Alex -- Good to know, and thanks for confirming that status might be left unchanged. From now on, I'll ignore that aspect of it. Useful point that subs are less likely to get lost on Submittable.
V1c -- Helpful to hear. Part of my brain works too hard to make sense of things that can't really be predicted. It seems that on average things I send through Submittable sit a lot longer, yet if I went through and did the math, I'd probably find similar waits on any other form of sub.
Wishing you good news from
Ap3x. My only bump there was at the time of the editor change, so not typical. That sub went 77 days from sent to resolved. I've noticed a few older Rs this week (a 67-day today) on Grinder, along with the usual few-day ones. So they may be starting to catch up. My current one there is at day 27, longest I've gone without a word from them.
Tamlyn -- We're about to have a heatwave, so I'll try it barefoot. Clear sightings of Mars and Jupiter lately, so there's hope.
Aislinn -- I can see why you'd be bummed after putting the work into a rewrite and having it go from accepted to R. Ouch. Yeah, I don't like checking in and seeing the list of Rs. Same on DSF. Especially lately because I'm in a discouraged zone.
Given that the status changes aren't reliable and there will be an email *eventually* -- it's a waste of time to keep checking all these sub systems. I'm prone to looking at the As!mov's and even An*log's -- talk about silly things to do with my time. You've clearly survived without checking Submittable much; I think I'll do the same.
Thanks everyone for your responses. I keep reminding myself that a lack of bumps & personal Rs don't mean I don't have a shot, any more than positive responses mean I'll ever make a sale to that editor. Two of my three sales in the past year came from editors I'd never submitted to before. So much for being able to predict anything.