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OTW Website and Donation Form Are Down
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otw_staffAs of now, 18:50 UTC on July 11, 2023, AO3 is back up. However, in the past hours the OTW website and the donation platform have become inaccessible. We believe it is part of the same attack first made on the Archive. We will be providing updates via the OTW Tumblr account https://transformativeworks.tumblr.com so please check there for further information.
We also want to alert fans that on Twitter someone is using the name AO3_Status_ (note the second underscore). If you are on Twitter, please block and report this account.
This fake account is impersonating our service status account and attempting to scam AO3 users out of money. Fans on all platforms should be wary of anyone soliciting money on behalf of the OTW or its projects at this time. (The real donation form is currently down due to a DDoS.)
Open Doors and Legal Advocacy pages are also not available at this time. Our Fanlore project is being worked on and should be back today. Our Transformative Works and Cultures site has not been affected. Thank you for being patient while we restore services!
We also want to alert fans that on Twitter someone is using the name AO3_Status_ (note the second underscore). If you are on Twitter, please block and report this account.
This fake account is impersonating our service status account and attempting to scam AO3 users out of money. Fans on all platforms should be wary of anyone soliciting money on behalf of the OTW or its projects at this time. (The real donation form is currently down due to a DDoS.)
Open Doors and Legal Advocacy pages are also not available at this time. Our Fanlore project is being worked on and should be back today. Our Transformative Works and Cultures site has not been affected. Thank you for being patient while we restore services!
2023 Candidate Chats and Q&A Roundup
Jul. 9th, 2023 10:13 amotw_staff
OTW Board candidates are answering your questions and chats with them will be coming up soon. Read more to find out when and where https://otw.news/b25e12
June 2023 Newsletter, Volume 179
Jul. 7th, 2023 09:13 amotw_staff
In our June newsletter, election season arrives, Legal starts work on a video exemption renewal, Fanlore celebrates Bingo in June and Fandom in Color in July, and AO3 tackles spam issues. Read more at https://otw.news/61f69e
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Are you great at admin and enjoy the satisfaction of completing short tasks and ticking them off to-do lists? Or do you have experience in HR, volunteer management, data privacy and other related areas? OTW is recruiting volunteers! Help us signal boost or read more at https://otw.news/1a3858
OTW Signal, July 2023
Jul. 3rd, 2023 12:52 pmotw_staff
OTW Guest Post: Gem Asteria
Jun. 29th, 2023 09:55 amotw_staff
This month's OTW guest, Gem Asteria, talks about her history with anime and manga and her journey to making a podfic podcast. Read more at https://otw.news/5312db
otw_staffCommunications volunteers have read your responses to our decision and wanted to make an additional post addressing your feedback. We want to state at the outset though that this will not be changing the decision that has been made, but hope it will show how much we value your feedback and have put thought into this decision. ( Read more... )
Withdrawal of Candidate Emyn a.
Jun. 26th, 2023 09:41 amotw_staff
Effective June 23, Emyn a. has withdrawn their candidacy for the 2023 Board election.
The Elections Committee wishes Emyn all the best.
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Comment Period Closure and Results
Jun. 25th, 2023 01:17 pmotw_staffHello OTW News readers!
As we mentioned in our post on June 10, the OTW Communications Committee has been reviewing usage of this community and getting responses from subscribers about potentially following OTW News via a feed account instead.
We have now compiled the responses we received to both the original message and the follow-up message, and we have decided to turn this account inactive and to direct users to follow the feed accounts instead.
Several factors went into this decision.
Amount of Response
Although there was a quick response to our initial post, and some additional comments to our follow-up, overall only 55 people replied to one or both posts out of 1206 subscribers. (An additional 16 accounts have added the community since then, but these users were either not following OTW News before, or were doing so elsewhere.)
Although it wasn't expected that the majority of people would respond, this amounts to less than 5% of subscribers. ( Read more... )
What Happens Next?
If you have not already done so, click on this link for the otw_rss_feed (and, if you want AO3 News as well, the AO3 News blog) and click on the Subscribe link. You will begin receiving the news post links in your reading list as each one goes out.
In order to allow time for people to switch over without losing news, we will continue posting here for the next few weeks. Then, this community's profile page will be changed and a pinned post will be made which will offer directions to any visitors on how to keep viewing news, see all past news, and how to contact us.
As we mentioned in our post on June 10, the OTW Communications Committee has been reviewing usage of this community and getting responses from subscribers about potentially following OTW News via a feed account instead.
We have now compiled the responses we received to both the original message and the follow-up message, and we have decided to turn this account inactive and to direct users to follow the feed accounts instead.
Several factors went into this decision.
Amount of Response
Although there was a quick response to our initial post, and some additional comments to our follow-up, overall only 55 people replied to one or both posts out of 1206 subscribers. (An additional 16 accounts have added the community since then, but these users were either not following OTW News before, or were doing so elsewhere.)
Although it wasn't expected that the majority of people would respond, this amounts to less than 5% of subscribers. ( Read more... )
What Happens Next?
If you have not already done so, click on this link for the otw_rss_feed (and, if you want AO3 News as well, the AO3 News blog) and click on the Subscribe link. You will begin receiving the news post links in your reading list as each one goes out.
In order to allow time for people to switch over without losing news, we will continue posting here for the next few weeks. Then, this community's profile page will be changed and a pinned post will be made which will offer directions to any visitors on how to keep viewing news, see all past news, and how to contact us.
