So it's generally what, ~50-60 people going out in the main post-deadline PH batch?
It was 100+ this year, but I always assume those are generally not people who accidentally happened to miss the deadline but people who decided between sign-ups and now that they DGAF about Yuletide (or who simply realised they couldn't make it due to RL concerns or other reasons) and have in fact no intention of hanging in their assignment late or at all. I mean, I've definitely done that with other exchanges (not Yuletide, because the threat of being banned in future years is a pretty powerful motivator).
So those people wouldn't contact the mods after the deadline with a panicked "what do I do now? I can still post my assignment, right?" e-mail. The only people to do that - or to comment on the LJ post - would be people who still intent to upload a fic and participate, and I really believe that those are the minority among the deadline defaulters.
Re: Is it just me or are a lot of the people on YT chat and the LJ/DW YT admin comms complete wanker
It was 100+ this year, but I always assume those are generally not people who accidentally happened to miss the deadline but people who decided between sign-ups and now that they DGAF about Yuletide (or who simply realised they couldn't make it due to RL concerns or other reasons) and have in fact no intention of hanging in their assignment late or at all. I mean, I've definitely done that with other exchanges (not Yuletide, because the threat of being banned in future years is a pretty powerful motivator).
So those people wouldn't contact the mods after the deadline with a panicked "what do I do now? I can still post my assignment, right?" e-mail. The only people to do that - or to comment on the LJ post - would be people who still intent to upload a fic and participate, and I really believe that those are the minority among the deadline defaulters.
I could be wrong, though.