Ivan_Bajlo - 2:56 am on Jul 23, 2007 (gmt 0)

> If DMOZ needs more editors, why is it so hard for well intentioned and qualified people to become editors.
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Maybe because hard working editors are getting removed? Who would want to join project from which he/she could get fired after years of hard work without even possibility to defend or even common courtesy to know removal reason.

> In my experience, many applicants don't bother to try to demonstrate their qualifications or intentions -- they just assert them, thus demonstrating only a propensity for self-promotion, and THAT doesn't serve the purpose at ALL.
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With public image DMOZ acquired it is no wonder that it attracts such kind of editors, new generations of surfer have no idea what DMOZ is or its purpose, they don't even bother visiting it if there is link from Wikipedia and sometimes remove it under no link farm rule!

My little 2153 pages multilanguage multitopic website has 11 deeplinks in DMOZ and I barely get a visitor a day - actually even less 21 visitors in last 30 days! :-/