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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
Fanlore Security Incident
On August 6, 2026, at approximately 01:30 UTC, the OTW discovered unauthorized access to the server hosting Fanlore by unknown third parties. Additionally, the third party leveraged Discord permission vulnerabilities to post spam on the official Fanlore Discord server. If you have a Fanlore account, find further information below about what happened and what next steps you might need to take. What Happened An attacker gained access to Fanlore’s files and database. AO3 was not affected. Immediately after this was discovered, we took the site offline to begin investigation. Concurrently, the attacker utilized permission vulnerabilities to post messages on the official Fanlore Discord, advertising a… Read more
2026 Candidate Q&A and Chat Round Up
The election season is in full swing! As part of the election season, we have a chat with our candidates coming up soon. You can also find links to the candidates’ answers to your questions at the bottom of this post. Chats There will be one public chat with all three candidates that will last 90 minutes. Chats will take place in our public chatroom (Discord). It is scheduled for: Saturday, August 8, from 4pm UTC to 5.30pm UTC – Live chat with all candidates (What time is the Candidate Chat where I live?) During this chat, chat attendees will have the opportunity to ask… 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
OTW Board Meeting, August 1, 2026
The OTW Board will be holding its next public meeting at 02:00 on August 1 UTC (what time is that for me?). This meeting will be held in the Board Discord server. The server will have a team of moderators and a set of rules (including question rules) and community guidelines. The server will remain open even after the meeting, but the channels for meeting and asking questions will be read-only. Board will be posting replies to questions that do not get addressed during the scheduled meeting two weeks after the meeting in the server’s #questions-answers channel. The agenda will include: Decisions made since the… Read more