So there I was, reading the new post from Yuletide admin

[oneiriad]

We are also trying out an experiment in which fandom nominations will only be approved if 2 or more people nominate them.

I thought the Yuletide was supposed to be a chance to get and write fic in tiny or non-existent fandoms, not a fucking popularity contest?

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[kabal42]

Heh, there's probably truth to that. You're right about the mixed signals, but again, beginner's mistake.

It is. Soon it will be 11 am on the East Coast and 8 am on the West. So probably not too long. Unless they need more time and we get it later.

[oneiriad]

And it's up and they've eliminated the 2 nominations thing. Good.

They make vague talk about tightening eligibility rules and limiting number of nominations. Less good. Vague is never good.

Hmmm. The best thing I've seen about this whole mess, is a post over at an anonmeme, that makes the point, that the biggest problem with this mess probably is that the problem that the Yuletide mods are trying to address (tag bloat on AO3 due to overwhelming number of nominated fandoms) is not viewed as a problem by the participants, but as a feature - Yuletide is cool because of the overwhelming number of fandoms. To which I basically agree - I understand that it is a big, technical challenge for the people running the exchange, but I do adore those long lists of fandoms and moments of "wauv, somebody want that?"

[kabal42]

Yeah, vague is bad… They probably need a little time to hash it out amongst themselves.

You know, that's very true. That IS one of the really cool things about Yuletide. I love going through those lists and both marvelling at it and considering offering it.