chrissihr:

Hi, readers!

*hops up on soapbox to shout into the void*

As a fanfiction reader, you may have noticed AO3 is running a banner at the top of the site this week for its fundraiser. The fundraiser isn’t just an opportunity to support the archive. For a single, $10 donation, “you may choose to become an OTW member. Members have the right to vote in organizational elections. Membership lasts for one year from the date of the most recent qualifying donation. If you are already a member, donating US$10 or more today will extend your membership to one year from today. By choosing to become a member you are agreeing to receive emails about OTW elections and a ballot.“ 

It’s really fucking hard to run even a small fansite for a few hundred members. I’ve done it. It’s thankless, miserable work and you often end up shelling out hundreds of dollars of your own money to keep those small sites running, then lose all your hard work when the site is inevitably forced to closed because four admins can’t afford to keep it running for those few  hundred members. The Archive is MASSIVE comparatively. I can only imagine what a beast it is to run. If you can spare the $10, you’ll be getting your money’s worth for the year, I assure you.

Did you know the Organization of Transformative Works does more than just host your favorite fanworks? The Archive is involved in lots of projects! Projects include Fanlore, Legal Advocacy, and a peer-reviewed academic journal, Transformative Works and Cultures, as well as Open Doors, which imports at-risk fanwork archives to AO3 so you can keep accessing fanworks that might otherwise be lost.

Go through your old coats and dig up some quarters, then consider using it to become a member of the Archive because Tumblr could be bought out any time, but the fans run the Archive.

*hops off soapbox*

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