Postcard Exchange Round 65 Comments and Feedback

[rduraoc]

Sure, I'm fully in line with you and I'm not seeing this as a gains/losses exercise, despite how my previous message might be read (it wasn't my intention). Life gets in the way, the post offices screw up, and we might just forget giving feedback - I understand and I'm OK with all of that. This would still be fun if I would only receive 25% of the postcards I sent out, and actually choosing, printing and sending out the postcards is a reward in itself.

I still need to choose, print and send out my participation in BPX50, though...

 

[Ajven]

Good idea; I didn't keep track of receipt confirmations of my cards, but this is the first time I did at least record which cards I received. So far that's 13 out of a maximum of 21. Experience tells me that life sometimes gets in the way. I respect that, and I appreciate every card that does make it through!

I always keep a small table of delivered/received. It is not about gain or loss. I'm more interested in how long it took and whether my postcard arrived at all.
Postal service is sometimes crazy - in Blind Print Exchange #45 I received photos with 13 months delay.... https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/bpx-45-status-and-updates.205874/post-2898942

You said you received 13 of 21 maximum - I don't think you could receive 21 postcards at all because 8 parcicipants subscribed for ALL (you including), but 6 participants subscribed for less than 8. So there are not enough sources to cover all needs. As I understand the description of PCX rules, you can subscribe to "MAX" instead to "ALL" to get a list of recipients that can send you postcard in exchange. If you subscribe to ALL, you simply receive a list of all addresses regardless how many postcards is possible to be received. I do not know how the algorithm works and how makes the distribution lists but this is how I understand it.

 

[koraks]

@Ajven thanks for the thoughts on max vs. all; in all honesty, I've never sat down with a piece of paper to see how it would work. The main reason is...I don't mind either way. It's for me the same as for you - not about gain or loss.

 

[MattKing]

The habit of commenting on postcards received is one that has varied widely over the years. My sense is that a higher percentage of people are doing it now than through many of the 40 rounds I participated in.
It seems to be contagious - the more that people go through the effort, the more that other people are inspired to do so as well.