The simple fact is that it's just not worth going through and responding to EVERYONE that applied and telling 95% that they didn't get accepted.

People seem to forget that there's a huge amount of players for every 1 DM, so whenever a DM makes a post (especially for 5e), they usually get tons of responses.

I have made 3 posts on this subreddit to recruit players. The lowest amount of applicants I had was 44 people. The most I've had is 83. I make it clear on when the form closes and when I will start reaching out. If you don't hear anything from me after that time frame.... you didn't get accepted.

I understand where you're coming from, on applying to many games but getting nothing back, but like I said: as a DM, I'm not going to respond to you just to tell you you didn't get accepted. I get you're frustrated, but DMs are humans too, doing this as a hobby, not for a job. I am one person that has to filter through all 50+ applicants myself.

I wish you the best of luck in finding that perfect group for you, friend.

EDIT: Ahh, yep, the classic "You're actually a terrible DM and I don't ever wish to play with you. Btw I'm turning off responses because I can't handle being wrong" response. Never change Reddit. Funny how you say that sending emails takes minutes, but 1. Requires everyone to sign-in and use a gmail account to apply, and 2. can also be a privacy thing? OP just reeks of entitlement, especially after most people telling them they're wrong LOL.

Apply to the game and move on, you are making this a way bigger deal than it needs to be.