====== OTW 2012 ======

**Jan. 1, 2012:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/25964.html?thread=113497196#t113497196|Your regularly scheduled AO3 whining.]]// Complaints about the search function, which notoriously does not allow particularly fine-grained filtering.

**Jan. 15, 2012:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/26728.html?thread=117990504#t117990504|The OTW on nonprofit fanfiction.]]// OP queries whether the OTW's FAQ claim that "Profit matters" is based on actual law.

**Jun. 17, 2012:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/34598.html?thread=159222566#t159222566|Some AO3 discussion.]]// A nonny [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/34598.html?thread=159229222#t159229222|claims]] that //"many [coding] professionals … have privately offered their support and/or advice, and were refused or ignored."// They took their complaints public, which offended the OTW. Another [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/34598.html?thread=159267878#t159267878|suspects]] OTW higher-ups have long known that //"experienced programmers would tell them that the fix required questioning certain golden calves."//

Another [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/34598.html?thread=159323430#t159323430|blames the original concept behind AO3 tagging]], in which //"never hav[ing] to say 'no' to a user"// w/r/t unhelpful tags means pissing off many more people than the OTW would have if they'd had stricter tagging guidelines. A professional [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/34598.html?thread=159368998#t159368998|points out]] that //"only people in NN's personal circle and total newbies seem to be allowed to code,"// which has resulted in //"a bad feedback loop."// Finally, [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/34598.html?thread=159233318#t159233318|another nonny]] links to [[http://sailorptah.dreamwidth.org/255685.html|this post]], whose OP attended an AO3 panel at a con.

**Jul. 9, 2012:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35600.html?thread=164984336#t164984336|OTW Board members post, and a proposal for AO3 Tag reform.]]// Several posts by OTW members linked in OP. Thread highlights: [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35600.html?thread=164996368#t164996368|Criticism]] of the attitude that not showing up to meetings at a non-profit is no big deal; [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35600.html?thread=165103632#t165103632|frustration]] with board member Julia Beck, who whined about personal posts lambasting the OTW, when the OTW can't bother to communicate effectively to users; another comment about [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35600.html?thread=165135120#t165135120|Beck lashing out at FFA]] for complaining about tagging problems rather than prioritizing AO3's reputation above all; and [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35600.html?thread=165157648#t165157648|criticism]] of someone who insists that //"the need not to impose top-down hierarchies on user tagging … is fundamental to the AO3."//

**Dec. 15, 2012:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/46288.html?thread=210479568#t210479568|OTW talks about tag wrangling.]]// OP links to [[http://otw-news.livejournal.com/232591.html|this OTW-news post on LJ]].



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