite those who make a compelling case, assuming that they have a handful of solid contributions under their belt so far.

But we won’t be able to invite everyone into the fold, because we must ensure all writers that their hard work is being assessed by a community of proven writers.

As always, we welcome all feedback on how this process can work best, and we are open minded to change based on the suggestions that hold water.