most of this is familiar to me, but some of it isn't. and i'd either forgotten or didn't know some of the context. and i realise i can't remember how i met you.
One of the valid complaints is that the archive was unambiguously made by and for Western media slash fans.
i have to disagree with this, well the 'slash' part. it was definitely conceptualised and possibly even initially coded by western media slash fans. but it wasn't made for slash fans and it wasn't and isn't made or run exclusively by them. i mean, my involvement with volunteering at AO3 was many many moons ago and not very significant — hell, documentation doesn't even exist anymore. but it really pisses me off how many people repeat the 'made by and for slash fans' line because it's not true. not everyone involved was a BNF; not everyone involved was into slash; not everyone involved was a friend of astolat. i only knew her as half the team running yuletide.
but, yeah, trying to get anything done within the sprawling hierarchy was difficult to say the least. and one of the reasons i quit wrangling was because it just got so overwhelming with the endless email threads about how to properly tag non-western fandoms, if anime and manga should be their own category or separate or with western comics and animation, followed by the inevitable spiral into accusations and whatnot. ugh. and that's when everyone was genuinely acting in good (if clueless, in some cases) faith.
-- this has taken me so long to think through and type that i can't remember where i was going with it. kudos for not only remembering this stuff but having the wherewithal to type it out.
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i have to disagree with this, well the 'slash' part. it was definitely conceptualised and possibly even initially coded by western media slash fans. but it wasn't made for slash fans and it wasn't and isn't made or run exclusively by them. i mean, my involvement with volunteering at AO3 was many many moons ago and not very significant — hell, documentation doesn't even exist anymore. but it really pisses me off how many people repeat the 'made by and for slash fans' line because it's not true. not everyone involved was a BNF; not everyone involved was into slash; not everyone involved was a friend of astolat. i only knew her as half the team running yuletide.
but, yeah, trying to get anything done within the sprawling hierarchy was difficult to say the least. and one of the reasons i quit wrangling was because it just got so overwhelming with the endless email threads about how to properly tag non-western fandoms, if anime and manga should be their own category or separate or with western comics and animation, followed by the inevitable spiral into accusations and whatnot. ugh. and that's when everyone was genuinely acting in good (if clueless, in some cases) faith.
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this has taken me so long to think through and type that i can't remember where i was going with it. kudos for not only remembering this stuff but having the wherewithal to type it out.