While being frustrated as everyone else, with the DNS errors, broken forms etc..
I think DMOZ does a fairly decent job... almost everything I've submitted gets reviewed at some point and listed.
You can find out where you submission stands at
http://www.resource-zone.com/ just by asking.
Yes their backlog is huge in some cases,
Yes their are under-resourced,
but I get listed after time so I am happy with that.
Who has/hasn't applied to be an editor?
DD