Prevalence of Ghosting
as i said a fw times in forums, I played for years and on different sites. all those sites have died. save for one. any others out there, i'm not interested in.
When i first came here, i swore i would never GM. I just wanted to play. But as Shinanai said, GMs ghost their games, as much as players, or even worse. ignore/shutdown a game to move to their next 'flight of fancy'. ( of course , RL rears its ugly head as well)
so? i started to run games, I only run three, because after all these years, i still feel i can only give that many the attention . Even though i'm retired I have grandkids that live with me.
Now? Players Ghosting. My rule of thumb is, i give an 'interview' of sorts , of what players can expect from me, and what i expect from them. We ask for a heads up, either in the OOC thread, or a PM to me, so other players can plan posts accordingly. I have a couple players whose RL work took them out of the country, so we drag their characters along in the background.
IF....a player goes dark with out a heads up, I give a week, or two, depending on their past activity, then send a PM. I will cut people who don't answer, if they didn't give a heads up.
You would think they would say 'hey, this game isn't for me, please remove me" Most don't None of us are getting paid her, either to play, or to GM. But there should still be some courtesy .
But, in answer to you question, some folks get beat up by RL, 'butterfly' players flit from game to game, losing focus and getting bored. those players aren't really to be bothered with, Focus on the players who bring life to your game.
From a Players Point of View? you can do a thing, about a GM Ghosting, so you move on.