Diana Silver
Sage
All this only reinforces me to stick to my prefered method anyway: beta-read exchange - a service for a service with no money changing hands.
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pmmg
Myth Weaver
For beta readers, I would be most interested in people who just like the story so far and want to help, but a like for like exchange is fine. Paying for it seems...strange. Actual editing, I would expect there to be a fee.
Naruzeldamaster
Maester
My only hindrance in that method is that I kinda skim read (But I do pay attention while I'm skimming, I just read quickly.) and I make it a point to say that I did skim read. It's kinda hard to find people who are ok with me 'skimming' even though I do remember most of what I read in that moment after I read it.
However if that person is fine with that I'm happy to exchange a chapter for a chapter.
pmmg
Myth Weaver
Well...if I am doing review and beta read swaps, I do kind of want someone to actually put in the good faith effort. Skimming is not what I am signing up for.
B.B.Fortunatus
Acolyte
You know fest is seems legit to me, I’ve gotten quite a bit from his assessment. Has anyone had any ill experience with him?
pmmg
Myth Weaver
Experience with who?
Naruzeldamaster
Maester
I'm not sure if skimming is the right phrasing, I read through quickly a couple of times (sometimes more) and absorb the information, but once I write the review that information is like, gone. Maybe speed reading is the right phrase, but I dunno.
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I was approached by both rose1 and Festus in DM's, and it should be noted that neither of those threads still exist. I don't know how they were deleted, just that it wasn't me. I keep everything. I also love screenshots. The thing all of what I'm calling bots have in common is that they have no comments, no history. Just join and start sending the DM's. AI? Maybe, maybe not. Acting shifty? Yes. Definitely.
Edit: I just looked in at our new members, and we're now seemingly being inundated by members who have joined, but never comment. Yay.
