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Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 04:08 am (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 04:36 am (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:06 am (UTC)(link)9 socks, 8 of which go to PH, means a very high chance of 8 gifts and an okay chance of 9 gifts even if all 9 socks default. You control getting them each to PH by strategic gaming and defaulting to send them out for PH one at a time, with the next one going up for PH after the previous one has been picked up by a PHer.
If you only sign up with one account not only can you not make sure you go to PH, but your likely gift count is 1.
(Basically you game so your accounts are assigned like this, 9 -> 8 -> 7 -> 6 -> 5 -> 4 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1. 9 defaults immediately, so 8 goes up for PH with the rest of the immediate defaults. Then when 8 is assigned to a PHer, 8 defaults to send 7 out to PH. 8 won't go out for PH again, but PHers default less so it's got a good chance of getting a gift. And so on and so forth until 1 defaults at the deadline.)
Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:17 am (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:22 am (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:31 am (UTC)(link)I feel like you're missing the point, though.
Unless the person really loves writing letters above all else, and coordinating socks, and the other maintenance work innpulling of this scheme, it seems like a lot of work.
Whereas generally speaking the people writing thousands of words of fic (instead of popping out a 1k minimum and done) are doing it because it's fun for them. Speaking as one of them.
Re: Yuletide history
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)I don't remember the details of this sock army but I think they didn't comment (which makes them a trash recip in my book) and that's where I enter the ban them camp. If they had actually been a good egg recip or (and this is what most socks do) turned in gifts for at least half of those accounts, I wouldn't have any judgement for them.
Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)I don't agree with official YT policy not allowing any socks (which it's well known many people don't follow). But having more than 1-2 socks does seem wrong to me.
Re: Yuletide history
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 07:14 am (UTC)(link)Generally speaking, maybe, but it doesn't apply to everyone. I don't particularly enjoy writing assignments in exchanges. I do exchanges for the gifts and the gifts only; the writing an assignment in return is a chore. But I also want to do it well and give my recipient a fic they enjoy because I know in turn what it feels like to get a disappointing gift, so I put in work and effort. Is it fun? Not really. But if I want to get good gifts, I feel like it's my duty to give good gifts and it generally works out (both in terms of exchange karma, and in being well liked enough that people write me treats).
Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)1. Like receiving fics more than writing, but willing to write for fics
2. Like writing fics more than receiving, but are at least minimally interested in receiving (otherwise they'd exclusively PH/treat)
3. Like both in approximately equal amounts
4. Hate both, but are still here for some reason, maybe they love suffering.
Maybe someone someday will do a survey to get a breakdown of what the percentages are.
Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)2a) at least minimally interested in receiving
2b) need an assignment to stay focused
And a 5) actually do only PH/treat
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)Someone on coal realized one of the socks linked to the wrong letter and the wank blew up here. Because the mods go here, they realized they had been duped and then yanked all the PHs and banned the person.
Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-03 12:56 am (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
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(Anonymous) 2021-11-03 12:55 am (UTC)(link)Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)And that's with one mod who is guaranteed to have all the pieces of the puzzle. If yuletide splits up the duties enough then a single mod might not have enough information to see a pattern in the defaults. The person who recorded the default isn't necessarily the person formatting PHs, which would mean no chance to connect request info with author/recip info.
Re: Yuletide history
(Anonymous) 2021-11-02 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)And I agree that well-behaved socks aren't a big deal. Behaving well includes actually intending to turn in gifts for each account, though. Agreed with the Al Capone comparison.