Timing is very important for an rp.
Do a timeskip too long and people will be cut off during conversation a lot and maybe drop out.
Wait too long and people will be bored of needing to fill the time with small talk conversations.
The same can be said about how long it can take before you respond to a post.
Be too fast and you might intimidate the other writer.
Wait too long and they may forget or move to someone else.
For everything that involves time, you need to have some sort of timing, you need to make sure that you feel the tempo of the other player(s).
If you want to do a time skip, read the last 4 posts of each interaction of characters. Are they still in the middle of an interaction or activity, wait a little longer. Has some time passed since the last post and has the length of the posts been smaller, then you know it’s time announce a skip.
This also counts for how long you should take responding. If you get reminded often, then see if you cab post more.
And if you remind people, see how often the other person normally responds. If that’s multiple times per day, then after a week you can send a reminder. If they do it once a week, then a week will be too demanding.
@Rpers
What do you think is the best timing and what do you feel is sometimes the wrong timing?