#1 would be terribly sad. We've lost so many archives that were LotR-centric, and OEAM is a treasure trove - so many old fics by authors who have moved on and deleted websites and journals. As Tal says, it's been so many people's home. Another piece of our fandom history would die instead of adapting and continuing.
#2 I think if the site remains the same, traffic will continue falling off. If there is no sign of interaction, no page hits, no comments and replies, a site feels dead and people don't go back to dead sites. Also, someone quite new to the fandom told me she finds OEAM physically difficult to read on because of the page background.
#3 The self-upload Tolkien sites are still chugging along, some busier than others but all of them active. Newcomers see that people are reading and posting and so it's worth hanging around. Also, as a writer I far prefer that interactive format. It would need promotion though, and a lot of word of mouth advertising.
About AO3 -- if no other option arises, then a collection there would have to be the answer so everything isn't lost. I'm not sure what their policy would be re the many fics whose authors would be unreachable for permission, but it would spell the end of OEAM, there would be no reason to add to the collection unless the Big Bang continues, so -- once a year? Takes me back to #1, it would be so terribly sad.
No permission is asked by Ao3, the site owners of HASA did give a heads up about it though.
When the HASA transfer to AO3 was completed, I got an e-mail saying that my HASA stories had moved there and that they were up at AO3 now. *searches for the e-mail*
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These were all reviewed HASA stories, they are locked for public for now (until I have the time to sit down and figuring out what to do with them:
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You're right about #3 and AO3; in my answer above I didn't take that sufficiently into consideration. Which would change my personal preference back to #3 and not to AO3.
#2 I think if the site remains the same, traffic will continue falling off. If there is no sign of interaction, no page hits, no comments and replies, a site feels dead and people don't go back to dead sites. Also, someone quite new to the fandom told me she finds OEAM physically difficult to read on because of the page background.
#3 The self-upload Tolkien sites are still chugging along, some busier than others but all of them active. Newcomers see that people are reading and posting and so it's worth hanging around. Also, as a writer I far prefer that interactive format. It would need promotion though, and a lot of word of mouth advertising.
About AO3 -- if no other option arises, then a collection there would have to be the answer so everything isn't lost. I'm not sure what their policy would be re the many fics whose authors would be unreachable for permission, but it would spell the end of OEAM, there would be no reason to add to the collection unless the Big Bang continues, so -- once a year? Takes me back to #1, it would be so terribly sad.
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When the HASA transfer to AO3 was completed, I got an e-mail saying that my HASA stories had moved there and that they were up at AO3 now. *searches for the e-mail*
You're receiving this e-mail because you had works in a fanworks archive that has been imported by Open Doors into the Archive of Our Own (AO3). Because this e-mail address is connected to one registered on the imported archive, the associated fanworks (listed below) have been automatically added to your AO3 account.
These were all reviewed HASA stories, they are locked for public for now (until I have the time to sit down and figuring out what to do with them:
Depending on the archive, your works may have been imported restricted to registered users only (to keep them out of Google searches). If this is the case, the works will only be accessible by logged-in users unless you choose to make them fully visible. For help unlocking, orphaning, or deleting your works, please contact Support.
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