Here's @stevennovella's year end look at @ScienceBasedMed. Key points:
1. We've started a Patreon so that we don't rely on services that serve up quack ads.
2. Steve's lawsuit is won and his attempt to recover court costs winding continuing.
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Most good bloggers about SBM usually have their own blog and are reluctant to give their best material to any but their own blog. Some even have their own regular or semi-regular gigs with mainstream publications. 8/
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I also apologize for times when our determination regarding whether a guest submission is suitable for SBM takes too long. Those of us evaluating them have demanding jobs. For example, around NIH grant deadline times, my processing of guest submissions grinds to a halt. 9/
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Also, although those of you out there who are also editors know, the amount of utter crap people send us is incredible. It's painfully obvious that most have never read our blog and therefore think we publish cutesy medical listicles or general medicine informational posts. 10/
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All of that crap has to be waded through to find the uncommon gem that we really want to publish. It doesn't take much time per submission to identify the crap, but cumulatively it adds up. 11/
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Sometimes we even get alternative medicine believers submitting articles touting acupuncture, chiropractic, or even reiki. These are always good for a chuckle and a sarcastic response with a link to our submission guidelines. 12/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/about-science-based-medicine/submission-guidelines/ …
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Trials and tribulations aside, I thank
@stevennovella for founding@ScienceBasedMed and inviting me to be a part of it. I thank our editors and all of contributors for all their hard work and great blogging. 13/Show this thread -
I also thank our copy editors/proofreaders, past and especially present, for fixing typos and helping get guest posts ready to publish. We certainly challenge them with our messed up typing. 14/
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In 2019, my goals are: 1. To be faster and more reliable evaluating and publishing guest posts and to try not to leave bloggers hanging as long. 2. To find enough additional regulars to be able to post seven days a week. 3. To fill as many gaps in our expertise as I can. 15/
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As always, the goals of
@ScienceBasedMed remain unchanged: 1. To champion science as the basis for producing the most effective and safe medical care 2. To combat the infiltration of pseudoscience and quackery into medicine and public health policy. 3. To educate. 16/16Show this thread -
And, above all, I thank our regular readers, for whom we do this. 16a/16
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