[ SECRET POST #7025 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7025 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Multifandom fanwork exchanges on Dreamwidth]



















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Re: Transcript by OP

[fscom]

Extremely niche secret, but I need to get this off my chest: I resent the continued existence of the three "Triple Crown" exchanges (10k-minimum multifandom fanwork gift exchanges: FFFX, Fic in a Box, and High Adrenaline).

I remember when FFFX was first being planned, its creator acknowledged at the time that a 10k min exchange was a very pie-in-the-sky idea because of the riskiness in getting people inexperienced writing such long works in exchange contexts to reliably turn in passable work and the difficulty sourcing pinch hitters. Because of those worries, I feel like the FFFX mod designed their 10k event very carefully and conservatively and I appreciate that.

...And then the mods of FIAB and HA came in and made TWO more 10k exchanges per year with much more punishing writing schedules, partly because the format of FFFX (including the super long writing period) didn't work for them.

Result: We now have three 10k exchanges when I think even ONE 10k exchange per year is tricky to pull off. They've managed to make the three 10k exchanges work for many years at this point but I don't think it's been without a cost. (1) The pinch hit burden has been incredibly heavy, esp. combined with recips who don't comment on their (long!) gifts. Pinch hits have been noticably more difficult to fill this year, because pinch hitter time, energy, and inspiration aren't some unlimited resource! (2) These exchanges (plus other quantity-maximizing events) have had the effect of drawing people who are mainly interested in writing output and challenging themselves to hit ambitious word count goals. That's a fine approach to fannish events, but I think it creates a disconnect because I don't think the mods of FIAB & HA even understand how much these events burn out pinch hitters because isn't it FUN to challenge yourself to write multiple 10k assignments in 2 weeks?

I'm really hoping that at least one of these events gets discontinued, preferably HA.* But because of what I said above, my prediction is that FFFX will likely be the first to go, because its mod seems to be the only one actually aware that there are challenges with running high-min exchanges that go beyond what a dedicated/industrious mod with a lot of free time can fix.

* The medium diversity of FIAB is at least a USP, but (1) its creation period needs to be at LEAST one month longer, and (2) it needs to get a better art point system stat.

B!S: I'm also glad the Triple Crown reward raffle is dead. I appreciate the supportive spirit in which it was created but it was also unsustainable and contributing to burnout in the way I've discussed above.