. For me, it's a way to keep my stories available even after I'm gone (either left fandom or died). I've given my password and permission to move stories to a younger fandom friend... but what if she loses interest, or dies?
Archives aren't foolproof - look at those we lost when Geocities closed shop - but they're more likely to be stable. And AO3 has been built specifically to host fanworks longterm, to the point of buying their own servers.
(I think that was the impetus behind AO3 - fandom had seen too many people forced to move when their sites' new management decided slash wouldn't be allowed. There was a lot more, but that's the one that resonates.
It's another big plus that authors who are multi-fandom can have all their fic in one archive, instead of spreading it around different specific-fandom archives.)
I've been in the position of hearing about a well-liked story... but it isn't on the web anymore. Not that I think I'm anything special when it comes to fanfic, but my stories are my gift to fandom, and I want them to hang around, dammit! (Expressing my determination to the universe, there; not yelling at you.) .
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Date: 2010-03-19 03:03 am (UTC)For me, it's a way to keep my stories available even after I'm gone (either left fandom or died). I've given my password and permission to move stories to a younger fandom friend... but what if she loses interest, or dies?
Archives aren't foolproof - look at those we lost when Geocities closed shop - but they're more likely to be stable. And AO3 has been built specifically to host fanworks longterm, to the point of buying their own servers.
(I think that was the impetus behind AO3 - fandom had seen too many people forced to move when their sites' new management decided slash wouldn't be allowed. There was a lot more, but that's the one that resonates.
It's another big plus that authors who are multi-fandom can have all their fic in one archive, instead of spreading it around different specific-fandom archives.)
I've been in the position of hearing about a well-liked story... but it isn't on the web anymore. Not that I think I'm anything special when it comes to fanfic, but my stories are my gift to fandom, and I want them to hang around, dammit! (Expressing my determination to the universe, there; not yelling at you.)
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