Swap-bot Time: October 24, 2025 3:07 am
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INTL Email- 5 Questions for a Penpal + Goodbye

Swap Coordinator:nigatsubebe (contact)
Swap categories: Email  Letters & Writing  Newbie 
Number of people in swap:1
Number of people watching:4
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:November 7, 2025
Date items must be sent by:November 14, 2025
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

This is a farewell swap! I will not be hosting on here after November. I'll miss y'all!

This swap is INTL, two partners. No minimum ratings. Respond to your partner's e-mails, please.

Must have a profile filled out with your SWAP-RELATED likes and dislikes. This weeds out most bots. If your partner flakes and you receive nothing by the deadline, message me. I will be reading messages and Angel-ing swaps.


Send your partner an email with an introduction of yourself, and two things you like about Swap-bot.

Also answer 5 of any of the following questions: - Do you have other social media? Links? What are they about? - Do you have any pets, or want to get one (but can't?) - Is there any place you like to volunteer work or donate to? Why do you support them? - Are there any really cool small businesses you like to shop from? Are they online? Do you have any photos? - What is your favourite part of the year? It could be a holiday, season, or just a favourite time unique to you, like when robins nest or the air smells like plowed fields. - Is there a recipe you like making, or a food that reminds you of growing up? - If you could visit anywhere, where would you go? - If you could visit any-when and magically know the language, when/where would you go? Would you be able to fit in, or do you think you'd have trouble? - Do you have a favourite fanartist or fic writer? - Do you have a favourite indie author? Links? - Make something else up. Do you love ghost stories, if so, why?


I rated this a level 3 as a kind of 'gift' to everyone on their ratings.

Do not comment on swaps. Please message me directly. We do not get alerts for comments on swaps.


What's going on?

Many of you have probably noticed that since at least June 2025, we've been getting slow loads, then half-missing pages or broken refreshes... then in July, Bad Gateway errors, but only now and then. This week, I spend an hour on here, and might reload a page 6 or 7 times. I dread having to hit the Back button because it might not load. I will post a review and... it won't load, or I get a Bad Gateway error, and the review never posts. Or something posts x3.

Usually I get 503 BG errors, which means the SB servers cannot handle the traffic and/or physical equipment is outdated or offline. Bots cause a LOT of ghost traffic. Plus, yeah, the servers probably ARE really outdated.

Unless someone is given control of admin and knows modern internet security, I'm sorry, y'all, this is not going away.

I've been on SB a very long time. The site is breaking down to where if it's becoming stressful for me to reply to people, assign swaps, etc. ... and there's no fixes to equipment in sight... I'm signing off. My profile will stay up. The links to the SB blog will remain, which contains lots of useful info like SB etiquette, handling missing mail, what ratings mean, etc. The tumblr community link will remain. I will no longer be hosting swaps on SB. <3

So I'll be hosting some "goodbye" swaps before I go. I hope you can sign up.

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