I’m thinking the group would rule out picking up each other’s slack. We probably want to the trust to be a complete graph and for everyone to care about each other enough that they’re willing to put up real stakes on everyone getting through the book together.
My idea in the the other thread about group goals with internet friends was that when it’s your turn to read a chapter or section, it’s also your responsibility to tell Beeminder the page number you’re on if it’s a beemergency. If you don’t, everyone will be charged! You’re also expected to take notes up to that page. When your section is done, you clean up and send those notes to the other groupies. Or, depending on preferences, liveblogging to each other as you read. (Random example, here’s Sarah Constantin liveblogging her reading of Situational Awareness: x.com/s_r_constantin/status/1802737462776676716)