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| * The one millionth work was posted on 15 February 2014.<ref>[http://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/366 AO3 Reaches 1 Million Fanworks (15 February 2014)]</ref> | | * The one millionth work was posted on 15 February 2014.<ref>[http://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/366 AO3 Reaches 1 Million Fanworks (15 February 2014)]</ref> |
| * The archive has reached two million fanworks as of 20 December 2015.<ref>{{source| url = https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/4385 | title = Thanks a million...actually, make that two! | Archive of Our Own |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160505012157/https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/4385 |archivedate= 2016-05-05 }}, posted to AO3_News 20 December 2015.</ref> | | * The archive has reached two million fanworks as of 20 December 2015.<ref>{{source| url = https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/4385 | title = Thanks a million...actually, make that two! | Archive of Our Own |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160505012157/https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/4385 |archivedate= 2016-05-05 }}, posted to AO3_News 20 December 2015.</ref> |
| + | *It was announced on 31 October 2016 that AO3 had 1 million registered users, 2,615,000 works spread across 22,970 fandoms. <ref>[[http://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/6037|Archive of Our Own]] accessed 3 November 2016 </ref> |
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| ==Behind-the-Scenes Organization== | | ==Behind-the-Scenes Organization== |
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| * Separate fanworks can be linked as a series. | | * Separate fanworks can be linked as a series. |
| * An easy way for creators to [[Orphaning Fanworks|orphan]] works (disassociate their name from a work), providing a reader-friendly alternative to [[Sharing Deleted Fanworks|completely deleting fanworks]]. | | * An easy way for creators to [[Orphaning Fanworks|orphan]] works (disassociate their name from a work), providing a reader-friendly alternative to [[Sharing Deleted Fanworks|completely deleting fanworks]]. |
− | * A clear, minimal and enforceable [[warning]]s policy, along with the ability to add extra warnings as additional tags. | + | * A clear, minimal and enforceable [[warning]] policy, which includes the ability to add additional warnings as searchable tags. |
| * One-click download of stories in a variety of formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, and Mobi. | | * One-click download of stories in a variety of formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, and Mobi. |
| * The "[[Kudos]]" button, a fast, simple, possibly threshold-lowering way for readers to express appreciation for a work. | | * The "[[Kudos]]" button, a fast, simple, possibly threshold-lowering way for readers to express appreciation for a work. |
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| * "The main problem with such mass run sites is that there is no way to determine what is good writing and what isn't. A search on the site isn't going to help me figure that out and their rating system isn't either. Rating systems have been around nearly as long as their have been archives." <ref> [http://midnightbex.dreamwidth.org/626140.html My two cents on Fanlib as a fanfic reader]; [http://www.webcitation.org/6VYo68Rn7 Archive], post by midnightbex, May 21, 2007 </ref> | | * "The main problem with such mass run sites is that there is no way to determine what is good writing and what isn't. A search on the site isn't going to help me figure that out and their rating system isn't either. Rating systems have been around nearly as long as their have been archives." <ref> [http://midnightbex.dreamwidth.org/626140.html My two cents on Fanlib as a fanfic reader]; [http://www.webcitation.org/6VYo68Rn7 Archive], post by midnightbex, May 21, 2007 </ref> |
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− | ===Doesn't Host Things Other Than Fiction===
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| ===Too Western-Media Centered=== | | ===Too Western-Media Centered=== |
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| ==Praise Of== | | ==Praise Of== |
| ===Owned by Fans=== | | ===Owned by Fans=== |
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| ===Does Not Censor Content=== | | ===Does Not Censor Content=== |
| ===One-Stop Shopping=== | | ===One-Stop Shopping=== |
− | ===Praise for Various Features=== | + | ===Comments On Features=== |
| + | * Many readers mention their frustration with the fact that it is only possible to give kudos once per story. The wish is to be able to bestow them upon every chapter. |
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| == History: Some 2007/2008 Fan Comments== | | == History: Some 2007/2008 Fan Comments== |
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| A conversation about content, policies, and history: | | A conversation about content, policies, and history: |
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− | In 2016, a fan commented: "i didnt realise ao3 was started in response to [[lj]] deleting account relating to p//edophi|ia and they explicitly support the posting of such works yikes" <ref> [http://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148786246509 post at joestrummin.tumblr], since deleted] </ref> | + | In 2016, a fan commented: "i didn't realise ao3 was started in response to [[lj]] deleting account relating to p//edophi|ia and they explicitly support the posting of such works yikes" <ref> [http://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148786246509 post at joestrummin.tumblr], since deleted] </ref> |
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| This post was deleted, and then reposted after it had gotten a long response. The original poster then wrote a much longer post with this excerpt: "The post was me starting to think about whether I want to post my own work on a website which also allows pedophiles to be present on it. That could lead to me being associated with them, or some way indirectly supporting such a community (by supporting the archive). Some moderator said, ‘If you want to kick certain kinds of content off of AO3, you do not belong on AO3 in the first place,’ so this was me thinking ''maybe I do not belong on AO3''. And maybe I think other people should consider this also. But really I lack the personal investment or moral integrity to stop posting there, because I like getting weekly [[kudos]] emails." <ref> see the full exchange here: [http://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148894949419 joestrummin.tumblr] </ref> | | This post was deleted, and then reposted after it had gotten a long response. The original poster then wrote a much longer post with this excerpt: "The post was me starting to think about whether I want to post my own work on a website which also allows pedophiles to be present on it. That could lead to me being associated with them, or some way indirectly supporting such a community (by supporting the archive). Some moderator said, ‘If you want to kick certain kinds of content off of AO3, you do not belong on AO3 in the first place,’ so this was me thinking ''maybe I do not belong on AO3''. And maybe I think other people should consider this also. But really I lack the personal investment or moral integrity to stop posting there, because I like getting weekly [[kudos]] emails." <ref> see the full exchange here: [http://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148894949419 joestrummin.tumblr] </ref> |