RIP, Perfect Imagination

[stgulik]

Got an email this morning from Perfect Imagination, the beta-testing site, reporting its own shutdown. They'd closed the site to new people looking to become accredited betas, so it's not a complete surprise, but I'm still sad. Without a site like this, it will be hard for non fanfic-writing betas like myself to prove their creds and get "work."

Dear everyone,

Unfortunately after many years of service, Perfect Imagination will be closing fully, and all content will be deleted on July 1st 2011.

Sadly, we no longer have the time, resources or inclination to maintain a site that's use is rapidly declining, nor to offer further expansion.

Thank you for your support and participation over the years, and we greatly appreciate your contributions that helped make P.I. great.

If you have any links to the domain, then we recommend removing them before the site closes to prevent confusion.

Again, many thanks for your support, and best wishes for the future.

The Perfect Imagination Team

Comments

[justpinkpastel.livejournal.com]

I was trying to become a beta, and right after I took the test, I got an email saying they weren't accepting any beta's at the moment. I was quite upset, but I figured it would only be a bit of time before I could take another test.

But this sucks. What horrible news. I can completely understand that this isn't the best time for most people's finances, so I can't really blame them for having to shut it down, but it is rather upsetting.

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

I always thought PI's approach to beta accreditation was more sensible than fanfiction.net's. But again, probably no way to make enough money off the concept to put that kind of time in. Too bad.

Mugglenet's forum has a Beta Guild, and they're kicking around the idea of a standardized test. I'll try to PM you with a link.