If the socks are good exchange participants and don't commit Exchange Sins, then I have absolutely no problem with them.
I get why people are worried about them in the abstract - especially in small exchanges - but as someone who writes a lot and has a lot of fandoms to ask for, I have literally been using them for 10 years and never had a problem. And I think there are more out there like me than you know!
Re: Hot take time: are socks bad?
If the socks are good exchange participants and don't commit Exchange Sins, then I have absolutely no problem with them.
I get why people are worried about them in the abstract - especially in small exchanges - but as someone who writes a lot and has a lot of fandoms to ask for, I have literally been using them for 10 years and never had a problem. And I think there are more out there like me than you know!