I must confess, I wasn't bothered by when my two episodes were played, so I just put them into the reserve queue... One of them still hasn't made it out yet, and the first was played almost immediately because I was a new host.
-- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs @jontheniceguy everywhere... https://jon.sprig.gs On Thu, 22 Jan 2026, 23:13 Klaatu via Hpr, <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you're making an interesteng point, Dave. > > I wonder if scheduling could be opt-in? > For example, what if you could contribute an episode and leave it to fate > to > find a time for it to run BUT when you have a specific date in mind (May > 4th > for that clever Star Wars episode, and so on) then you have the option to > define a specific date. > > In other words, everything goes to Reserve by default and posts on a > first-in > first-out (FIFO) basis, unless the contributor chooses to override Reserve > and > grab an available date. > > Or maybe the psychology of seeing available days prompts more > contributions, > and a big bucket of Reserve Shows just wouldn't have the same effect? I > understand that part of the structure of contribution is about "tricking" > our > brains into feeling urgency about contributing, and I respect that (and > benefit from it, probably!) > > -klaatu > > On Thursday, January 22, 2026 12:25:55 PM NZDT Dave Lee via Hpr wrote: > > In response to another of Ahuka's fantastic YouTube Subscriptions > episodes > > being released from the Reserve Queue, Kevie said on Telegram, "Whilst I > > enjoy these shows, it's a shame that we are seeing another one being > > released" > > > > Personally, I think that shows from the Reserve Queue are being released > > too early. Reserve Queue episodes go in to fill a gap one week before > > release, which means that another one will go in the queue for next > > Thursday if someone doesn't submit episode 4564 by tomorrow. > > > > I wonder if the role of the Reserve Queue has evolved into something that > > removes the criticality of submission because - for as long as there are > > episodes in the Reserve Queue - there will never be a gap in the next 5 > > weekdays. Of course, once the Reserve Queue starts to empty then > there'll > > be major panic, but I think it's often the fact that there are empty > slots > > in the next day or two that spurs hosts into action. > > > > It's all about optics. If it looks like there are episodes posted, > where's > > the urgency? > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Cheers, > > Dave (thelovebug, co-host of the HPR Beer Garden) > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/mailman/listinfo/hpr >
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