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Comment by colah3

4 years ago

Thanks for the kind remark!

> I don't think you should feel bad for being slow, or for doing "few" things at all.

Unfortunately, I think it's tricky to do this in a journal format. If you accept submissions, you'll have a constant flow of articles -- which vary greatly in quality -- who's authors very reasonably want timely help and a publication decision. And so it's very hard to go slow and do less, even if that's what would be right for you.

> Could you get a Distill editor endowment to pay editors using donations throughout a non-profit fiscal sponsorship partner? ...

I don't think funding is the primary problem. I'm personally fortunate to have a good job, and happily spend a couple thousand a year out of pocket to cover Distill's operating expenses.

I think the key problem is that Distill's structure means that we can't really control how much energy it takes from us, nor chose to focus our energy on the things about Distill that excites us.