Hi, I am Karen with BloxyBurgers. We have grown 250 members over the past week. I hired developers and most of them are not answering my DMs. I know when they have been online because devforum uses the (2m recently) thing. Since my group is growing so fast I need my builds in. They committed to not quitting and to be active. I already committed to my customers on the stuff being out this week. What do I do?
Idk if this is the right category.
They could have any reason for not responding; first of all, I know you didnāt explicitly state this in the OP but letās not jump to the conclusion that youāre being ghosted.
DevForum isnāt the best place for one-on-one communication. If you want fast responses I suggest a texting app such as Discord. People donāt check their DevForum messages frequently.
Also, itās the middle of the school week. Many of us are busy with schoolwork, homework, extracurriculars, etc.
Who knows, maybe theyāre just not replying because theyāre currently working on your stuff! If theyāre talking to you, theyāre not working.
Anyway, how long has it been since you last messaged them? Devs can take up to 24 - 48 hours to reply to a single message. Iād give them timeā¦if a week or two goes by with no communication, then you can assume theyāve ghosted you. 
23 days lolā¦ and they are normally messaging me everyday. Ik they are online. LOL.
I just call off the commission if they donāt respond in 2 days.
@ChristmasKqren, 23 days is insane! They donāt sound very trustableā¦
And this is for a 10k payment.
Did you pay them already? Or do they have to do the work first?
They do work first. I spend over 100 dollars for them and they ghost meā¦
I would just hire someone else. It sucks that they ghosted you like that. 
Mk. I will do my best to try to hire someone.
Yikes, so a little over 3 weeks. how sus of them!
Welp, in this case Iād just forget them and try to hire someone else like Crazedbrick1 said.
Personally when I hire someone, I check in every 3 or 4 days. Donāt pester them, itās annoying and demotivating. Anyway, if they donāt reply within 3 days of that I message again. If no reply, Iāll do that one more time before canceling the commission. This goes for if youāre a dev communicating with your client as well.
I prob annoyed them. I check in on my developers every 2 days lol. I be like. āupdatesā āupdates pleaseā āare you almost doneā LOL.
He ghosted you? That messed up. Just tell everyone his username so they report him
Yeah. Thatās probably what happened. No offense to you but, devs donāt like to be rushed or asked for updates that often. Every few days a āany updates?ā message is fine but when you start saying āis it done yet? is it almost done??ā thatās when I draw the lineā¦Honestly, itās extremely frustrating and makes me work even slower, in my personal experience. Usually devs will just update you on their own without needing to be asked anyway.
That is a call out and not allowed on the devforum. If this wasnāt against the rules everybody would be calling out their scammers. ahem ahem the guy who scammed me for 100 dollars
I think the first thing you should do is make sure they are committed, when a developer lacks commitment or motivation, little to no work gets done.
You should also check with them and make sure they know there is a deadline, and that you want it done by that time. Lastly, Iād just check with them to see if they are still working on it. Never jump to the conclusion that they are just ignoring you, they have lives, and also work on stuff on their own.
I always suggest to be flexible with developers, because no two developers are the same. Develops can be very quick to work, and others fairly slow. If you are dead set on having this done in a weeks time, you should let your developers know that and if in the worst case scenario, you might need to let them go. I donāt suggest this, but this is in the worst scenario. Let them know you need it done, and make sure they are motivated. Hope I helped,
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As a commissions person myself, I can tell you that people get really annoyed when you ask for updates. I personally donāt mind the constant messages as I understand the intention behind it, but Iāve noticed most people would be better off if you pinged them every week or so asking. When asking, if you say āGive me a mass updateā theyāre less likely to give you detailed info, whereas saying āHey! Howās the script/build/UI/GFX/etc going?ā will provide better results.
There is also something elseā¦ I believe the āLast Seenā thing on a devforum profile is broken. Multiple times on my alt I have seen my mainās Last Seen be moments ago when I know for a fact that I have not even turned on my main pc for at least twelve hours (if not more).
(If youāre wondering, this is my main account 
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Calling out people on the Developer Forum is against the rules.
Send a message to those developers saying youāll take up another developer if they donāt respond. Wait a few days, and if they donāt respond go with another developer. Waiting 3 weeks just delays your time, donāt wait any longer.
Maybe they have a reason to, but if they continue, and you clearly donāt have progress you may hire another developers. Also, please contact me at Aleayx#0001.
As a developer who has been commissioned myself (i know right, iām so special xdxdxd) I know itās really frusturating when the commissioner just says āhey any updates???ā every 15 seconds.
You also have to take into consideration that maybe something happened in their lives? Maybe they canāt talk to you right now?