marchmetamatters:

Posted by: yourlibrarian

As sites hosting art, text, music, and more continue to either close up shop or change their Terms of Service, there have been various efforts to save content on what is often very short notice. It would be even better if fans gave our works this attention before a crisis hits.

While creators have often used multiple sites to host their works, one type of work has generally been left out of fans’ efforts at archiving and preserving fanworks – meta. In many cases, meta posts have not been copied anywhere else other than the location where they were first posted, leaving them particularly vulnerable to loss.

So what if we can make a small dent in getting it saved? The March Meta Matters Challenge is focused on not just new meta, but making sure older meta gets a chance to be read and remain a part of fandom history. While new meta is also encouraged, the priority for Meta Matters is to make sure meta doesn’t vanish with sites or personal accounts when those get closed or moved.

That’s also why the challenge will be using the Archive of Our Own as a destination site.

A primary purpose for AO3 is to serve as a perpetual site for fanwork preservation – and this includes meta! It’s intended as a host of last resort, and it accepts all content and fandoms. Many people already have accounts there, and for those who don’t, they are free to get (and offer various perks). And for people who want to find meta, the site is designed for searchability (unlike, say, most social media sites).

This will be a month-long event and will function as follows: ( Read more… )

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source https://marchmetamatterschallenge.dreamwidth.org/581.html

 

definitelynotscott:

@watchmebitch @monstrous-hourglass I think I said before that some of your longer posts on the new lore/Noxus would be good on AO3 and I stand by that.

@olderthannetfic Hey, more about meta!

 

olderthannetfic:

I’ve just been looking at this!

It’s a great idea. I will indeed comb through my tumblr and see what should be transferred to AO3 for long term access. I am still dubious about the fandom purges one, but I have a number of actual essays that aren’t on there.

Who’s going to take the meta archiving challenge with me?

 

isaacsapphire:

I should dig out some of the meta I did a zillion years ago.

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#101 Uses for Infrastructureless Computers #signal boost #fandom #amnesia cw?