There are new fans and writers all the time, and I'm sure some will be sad they missed out on the dmhgficexchange and would appreciate the opportunity to take part in a new one on AO3.
I agree with this. I think that some people would feel that any "new" exchange would be an interloper, but there's a lot of people who hate any sort of change. I think the important bit on that basis would be to be very careful about this being a new exchange, a different exchange, NOT a replacement. Don't treat it as if "well, it's not running now, so I'm going to start over". Treat a new exchange as fully new, entirely separate, and there'd be some difference. (And honestly, there's about seventy million Draco/Harry exchanges. The fandom can definitely support additional Draco/Hermione exchanges.)
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I agree with this. I think that some people would feel that any "new" exchange would be an interloper, but there's a lot of people who hate any sort of change. I think the important bit on that basis would be to be very careful about this being a new exchange, a different exchange, NOT a replacement. Don't treat it as if "well, it's not running now, so I'm going to start over". Treat a new exchange as fully new, entirely separate, and there'd be some difference. (And honestly, there's about seventy million Draco/Harry exchanges. The fandom can definitely support additional Draco/Hermione exchanges.)