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1.a. Second Human Rule

The second human rule was invented by HackerNoon’s CEO and is part of the foundation on which HackerNoon was built.

It is the idea that:

“Before publishing something online, a second human should consume the content, confirm it's something that should be distributed, and if possible, improve the content quickly before publishing.”

At HackerNoon every article goes through a second human (who didn’t write it) before publication. The only exception to this rule is those who publish under our verified writer accounts.

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✅1.a.i. Verified Writers

Table of Contents:

📗1. Editing Protocol Overview 👫1.a. Second Human Rule ✅1.a.i. Verified Writers ⏱️1.b. Time to Review

⭐2. Standards of Quality 🆕2.a. Originality Score ❓2.b. 6 Ws Score 🤨2.c. Objectivity in ranked listicles 🔢2.d. Unranked listicles 🤛2.e. Actionable advice

3. Red Flags 📺3.a. Subject Matter 😵‍💫3.a.i. Subject matter saturation 🤬3.b. Plagiarism 🧐3.c. Sources and Citations 💔3.d. Formatting is bad or broken 😵3.e. Grammar level: gibberish 🩳3.f. Story is Too Short

🔗 4. Backlink Rules & Guidelines

⛔4.a. Backlink Limits 👍4.b. Banklink quality and diversity ℹ️4.b.i. Diversity of sources 🥂4.b.ii. Internal linking 🔄4.b.iii. Changing links 📫4.c. Reposting and Canonical Linking 🏬4.c.i. Canonical links to company domain