Roll our own?

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Again, this topic was raised in greywash's master thread and its comments, with some preliminary thoughts. Clearly, creating a whole new site would be a major undertaking, but so was AO3 and they're kind of the role model now. Can we do this? What do we need to do this? Who's interested in kicking this idea around?

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AO3/OTW/Fanlore maybe the role models, but that doesn't make them positive role models. I wouldn't want anything to do with them, or anything that partnered with them.

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Can you expand on what specific things about their structure (or anything else) you don't want to see involved in a new fandom home? Negatives or unappealing aspects are important things to consider, but they need to be captured as specifics rather than just broad-based opinion if we are to use them effectively in planning.

[alchemia]

I no longer go in-depth in public posts or journals that are not mine (even if locked, the owner may change it). Here are a link to 3 public posts on my journal. Besides answering your questions above, they should make clear why I do not get into discussions in journalling space as I used to. If you have further questions, feel free to message me, or to request access to my journal to discuss there.

* I do not use AO3 Because.... https://alchemia.dreamwidth.org/311136.html (should be self explanatory I think)

* Violations Warnings for Fen who Have taken down / disassociated their ID from past Workworks https://alchemia.dreamwidth.org/304207.html (this has an ETA message "Fanlore, if you are reading this...." with a list of DO do XYZ, DON'T do ABC etc.)

* How OTW/FanLore may be changing fandom, especially meta discussions - For the Worse.... https://alchemia.dreamwidth.org/308124.html (I guess this was Tumblr as well? I never interacted on Tumblr but I get that impression from others in past few days- it would not be a safe place to discuss many topics we discussed freely in the early days of LJ. BUt Tumblr was never part of fandom so has an excuse that it wasn't aware or it didnt matter to it- where as anything claiming to be "by and for fen" should know better. )