ICLR desk rejections spark frustration: 4 hours of reviewing, then desk reject
Striking-Warning9533 · reddit · 2026-10-16
A Reddit user describes ICLR desk-reject chaos: he spent 4 hours reviewing a paper while sick, scored it 3/4, and the next morning learned it was desk rejected anyway. Many peers report similar experiences.
An unverified claim in the thread says some people use multiple accounts to bypass the 20-paper reviewer cap — and all their papers got desk rejected. The discussion touches on desk-reject criteria and reviewer burden.
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