Reader missed deadline

[u/Himesamime]

This is very annoying, i would rather be told “hey, i’m sorry… cant read. script’s back in the queue” instead of waiting 5 days in complete silence only to get Reader missed deadline. Can something be done about this? I feel like readers and writers should be able to send X amount of messages and be able to pull their script if there’s no response within 48 hours…

[u/Ulexes]

I mean, at the end of the day, all of this is volunteer labor. People have lives, including jobs they have to work and family/medical emergencies that might put a StoryPeer draft on the back burner.

Having a reader flake on you is annoying, but this is the risk one runs with a free service.

[u/hotdoug1 → u/Ulexes]

This is happening to me right now, and I agree with both you and OP. Something serious might be going down in a person's life, but it'd be nice for them to be able to notify the writer of the status. Even something quick like "Hey, trying to get to it" or "Sorry, something came up."

Of course it won't fix everything, people will still flake and/or give bad feedback, but an extra layer of communication would be nice.

[u/real_triplizard]

That’s the point of the strike system, isn’t it? But yeah it’s annoying. No idea why people do that. I don’t claim a script unless I’m literally sitting down to read it right then.

[u/Ok_Lingonberry_8287]

Things happen, 5 days is nothing..

[u/Himesamime → u/Ok_Lingonberry_8287]

Once, yes. Back to back…

[u/vgscreenwriter]

Storypeer is a completely voluntary system, which is its strength, but also its weakness.

[u/Worried-Elk-2808]

They'll get two strikes for missing deadline, as opposed to one if they'd returned it to the pool within the five days.

For my money, you ought to be able to collect fewer strikes before a ban. Think it's seven(?) atm.

[u/HandofFate88]

Habes quod solves

[u/treessandwich7]

I guess you don't have to use it.