To reiterate my views from previous discussions: while it does seem impossible (or not worth it) to give everyone individualized feedback, this is not really the point. The point is the ability of the community to understand CEA policies and to oversee them, point out problems when those occur, and “express [our] criticisms, observations, and advice” as you wrote. In this case, that means having info about the admissions criteria that you’ve so far declined to give, for fear of people gaming the system.
So this post seems to signal a transition from “we will not tell you what our policies are, but we’ll at least publicly engage with your criticism” to the even less transparent “we will just not tell you what our policies are”. I strongly think this is the wrong direction to move in.
To reiterate my views from previous discussions: while it does seem impossible (or not worth it) to give everyone individualized feedback, this is not really the point. The point is the ability of the community to understand CEA policies and to oversee them, point out problems when those occur, and “express [our] criticisms, observations, and advice” as you wrote. In this case, that means having info about the admissions criteria that you’ve so far declined to give, for fear of people gaming the system.
So this post seems to signal a transition from “we will not tell you what our policies are, but we’ll at least publicly engage with your criticism” to the even less transparent “we will just not tell you what our policies are”. I strongly think this is the wrong direction to move in.