The idea behind archives is that people come and go unexpectedly; people delete their journals or change fandoms or change platforms, lose interest in one fandom or all fandoms, and yet their fanworks would be missed if they were gone as well.
also, the example of geocities -- sometimes the archives themselves disappear.
so AooO committed to being a fan run, nonprofit thing aiming for longevity and can serve as a backup. They are not trying to be or claiming to be the ONLY source for fanfic, but redundancy can be a good thing.
I like single-fandom archives, too, and use them as well as my journals.
I so intend to put all my fic on AooO when I can block out some time to start work on it.
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Date: 2010-03-12 04:39 pm (UTC)also, the example of geocities -- sometimes the archives themselves disappear.
so AooO committed to being a fan run, nonprofit thing aiming for longevity and can serve as a backup. They are not trying to be or claiming to be the ONLY source for fanfic, but redundancy can be a good thing.
I like single-fandom archives, too, and use them as well as my journals.
I so intend to put all my fic on AooO when I can block out some time to start work on it.