Five Things Nrandom Said

Interviews by Fans
Title:	Five Things Nrandom Said
Interviewer:	Claudia Rebaza
Interviewee:	Nrandom
Date(s):	April 21, 2019
Medium:	online
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External Links:	Five Things Nrandom Said
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Five Things Nrandom Said a 2019 Q&A guest post, conducted by the Organization for Transformative Works' Communications Committee with Nrandom.

It is part of a series. See Five Things Said.

Excerpts

What made you decide to volunteer?

I started volunteering 2 years ago when I saw an advertisement for Tag Wrangling on the AO3 homepage, realised that I had the time, and thought it might be fun to help with the archive I frequented so often. Little did I know what a difference that decision would make in my life today. I’ve met some of my closest friends while volunteering, and have found an amazing fannish community to be a part of. A year ago I joined Policy & Abuse as well, drawn to the committee by the chance to be able to interact with and help users directly. Through that I’ve learned a lot about fandom, but I’ve also had the chance to work with a great team and develop customer service skills.

What fannish things do you like to do?

I’ve always been primarily a reader of fanfic, which is what drew me, like many others, to AO3 in the first place. Some of my frequent fandoms are Harry Potter, Marvel, Yuri!!! On Ice, and Star Wars, but I tend to jump from fandom to fandom quite frequently. I joined fandom in 2013 and have since enjoyed learning about its history, from where a lot of current fandom practices have come about. Recently, I have also started recording podfics and subsequently flailing at fandom friends while editing.