ICLR Reviewer Laments Desk Rejections

A reviewer spent four hours reviewing an ICLR paper and scored it 3/4, only to learn it was desk rejected. The poster says many colleagues face similar outcomes and has heard of people using multiple accounts to bypass the 20-paper limit, with their papers then desk rejected.

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