We originally added the *requeue invocation as a way to help members overcome queue rot and having to re-submit a video they felt definitely deserved to get published if it received the exposure it was owed.

Unfortunately, as time has shown us all, it has become something of a nuisance and more importantly a serious dent in the whole "quality control" philosophy at the core of the Sift because people typically just requeued and requeued and requeued until their videos get published. This is not a knock against them, but our own flawed design.

In an attempt to correct this, we have drastically modified the requeue system as well as the standard queue expiry system. Here's a breakdown of how they now function:

• The "12 hours per reqeueue" minimum is still in effect.
• Any given video now has a maximum of three *requeue invocations available.
• If a video expires while queued, it will no longer be discarded. Instead, it will be sent to an area on the submitter's profile called their "personal queue" where it will sit indefinitely (unless promoted, published, etc.).
• There is no limit to the quantity of nor an expiration for personal queued videos.
• If a personal queued video has not had all three *requeue invocations used, it is still available.
• Personal queued videos are considered dupes if the same embed code is attempted for new submission.
• Personal queued videos accept all standard queue invocations (e.g., *promote, *doublepromote, etc.)
• Personal queued videos can still receive votes. For those receiving enough votes to get published, they will.

It may take just a little bit of getting used to, but this radical change should hopefully make the Sift function much better. It is beyond any doubt (in our minds at least) that queued videos no longer expiring into the discard bin is an enormous improvement.

As always, there may be little buglets that appear here or there. If you notice anything that is off in any respect, please report here.

Big Update
The queue lifetime has been extended from 2 days to 3 days. The minimum requeue time has not been changed from 12 hours because now that you have a limit of three, it's really up to you to use them as wisely as possible.

Super Huge Update
We have decided to make an executive decision and go ahead and remove the requeue invocation altogether. We feel that given the extension of queue expiry and the power of the new personal queue system, requeue is really no longer necessary and will just add to an overfull queue and, thus, queue rot. However, if you have 2 Power Points and would really like to give a video of your own another chance in the queue, you can always execute a self *promote.