Hi Wylbur! This is a similar problem caused by a related issue. This type of situation will be taken into consideration when we redo the messaging and requests functionality so that you will be able to message the person even if the request has expired. Thank you for bearing with us while our dev team works on improving these features!
The matter of responsiveness is a topic up for discussion: We do plan on displaying a “response rate” metric (in percent) on profiles to show how responsive someone is to requests. But what should be considered a timely response?
Several possibilities come to mind:
- Any time before the start of the request (in my opinion this is too strict!)
- Anytime before or during the request window
- Anytime before, during, or 24 hours after the request window ends
- Anytime before, during, or 1 week after the request window ends
- Any response at any time regardless of how long after the request was sent