Every reader gets a score based only on your own history with them in ARC Tracker and Beta Readers. Nothing from other authors is used.

## What counts

- **Finished**: an ARC marked **Reviewed**, or a beta read marked **Finished feedback**.
- **Went quiet**: an ARC marked **Did not review**, **No response** or **Went quiet**, or a beta read marked **Went quiet**.

Everything else doesn't count either way, including applied, invited, copy sent, still reading, declined and turned away. Someone in the middle of a read hasn't finished yet, so they aren't marked down for it.

## The scores

| Score | When |
|---|---|
| **No history yet** | Fewer than 2 finished or went-quiet outcomes |
| **Reliable** | 80% or more finished |
| **Mixed** | 50% to 79% finished |
| **Often goes quiet** | Under 50% finished |

The profile shows the counts behind the score, for example: 3 finished, 1 went quiet in your own ARC and Beta history with this reader.

## Setting the score yourself

If you know better than the numbers, open the profile and choose **Reliable**, **Mixed** or **Often goes quiet** from the **Reliability** dropdown. The profile then says **Set by you.** Your choice is used everywhere, including the **Any score** filter and **Best score first** sorting.

To go back to the calculated score, choose **Automatic (from your history)**.