Posts in Policy & Abuse Committee
The OTW is Recruiting for Fanlore, Strategic Planning, Organizational Culture Roadmap, Policy & Abuse, and Tag Wrangling
Are you interested in social media or community management? Do you have experience with research methods or nonprofit governance? Would you like to assist AO3 users by resolving complaints? Do you enjoy researching and brainstorming solutions to problems? Would you like to wrangle AO3 tags? Can you read and translate from another language to English? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for: Fanlore Social Media and Outreach Volunteer – closing 14 October 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 40 applications Strategic Planning Volunteer – closing 14 October 2026 at 23:59 UTC Organizational Culture Roadmap Volunteer –… Read more
Five Things taki Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with taki, who volunteers as a User Response Translation Committee Chair, Policy & Abuse Volunteer, and Tag Wrangling Volunteer. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I’ve had a bunch of roles in the OTW, all of which fit into it in different ways! I started out as a tag wrangler, where… Read more
Five Things megidola Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with megidola, who volunteers as an Organizational Culture Roadmap Workgroup Head, Policy & Abuse Volunteer & Supurrvisor, and Tag Wrangling Volunteer & Supervisor. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I juggle a bunch of different things within the org, because I like variety! I started out as a tag wrangler, so… Read more
Five Things Whatsit Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Whatsit, who volunteers as a Chair in training for the Policy & Abuse committee (PAC) and a Tag Wrangler. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? As a tag wrangler, I make sure that the fandoms I wrangle have properly canonized tags, which helps users find works that have the characters,… Read more
World Password Day: Keeping Your Account Secure
Today is World Password Day, and we’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of some best practices to keep your accounts secure. Last year, AO3 saw a rise in users who lost access to their AO3 accounts due to reused or insecure passwords that were found in data breaches from other sites. In response, our Policy & Abuse committee alongside our Accessibility, Design, & Technology, and Systems committees took steps to recover, secure, and notify the owners of over 10,000 at-risk accounts. Over the past year, we released many new features to proactively make AO3 accounts more secure, including: Automatic confirmation emails notifying… Read more