Why I Support The OTW, by Speranza, aged mumble-mumble

[cesperanza]

Because I want us to own the goddamned servers, ok? Because I want a place where we can't be TOSed and where no one can turn the lights off or try to dictate to us what kind of stories we can tell each other.

Comments

[sara_merry99]

Absolute Holy Freakin' *Word*!!

I knew I supported OTW, but I couldn't articulate why. And now you've done it for me. Only, like, miles better than I could have.

May I link to this from my LJ?

[cesperanza]

Yes, of course!

[th_esaurus]

May I be really...a terrible person, and ask what OTW is? Because this essay is really interesting, and I don't feel I'm getting the whole picture of it by being incredibly dumb. Sorry...

[wendynever]

http://transformativeworks.org/

[cesperanza]

The Organization For Transformative Works (OTW) is the name of a new nonprofit company formed by a bunch of fans to raise money to buy servers to host an OTW-designed, built, and defended archive that will host fanfiction (and hopefully, some day, other fan arts) without ads for anyone who wants for free. You can find more information here!

[amireal]

Yes. Exactly.

My "Why I support OTW" post will be titled: Because I am a goddamned lazy woman and if that means I've gotta do work so that I can be lazy. So be it.

[cesperanza]

Right, yeah. Though I mean, seriously, fans always did work. Think of all the archivists who put up and coded stories by HAND. *g*

[amireal]

*G* Well yes. God. I just mean I'm tired of refinding everyone and everything every 6 - 24 months. I'm abjectly lazy that way. *G*

[aynatonal]

Yes!

::enthusiastically waves a tiny flag::

[cesperanza]

No taxation without representation, dammit!!

[slodwick]

Well-said.

[cesperanza]

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[slodwick]

Sheeps!

[zellieh]

*g*