Opt in for “this role has been cast” notifications
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Julia
I’d love it if VAs and other applicants had the option to be able to opt in to notifications that’d let them know if a project they submitted for was cast. Obviously, not everyone wants that many rejection notifications/emails, so I definitely don’t think that should be the default, but I’m sure some of us are curious who beat us for a role so we can get a better sense of what creators are looking for. I feel like I can’t be the only one out here refreshing pages every few days not expecting to get a part but being curious to find out who did!
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jesterfeathers
I saw on another canny thread (this one here by Nick: https://casting-call-club.canny.io/feature-requests-and-bug-reports/p/mark-auditioned-roles-as-dismissed-when-cast-to-another-actor ) that it'd be useful to tell talent whether their audition is "Dismissed" vs. "Not Selected" to soften rejection notifications. ("Dismissed" being when a director intentionally removes an audition because it's not what they're looking for and "not selected" being the automatic classification when the director just casts another audition.)
I really like the phrasing "this role has been cast", because I feel instead of focusing on "missing out" I feel like it encourages a congratulatory attitude for the talent who was chosen! <3 Maybe there could even be an "applaud" reaction ability from others who auditioned.