[ SECRET POST #4306 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4306 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Fandom questions you're afraid to ask!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, basically - it's the Peter Singer argument writ small. How can you look at *gestures at the entire world* and decide to donate to a fanfiction archive instead?

My personal theory is that the problem really stems from ao3 calling itself a charity when it's not, really - I mean, legally it is, but that's not why people are donating to it and it doesn't really serve morally useful ends. And so you look at people donating money, and you sort of say, why are you choosing to donate to this when the world is burning to a crisp? When the reality is that it's much closer to, like, a Netflix subscription than a charity morally speaking.

Re: Fandom questions you're afraid to ask!

[(Anonymous)]

"How can you look at *gestures at the entire world* and decide to donate to a fanfiction archive instead?"

Because morale isn't worthless? And community engagement likewise? (I volunteer for a branch of the Red Cross, and they are very clear that both of those things are *important* in maintaining a healthy, resilient community, it isn't just physical charity that they do.) Because it's keeping the history of my craft going and helping maintain continuity with those who have gone before and, given how women-led activities tend to be ignored in history books, that's really important to me.

And. Going by what more, visibly altruistic charities that I donate to are asking for, the occasional tenner I drop in AO3's piggy bank is, it's nothing. Less than a trip to the movies. They operate on a shoestring as it is - it's mindboggling what they do with what their funding is.

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Thanks for your explanation, nonny. :-)

Re: Fandom questions you're afraid to ask!

[(Anonymous)]

When the reality is that it's much closer to, like, a Netflix subscription than a charity morally speaking.

Which is, at least in the circles I move in, exactly how people treat it, both on a moral and a financial level. If there's money in their entertainment budget for it and they feel inclined, they'll toss some AO3's way, but it isn't money that would've gone to an actual charity instead. It's money that would've bought a movie ticket, or a fancy coffee, or a book.

Re: Fandom questions you're afraid to ask!

[(Anonymous)]

Wait, AO3 calling itself a charity? Is it a not-for-profit?

Anyone who reads fics on AO3 should frankly be 110% on board with the concept of donating to them. It's a free service and there are no ads. People forget how much money and upkeep it takes to manage any website, let alone an enormous archive. I can't imagine the site has many full time staff.

Re: Fandom questions you're afraid to ask!

[(Anonymous)]

OTW and AO3 are both non profits.

Re: Fandom questions you're afraid to ask!

[(Anonymous)]

It's more like PBS or a library than Netflix, since you don't have to subscribe.