radmxnx: piroco:marithlizard:hexane-harpy: This^^^ This! AO3 offer a comfortable, no paym
radmxnx: piroco: marithlizard: hexane-harpy: This^^^ This! AO3 offer a comfortable, no payment, ad-free service in exchange for donations specifically to KEEP THE WEBPAGE UP AND RUNNING and people still complain?! [image description: Screenshot of a tweet from @thedreamcreek, reading “People don’t seem to realize that AO3 constantly needs donations bc 1. They’re explicitly against ads 2. Servers are expensive AF… They used 75% of their entire funds last year just to pay for servers. 3. Over 1 mil of registered users are on the siteAO3 and OTW were specifically created by women fandom hold in direct responde to a bunch of men trying to monetize and profite off fanfiction. This is all on AO3’s about me. The distribution of funds is on AO3’s FAQ. They have a public spreadsheet of finances availableAO3’s code is also open source, which is why customization is allowed via user-made themes and presets. AO3 was coded, conceived, and made entirely by volunteers, most of them women. Some of yall are ungrateful or hella ignorant of how one of the most important modern fic hosting sites came to be… The next time one of yall complain about AO3’s donation drive… is2gThose donation drives allow you to read those fics you love, how about you foot the $200k+ server bill next time (smile emoticon)End image description] -- source link
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