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Fandom Exchange

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A fan-run event that matches participants to make fanworks for each other, often covering one fandom or a group of related ones with nominated tags, request and offer forms and a reveal date.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""The fandom exchange matched her with a rare-pair fic for the first time.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Examples include the Danmei Fanworks Exchange, an anonymous AO3 exchange with nominations, sign-ups and matched assignments, and Yuletide, which the Daily Dot dates to 2003. Recent term; no dated source found yet for this exact label.

FIRST SEEN
Unknown (exchanges since 2003 per the Daily Dot)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2010s-present
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang

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TREND STATUS
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EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE
Unknown (exchanges since 2003 per the Daily Dot)
NOW

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