[ SECRET POST #2546 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2546 ⌋

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

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Comments

OP here

[(Anonymous)]

To clarify, I meant story reveals, not author reveals. Waiting for pinch-hits, staggered posting, etc.

Re: OP here

[(Anonymous)]

Then you just get delayed validation? Seriously not understanding the problem, OP.

Re: OP here

[(Anonymous)]

The problem is I'm impatient.

Re: OP here

[(Anonymous)]

So really it's your own problem.

Re: OP here

[(Anonymous)]

Yes... hence the secret, rather than complaining to anyone involved in running the exchanges. And hence my saying in the secret that I understand why they work that way.

Re: OP here

[pocky_slash]

If you mean story reveals, then yeah, it's probably waiting for pinch-hits. My exchange is small enough that I have a week between the author deadline and the stories being posted, but I need every hour of that week in order to make sure I have my pinch-hits all in before the stories are posted. This year I had twelve and the last one was finished and posted about half an hour before the stories were set to reveal.

But yeah, I totally understand that it sucks to wait, but I think if a miracle occurred and all the stories were in by the deadline, most exchange mods would be thrilled and eager to reveal the stories immediately XD

Re: OP here

[(Anonymous)]

I've run an exchange before, and the reason why there's sometimes a wait is because people don't turn in their fics on time, or people drop out without notice. If I post all the available fics right away and there's a long deadspace on the comm before the next fic, people get bored (or they think the exchange is finished) and they drift away. The later fics don't get as much attention or as many comments and it kills the momentum dead.

I can understand being impatient to get your sweet, sweet validation, but that's not really a very big problem compared to the job of the moderator, who is almost certainly pulling their hair out in frustration because of all the last minute problems. I hope you have some sympathy for exchange mods and that you give them a HUGE sincere thank you for their hard work.

Re: OP here

[(Anonymous)]

Believe me, I definitely give credit to the mods for the difficult (and probably often thankless) task of coordinating and running an exchange, and I'm not blaming them for the delay in my gratification. I'm just one of those people who posts a fic and then hovers over my Works page, refreshing every half hour (or less) to see if I have any new kudos or comments - and having to wait days or weeks for the first trickle of attention is hard, even if it's necessary from the mods' end.

Re: OP here

[dazzledfirestar]

As someone who just (as of today) finished running a fic exchange, we had a week between the due date and the reveals and let me tell you, that was not enough time. I'm STILL sorting things that have been posted today (we've been revealing for two days) to the collection. Fic does not magically appear from nowhere and the people who are doing pitch hits for those that can't complete their assignment need some time to work too. the organizers need time to sort out what gets posted when. There's a lot more going into this than most people seem to think. Because there are always people that can't meet the deadline or just vanish. Always.

Basically, if it takes a little extra time to make sure that everyone HAS something for them after all is said and done, and nobody gets left out because there wasn't time to make sure every fill got finished... well, I think that's more important than getting comments and kudos RIGHT NOW.

Re: OP here

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I get that. That's why I said in the secret that I understand why it needs to be that way. I'm not saying fic exchange mods should do anything different. I'm just expressing the feelings that the delay causes me. I didn't realize that so many people would take umbrage to that.