gwyn | Let it all just rain on me

I'm going to see Christian Kane tonight at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard. I've never been to either before -- to see him live, or to the Tractor. Seems like his kind of place. Of course it's raining in the most miserable way and is completely shitty out. Yay. He's playing a show in Portland tomorrow, too. So close and yet so far! Which is why it's great to get a chance to see him live here -- and thanks to blackbird for pushing me on going.

I am intrigued by my Yuletide assignment. I actually have no idea which one I was matched on -- I offered two of the recipient's three fandoms, with those characters and few others, and I don't know which one was the match! It makes me curious about the algorithm -- is it more likely to match you with someone if there are two possible matches rather than just the one you're guaranteed? I mean, does it increase the odds of matching, I guess is what I'm asking, if you have two matches? I know nothing about algorithms, obviously.

I can't decide which one to write (yes, I mean, both would be great, ha ha, but I'm drowning in work and just got a new offer for a book, plus there's Festivids, so...). I've wanted to write the one for a couple years but never got matched on it before, so that's a plus; however, I've kind of forgotten the story I had in my head.

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elynross

Yes, where the algorithm on the old site tried to maximize the rarest matches, that got us into trouble occasionally. The new maximizes fandoms in common, so you're actually more likely (in general) to match someone for whom you can match on multiple requests. \o/