Posts by therealmorticia
The OTW is Recruiting for Communications, Accessibility, Design, & Technology, User Response Translation, and AO3 Documentation
Are you a frequent Bluesky and Twitter | X, Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok user who enjoys helping others? Are you a developer experienced with a server-side programming language? Are you interested in facilitating communication and helping teams run smoothly? Are you fluent in Brazilian Portuguese or Spanish, and want to help us better reply to users all around the world? Are you a writer with an eye for technical details? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for: Communications TikTok Moderator – closing 30th September 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 60 applications Communications Social Media Moderator… Read more
2026 OTW Presenting New Directors
The Elections Committee would like to thank all of our candidates for their hard work in this year’s election. We would also like to thank our departing Board Directors, Anh Pham and Qiao Chu, for all their work during their Board terms. As previously advised, the Board of Directors is sorry to inform the membership that directors Erica Frank, elected in 2024, and Kathryn Soderholm, elected in 2023, stepped down from their positions on the Board prior to the 2026 election. We are grateful for their service and thank them for their hard work and dedication. With that, we are pleased to present the results… Read more
Updates to “No Fandom” Additional Tags, July 2026
AO3 Tag Wranglers continue to test processes for wrangling canonical additional tags (tags that appear in the auto-complete) which don’t belong to any particular fandom (also known as “No Fandom” tags). This post overviews some of these upcoming changes. In this round of updates, we continued to adjust existing canonical “No Fandom” tags to add or remove new subtag and metatag relationships. We also continued to streamline creating new canonical tags, prioritizing more straightforward updates which would have less discussion compared to renaming current canonical tags or creating new canonical tags which touch on more complex topics. This method also reviews new tags on a… Read more
OTW Signal, July 2026
Every month in OTW Signal, we take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including issues related to legal matters, technology, academia, fannish history and preservation issues of fandom, fan culture, and transformative works. In the News This June, the OTW joined several of our allies in signing a letter opposing the NO FAKES Act of 2026 in its current form. The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), which led the coalition, stressed that while they share concerns about harmful AI-generated replicas, the bill as currently proposed would harness the already-flawed Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice-and-takedown system to target… Read more
Why AO3 Doesn’t Have an Official App
Users often ask us to create a mobile app and wonder why we haven’t done so already. We’ve spotlighted this before and even included it in our FAQs, but it comes up often enough that we wanted to provide an updated explanation of why we don’t have – and don’t plan to make – an app. Third-Party Apps There is no official AO3 app. If you have come across or are using an app that looks like AO3, it is not official and is not owned by the OTW. These apps are made by third parties and are normally just specialized web browsers that change… Read more