[ SECRET POST #5200 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5200 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 17 secrets from Secret Submission Post #744.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

05. https://i.ibb.co/wSdz8cq/books.png

[(Anonymous)]

You sound insufferable. Stop offering beta services, no one wants a beta like you.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't agree at all!

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Pretty sure I wrapped up shop with that one, anon. Lol

Also, I think this is the first time someone's responded to any of my secrets so... strongly? (Could be misreading it, as this all text). I feel...not terribly affected frankly. Anyway, I hope you've had a good experience with betas -- one refused to beta because of the pairing (understandably), and the other, while she did a great job, faded me mid story. It is what it is.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, maybe don't beta for folks.

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Yeah, I'm thinking the same frankly. It was the first time I ever tried to go for it (outside of papers during uni or that kind of thing) and it's probably the last too. I can appreciate how hard it is to find a GOOD and consistent beta, and I hold nothing against folks who forgo them altogether. Between updates (not everyone has the story prewritten, or a consistent update schedule) and RL commitments taking precedence (not even including "I'm not about this fandom right now" which is akin to reading a book you have no interest in reading), I've come to realize the beta life is not for me :/

[meadowphoenix]

...do you not know when you're at the point?

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Not always. As a matter of fact, I was back on my second round when volunteered, and the writer pointed out they might not have anything for me for a few weeks/unknown time. By the time they did provide the chapters, I had forgotten what the original premise was and they were providing updates faster than I could keep up. Additionally, I had kind of moved on from the fandom (I'll come back later -- there's people who don't do multi-fandoms. I just get bored and need something new/different after a while). I should have just told them I wasn't going to be able to help them out, but they seemed pretty cool and went ahead posting their stuff on their own schedule!

I'm totally at fault here though, no excusing that what I did (or failed to do) was an asshole action.

[meadowphoenix]

ok I can see how that would be hard to gauge. if anything, I would suggest you do a "trial" beta with people (where you do one chapter and see how if you or they are still into it) and to be upfront that you'll have to reassess if there's some delay. as long as you've never dropped beta-ing in the middle of things, that should give you some space to see how you're dealing in the fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

Hilariously, I can't understand any of the grammar or punctuation in this secret, so you also maybe just aren't very good at you 'job'

[(Anonymous)]

OP

Lol

That's fine, I couldn't make out what I wrote there either! I definitely mangled whatever I was trying to get across (and hey, it made you laugh, right?).

Thanks Secret Maker!

[(Anonymous)]

Appreciate you making my secret. Totally forgot about it!

[(Anonymous)]

That's fine, OP. I'd rather my beta told me they don't enjoy the fandom anymore. Ghosting works too but less so. I mean I'd like to stay in touch with the person even if it's an ex-beta.