Oh man, I find it tragic when I hear about Libraries getting rid of older titles and books to make more room for new ones. (which is why I'm sort of happy libraries are starting to offer ebooks) With ebooks weeding isn't as necessary though the more ebooks they get the more they have to spend on infrastructure so people can actually find what they are looking for and to support the bandwidth needs.
I finally got around to reading the thread you linked to and I now see what you're talking about! My impression is the old archive could not handle the popularity of the yuletide challenge so they had to find another venue. I'm a bit all over the place in fandom so I have friends who are in OTW and some that aren't associated at all/on the fence, as well as some that aren't big fans of the idea.
As an archivist I'm a fan of a centralized archive that's stable and less likely to disappear but as a writer I also like the idea of having some say as to where my stories will be hosted. Though Yuletide seems to have another set of rules people agreed to when they originally participated. Though I suspect the creators never anticipated the response the challenge got and their resources were overrun. And so everyone like you that had participated back before it became popular signed on expecting one thing and now it appears as though it has to change if the challenge will survive.
By reading all the facts I could see that the situation was bound to cause conflict because to me both sides have legit concerns. And I think they are trying their best to address them but with the hundreds of people involved I can't see any one solution that would actually please everyone. :(
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Date: 2010-01-03 10:14 pm (UTC)I finally got around to reading the thread you linked to and I now see what you're talking about! My impression is the old archive could not handle the popularity of the yuletide challenge so they had to find another venue. I'm a bit all over the place in fandom so I have friends who are in OTW and some that aren't associated at all/on the fence, as well as some that aren't big fans of the idea.
As an archivist I'm a fan of a centralized archive that's stable and less likely to disappear but as a writer I also like the idea of having some say as to where my stories will be hosted. Though Yuletide seems to have another set of rules people agreed to when they originally participated. Though I suspect the creators never anticipated the response the challenge got and their resources were overrun. And so everyone like you that had participated back before it became popular signed on expecting one thing and now it appears as though it has to change if the challenge will survive.
By reading all the facts I could see that the situation was bound to cause conflict because to me both sides have legit concerns. And I think they are trying their best to address them but with the hundreds of people involved I can't see any one solution that would actually please everyone. :(
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