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January 12th, 2008
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xenacryst: What do you hear in these sounds? - Really, it's a community that can do some wonderful things when we want to. I think the OTW is something that's done by this fandom community, for this fandom community. And it's just starting down this journey. -
- svmadelyn: Why I Joined OTW - - My *main* reason (yes, I had one beyond 'I like organizing!') was - ooh, an ARCHIVE. With links that will not CHANGE. I rec things. I have almost 1,000 recs on my recs pages. Links that wouldn't change was a huge selling point. -
- giandujakiss: The answer, coffeeandink, is No. - I'm not going to comment on the quality of the writing. Instead, I want to talk about the difference between a romance novel and fanfic. Obviously, here, I'm speaking in generalities; there will always be exceptions. -
- therealjae: That convergence thing again - 4. Is this sort of convergence between the fannish and creator universes really the Future of Mediafandom, now that fanworks are getting more attention outside of where they could originally be found? Should there be limits to it? Why, and how? -
- dkompare: Why I Support OTW (and a few critiques ) - Now, I totally get the rationale for maintaining an "illegitimate" existence[...]In this case, I don't agree with it. Folks, TPTB are coming[...]whether or not we want them to, and we'll have to deal with them, in some forms, for the foreseeable future. -
- hafital: I support the OTW - I've read a number of the "Why OTW?" posts this week, and all of them have one thing in common. They all say fandom is home. But it has never been a very stable home. The landlords keep kicking us out. -
- nestra: There are many reasons I support OTW - But you know what would make my reccing life a whole lot easier? A big, multi-fandom, multi-genre, multi-author archive. One that isn't going to move, or change its file structure.[...]One that will not get TOSsed and disappear -
- ainsley: The OTW and me - Fandom isn't easy. Fandom is advanced fun. You gotta want it bad, because the forces of wank (in this instance, those seeking to make $$$ from, or objecting to the morals of, our "user-generated content") are gonna put up a fight. -
- rivkat: I am not your user-generated content - I support the OTW because fandom is so big and varied that attempts to control it through legal threats tend to strike like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky. It is terrifying, and it doesn't happen to fandom; it happens to specific fans. -
- melina123: Why OTW?We just need a place of our own, that's all. A space that fans -- but no one individual -- control.[...]And a place where we put our own face out to the world, rather than letting other people do it for us.
- alixtii: A Non-Defense of the Organization for Transformative Works - Sexism is a systemic superstructure of male privilege, and it exists in the world[...]Resistant measures intended the overarching superstructure are not sexist. Thus the OTW could be excluding men and that would be okay. -
- thelana: I'm not gonna make any friends with this... - I just really dislike the thought of being sort of tied into a relationship with somebody because, well, you did bid on them, and you did publicly spend money, and you did want it at some point. A relationship that makes you simultaneously the one who is -
- wickedwords: Teal Deer: More OTW support. - The OTW won't force people conform to the software, which is what happens in for-profit development; instead, the design is based around how fans want to use it, making it conform to how we work -