Hi, anon! Sorry for the delayed reply. Yes and no?
I do prefer not to constantly re-match people to the same people (though occasionally people have requested it if they really enjoy each other :)), but it's kind of too much for me to go back and check who's had whom before, after all these years. However, I'm very aware this happens, so there IS space in the sign-up sheet to tell me who you had last year and that you'd like to change it up.
I do tend to make particular effort to check who non-US people had last year, if I'm matching them in-country, because of the odds. But sometimes there just aren't enough people. Like, I'll get literally only one Canadian who wants to send in-country only, and I'll match them to the one Canadian who offered in-continent only, and since they're both longtime swappers they'll probably have had each other in one direction or the other at some point. :| I tend to match geographically limited people together, because often other people in that country REALLY want somebody far away, and it seems unfair to ask them to send to the far reaches of the globe and then receive from, like, the next town over. So to speak.
Which is all to say, I can definitely make an effort to give you different people than last year/previous years, but depending where you are and who else signs up, you might have to match out of the country. You can tell me on the sign-up sheet what your preference would be! Also, please give me the AO3 names of the people you'd like to NOT get. :)
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I do prefer not to constantly re-match people to the same people (though occasionally people have requested it if they really enjoy each other :)), but it's kind of too much for me to go back and check who's had whom before, after all these years. However, I'm very aware this happens, so there IS space in the sign-up sheet to tell me who you had last year and that you'd like to change it up.
I do tend to make particular effort to check who non-US people had last year, if I'm matching them in-country, because of the odds. But sometimes there just aren't enough people. Like, I'll get literally only one Canadian who wants to send in-country only, and I'll match them to the one Canadian who offered in-continent only, and since they're both longtime swappers they'll probably have had each other in one direction or the other at some point. :| I tend to match geographically limited people together, because often other people in that country REALLY want somebody far away, and it seems unfair to ask them to send to the far reaches of the globe and then receive from, like, the next town over. So to speak.
Which is all to say, I can definitely make an effort to give you different people than last year/previous years, but depending where you are and who else signs up, you might have to match out of the country. You can tell me on the sign-up sheet what your preference would be! Also, please give me the AO3 names of the people you'd like to NOT get. :)