Awesome.

Yes, publications editors can easily get blindswiped by this pitfall.

The only big publication that truly develop new writters is ILLUMINATION publications under the mentoring oversight of Dr Mehmet Yildiz.

Many big publications keep you waiting for days on end and at the end short you out.

As a writer, you already know you must write better and more frequently or fade out. So, it's not just about the poor quality of some new writers' essays.

I remember past frustrations from trying to get accepted into some publications. I eventually started my own pub where I publish every other one of my articles.

https://medium.com/muse-2-muse

New writers always quickly catch on with the fact that the only way their writings can get traction is to write better & publish more.
It remains to be seen if the new Boost won't dampen their prospects of getting traction.

Thanks for putting it so well.