[ SECRET POST #2915 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2915 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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11. [ SPOILERS for Korra ]



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15. [ WARNING for rape ]



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Comments

Not to mention people are expensive

[nyxelestia]

Because on the one hand, excessive "administrative" costs are often just shells for flagrantly upping salaries...but on the other hand, having more people (as long as it's not too much) usually improves efficiency.

AO3 alone is a massive website (forget OTW as a whole), and takes a lot of people to operate it and keep it smoothly running. I still remember how much of a mess the website was when it was suddenly flooded by fanfic after the Avengers, well-beyond what the site was actually capable of maintaining at the time.

And quite frankly, I don't mind donating to AO3 if it means keeping ads away. :)

Re: Not to mention people are expensive

[esteefee]

Right! I mean, a lot of non-profits get into trouble for paying ridiculous salaries to their employees, whereas the OTW is all volunteer.

The co-lo spaces, servers, switches, bandwidth, back-up space, licenses, etc. are where the bulk the costs are. And those all directly benefit the users. So I'm not sure what the complaint is.

It just sounds like an excuse not to donate to me. No one is obligated to donate. But if they feel guilty for not donating, it seems spurious to use "you're not spending the money right" as an excuse.

Re: Not to mention people are expensive

[nyxelestia]

This reminds me a lot of the flak about Wikipedia's donation drives. Like, even accounting for the fact most of the content is user-dervied, it's still a massive website that, if nothing else, needs massive storage-space, as well as people to maintain the website on the back end, and keep user disagreements from ripping apart the surface-level content.

I honestly wish I could donate more than my measely $10 to AO3 or Wikipedia. My life would suck so much without them, and given how much they improve on other people's lives, it seems downright cheap that people are unwilling to donate to them (unable, I get, but unwilling is something else).

Re: Not to mention people are expensive

[esteefee]

I love Wikipedia. Actually, thanks for the end of year reminder.

Re: Not to mention people are expensive

[nyxelestia]

No problem! :)

Re: Not to mention people are expensive

[tabaqui]

What you said. I've donated to both, but i wish I could donate more. Both are big parts of my online 'life', so to speak.