Originally posted by Strangerthanfiction
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you have the ability to have a privacy setting where a writer cannot download your script unless you authorize it. when i give permission, i do not receive an email notification that someone has downloaded my script, which i do receive when an industry pro downloads it.
what i dislike is that you don't even know "who" is downloading your script. i don't need a name, but since i pay to host my scripts there, i think i have the right to know who's downloading my script.
it's clear there's a reason behind not providing that kind of transparency, and it bothers me.
not to mention the industry actually uses the site. it's not like industry professionals have never heard of The Black List website, they all know it. it has value in that sense. BUT you have to have the scores, right?
catcon mentions scriptrevolution, which i've never heard of it before. script hosting sites ONLY help a writer IF the INDUSTRY uses it. if they don't, it's better, imo, that you have your own website and host your own scripts.
you can also leave your script on the site in "listed status" at no monthly fee. with that, your script page is still visible to the industry as are your reviews. the indutry pro, if interested in your script cannot download it, but they can email you and ask you to send it to them.
you can search and sort by "most popular" but it's not always working. Tracker hovers around the #12 and #13 most popular script. sometimes it drops off and it doesn't make sense at all, because then my other script pops up and it has far fewer downloads/views. it's irritating.
i will usually wait a day and if it doesn't pop back up to the top, i'll email them to have them look at it-- appears their programming doesn't always work.
and although they are good at responding to writer's questions, they also have an attitude that their system works fine without digging into it. i'm like a pit bull with an old sock, i will not let them dismiss me because they think their system is infallible. sometimes you really have to push hard. you have to understand how numbers work and stand your ground-- "no, you're wrong. that doesn't make sense and this is why..."
i wish it was more writer friendly.
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