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Ao3 Donation Drive

ao3tagoftheday:

rppadthai:

Just a reminder in the year our lord 2018 that Archiveofourown.org is NON-PROFIT organization that manages a large FREE TO USE site that DOES NOT HAVE ADVERTISEMENTS AND DOES NOT SELL YOUR INFORMATION.


They do twice yearly donation drives which the VAST MAJORITY OF goes to paying for SERVER FEES. 

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HERE IS AO3′S TRANSPARENT EXPENSE REPORT FROM AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

AND HERE IS A LINUS TECH TIPS VIDEO EXPLAINING HOW GODDAMN EXPENSIVE SERVERS ARE.

TL;DR: Servers are super expensive, Ao3, a non-profit, asks for voluntary donations to help pay for them.

Hey friends! I know you all value AO3 (because if you don’t, why the fuck are you following me) so help them out if you can!

phoebe-does:

a piece of advice my dad gave me and I’ve never forgotten is, “if you won’t worry about it in 4 months, don’t worry about it now.” saved me countless times, it’s a philosophy to adopt and help improve your life. Failed a test? ask yourself if you’ll think about this still in 4 months? Made a fool of yourself in public? I doubt even the people who saw it will remember it past today. Know you could have done better? Ran further? don’t beat yourself up over it, you can do better tomorrow. Don’t overthink things, a lot of negatives matter less than you think they do.

gitwrecked:

viudanegraaa:

viudanegraaa:

Why are people still up in arms about AO3 needing donations to run? Their budget is publicly available. You can go onto the website, right now, and read it. If you donate more than a certain amount (pretty sure it’s more than $10), you can vote in their elections, because you’re considered a member, and that’s how memberships work.

It’s a free site to use, but not to run or to maintain, especially not with all these net neutrality battles.

Here’s a list of the OTW’s projects.

Here’s its Terms of Service.

Y’all gotta understand that it’s not just fanworks, there’s a lot more that goes into archiving.

Signal boosting this because it’s important af. OTW is a nonprofit organization, specifically a public charity as classified by the US tax code. That means they file a 990 tax report each year that lets you see all of their finances – what they’re spending money on, where their money comes from, etc. You can see their 2016 990 here if you’re so inclined.

And if you’re not sure about how OTW is using their donations? Ask questions. Get involved. Even if you’re not comfortable with or not in a position to donate, there are lots of opportunities to give your time; it’s an all-volunteer organization that recruits regularly. I know for a fact that I get more value out of what OTW provides than most, if not all, my other paid services combined, so $10 to be a member is more than worth it.