(thoughts on exchange culture from my just-woke-up brain!)
Generally speaking, people don't talk about what they're offering? This is mostly because it runs the risk of breaking anonymity if someone happens across you mentioning that you're offering X fandom, especially if there's only one or two other people who offer it. Not talking about what you offer helps add a screen of plausible deniability, at least.
(I've had various conversations with folk about like "Yeah I tend to request and offer the same things" or "I like mixing it up so that I don't request/offer the same things", and when you do exchanges a lot people end up with a pretty solid sense of "Oh, Y is almost certainly offering Z, I know they do that all the time.")
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Date: 2020-10-16 11:48 am (UTC)Generally speaking, people don't talk about what they're offering? This is mostly because it runs the risk of breaking anonymity if someone happens across you mentioning that you're offering X fandom, especially if there's only one or two other people who offer it. Not talking about what you offer helps add a screen of plausible deniability, at least.
(I've had various conversations with folk about like "Yeah I tend to request and offer the same things" or "I like mixing it up so that I don't request/offer the same things", and when you do exchanges a lot people end up with a pretty solid sense of "Oh, Y is almost certainly offering Z, I know they do that all the time.")
Also, congrats on signing up for Yuletide! :D