how do you prevent noise from overwhelming signal?

users won't wade through 20 different versions, hoping
one of them _might_ be better than the "official" version.
even if they find one, the word-of-mouth will be diluted.

heck, your own re-done versions find that they suffer a
significant disadvantage competing with older versions.
and they're at least allowed to engage on the same field.

another place is gonna quickly be dismissed as a ghetto.
even if the quality is there, the critical mass will not be...

roger built a better proofreading machine than d.p., but
couldn't attract people to staff it...  what reason is there
to believe there's anyone to run _multiple_ new systems?

i relish the idea of a tournament among new workflows,
but if a winner never gets declared, what is the purpose?

that doesn't have to mean losing systems got discarded...
but it would mean the best one will get some recognition.

without some kind of decision on quality, you will just be
burning volunteer time and energy; you've wasted enough.

i'm all for live-and-let-live.

but there's only so much oxygen in the room.

count me in...  but i'll serve my pudding on my own site...

-bowerbird