AO3 is an excellent website and I encourage everyone who can afford it to donate
Do people remember what AO3 stands for?
Archive of Our Own. <b>Our Own.</b> That means we thought of it, designed it, built it, and run it. And yes, pay for it. If you can’t or don’t want to contribute, you can still read everything on the site. If you want a say in how things are run, you can contribute as little as $10, and you can vote in elections. That amount hasn’t gone up since the archive was created, by the way.
I hate pulling this “young whippersnapper” crap, because I hated when it was done to me, but if you’ve never known fandom without AO3, you have no idea what it was like. Nothing is free. Before AO3, either individual authors paid for their websites, or a webmaster did, or you used a free host. Readers were always at the mercy of whoever was paying.
Every year, multiple times a year, they convince ppl to fork out thousands of dollars and….literally nothing changes. There’s no doubt in my mind they’re pocketing most of this money lol
Yep
That’s what’s so wild to me. They’ve made exactly 0 changes other than adding the ‘Exclude’ tags and that def doesn’t take 130k.
You know if any of you actually bothered to click the link it’ll take you to their budget update and break down exactly what the spend the money on, over 70% of which is spent on server expenses, monitoring tools and system licences.
They also spent a good amount of the rest of the 30% budget on significant server overhaul costs.
AO3 is literally a service you get for free and the audacity you’d have to not bother reading the very open budget plan they have, but to then bitch and whine about people donating to keep the site running is wild.
I would be totally down for this as long as it doesn’t end up being one of Akihiko’s only defining traits again (or Haru’s for that matter). They are more than their blood-lust and various food products.
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Mitsuru: All right, there’s another group of shadows ahead-
*Akihiko and Haru high five*
Mitsuru: That is NOT a good thing.
Akihiko: Sure it is! I’ve been giving lessons on hand-to-hand combat, and now Haru finally has a chance to show what she’s learned!
Mona: Jeez, she’s terrifying with a weapon, I’d hate to see what she does with her bare hands!
Haru: Tear them limb from limb, hopefully!
Akihiko: Atta girl!
Haru: I, meanwhile, have taught Akihiko to surprise the enemy by going straight for the throat!
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