Re: Retiring from Yuletide?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
By looking at the previous collections it seems like Yuletide is getting progressively smaller, and as someone who only joined this year, this makes me a bit sad. I didn't have an amazing experience this time, but I still want to sign up the next time (and probably the time after that). I've seen some amazing stories come out of YT.

Re: Retiring from Yuletide?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry you didn't have the best time, coalie, but as for the size of the collection, I think it's important to keep a sense of perspective. Yes, Yuletide is getting smaller, but there's still over 2k stories in the collection across over a thousand small fandoms. It's still a ridiculously popular (and large exchange).

Re: Retiring from Yuletide?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the pool of participants is getting smaller, but the number of fics doesn't seem to be dropping. In my experience, some people are writing more fics (from five to ten!), there's pinch hitters and treaters who don't sign up, and

Re: Retiring from Yuletide?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuletide started with 300 people. It reached like 2000 at its height. Yes, it's slowly coming down from that absurd size, but I don't think the last couple of years have been all that distinctive. It's just about what fandoms you happen to be into and how stressed you are that holiday season.