#there is no proof that ''antis'' did this or the csem/csam shit and to continue to act so is to willingly obfuscate the issue here

[shivasdarknight]

Putting this over here to isolate this point: the OTW Volunteers did a lot of work to get AO3 back up and running after the DDoS. The OTW Board didn't do shit.

Your donations to AO3 go into OTW's financial reserve, and an estimate of how much they have is around $2.5 million (thread that breaks this down). They can maintain the platform for five years with what they have stored, and that number may be a low estimate.

OTW doesn't need your money. OTW's volunteers deserve financial compensation for all they've been subjected to, but none will see a penny from your donations.

Support the volunteers all you like, but know that your donations do nothing for them nor improve their working conditions.

Also stop being islamophobic assholes, the people who did this called themselves Sudanese just to get this kind of response. Grow up, learn to spot a troll, and go educate yourselves instead of constantly spewing racist shit.

#original #ao3 #archive of our own #otw #our transformative works #and i swear to fucking god if i see another post ''blaming antis'' for this or the csem/csam shit im destroying your routers #anti as a term doesnt mean shit. it's just whoever you're pissed at currently #y'all use it the way conservatives use woke #there is no proof that ''antis'' did this or the csem/csam shit and to continue to act so is to willingly obfuscate the issue here #grow the fuck up #and maybe stop basing your armchair activism around ''proship vs antis'' (as if that actually means anything) and go outside. #stop leading massive harassment campaigns just because someone said ao3 is fallible and that there's something deeply wrong w them #do not base you identity and ideology around an organization that doesn't have your best interests in mind if they cant even be their for #their volunteers. they especially won't be there for you #their hoarding of finances is deeply suspect especially as they continue to run donation drives that more than fund site reqs #fuck the otw board #someone pay those damn volunteers and get them therapy