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They do do something with it. If you bother to read their budget that they make publicly available.

my favorite thing about the internet is like when wikipedia needs donations they gotta like scourge around for the cash but then ao3 will be like “would you pwease donate we need $40k :3″ and then within hours they’re exceeding their goal by like a million dollars

how do you guys donate 220k annually to a site for years and it’s still in its beta stage

By having lived through the C&D years and legal battles and gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism that drives queer/LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, survivors, and a myriad of “non-typical” and non cis-het, non Protestant people from spaces that were previously being used by fans, and understanding what we lost over the years because of capitalism. And by the OTW being very transparent about what the money is planned for and where they spend it and why they want to invest for stability so they can actually afford to have staff for coding and support that get paid a livable wage and not rely entirely on volunteers. And making sure updates are rolled out with minimal bugs and are thoroughly tested before roll out (unlike many websites that have ads). That’s why it’s in beta and if you don’t know any of this about the budget then you should read their blog posts because they take the time to explain it all in layman terms that even a fifth grader can understand.

Nigga said gentrification 😭Whites gentrifying whites

No. It’s the gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism. And it harms primarily black indigenous and people of color. Of which I fall into those categories. So no. It’s not white people gentrifying white people. It’s white people gentrifying, as usual non-white people and everyone that’s not neurotypical, not cis-het, and not abled, just to name a few.

How are poc getting harmed by people criticizing ao3 answer now 3 2 1 QUICK

You say that as if ao3 staff does shit in the first place 💀Hundreds of thousands of dollars and the website still hosts racist content and child pornography how is throwing more money at these people going to do anything. And you can’t just treat gentrification like a buzzword and throwing it around without having any reasoning that actually connects to your argument, you’re just using it for the sake of sounding more righteous than other people and watering down a serious issue

how do you guys donate 220k annually to a site for years and it’s still in its beta stage

By having lived through the C&D years and legal battles and gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism that drives queer/LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, survivors, and a myriad of “non-typical” and non cis-het, non Protestant people from spaces that were previously being used by fans, and understanding what we lost over the years because of capitalism. And by the OTW being very transparent about what the money is planned for and where they spend it and why they want to invest for stability so they can actually afford to have staff for coding and support that get paid a livable wage and not rely entirely on volunteers. And making sure updates are rolled out with minimal bugs and are thoroughly tested before roll out (unlike many websites that have ads). That’s why it’s in beta and if you don’t know any of this about the budget then you should read their blog posts because they take the time to explain it all in layman terms that even a fifth grader can understand.

Nigga said gentrification 😭Whites gentrifying whites

No. It’s the gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism. And it harms primarily black indigenous and people of color. Of which I fall into those categories. So no. It’s not white people gentrifying white people. It’s white people gentrifying, as usual non-white people and everyone that’s not neurotypical, not cis-het, and not abled, just to name a few.

How are poc getting harmed by people criticizing ao3 answer now 3 2 1 QUICK

how do you guys donate 220k annually to a site for years and it’s still in its beta stage

By having lived through the C&D years and legal battles and gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism that drives queer/LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, survivors, and a myriad of “non-typical” and non cis-het, non Protestant people from spaces that were previously being used by fans, and understanding what we lost over the years because of capitalism. And by the OTW being very transparent about what the money is planned for and where they spend it and why they want to invest for stability so they can actually afford to have staff for coding and support that get paid a livable wage and not rely entirely on volunteers. And making sure updates are rolled out with minimal bugs and are thoroughly tested before roll out (unlike many websites that have ads). That’s why it’s in beta and if you don’t know any of this about the budget then you should read their blog posts because they take the time to explain it all in layman terms that even a fifth grader can understand.

Nigga said gentrification 😭Whites gentrifying whites

No. It’s the gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism. And it harms primarily black indigenous and people of color. Of which I fall into those categories. So no. It’s not white people gentrifying white people. It’s white people gentrifying, as usual non-white people and everyone that’s not neurotypical, not cis-het, and not abled, just to name a few.

how do you guys donate 220k annually to a site for years and it’s still in its beta stage

By having lived through the C&D years and legal battles and gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism that drives queer/LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, survivors, and a myriad of “non-typical” and non cis-het, non Protestant people from spaces that were previously being used by fans, and understanding what we lost over the years because of capitalism. And by the OTW being very transparent about what the money is planned for and where they spend it and why they want to invest for stability so they can actually afford to have staff for coding and support that get paid a livable wage and not rely entirely on volunteers. And making sure updates are rolled out with minimal bugs and are thoroughly tested before roll out (unlike many websites that have ads). That’s why it’s in beta and if you don’t know any of this about the budget then you should read their blog posts because they take the time to explain it all in layman terms that even a fifth grader can understand.

i aint reading all that happy for you or sorry that happened

Then keep your mouth shut about shit you refuse to educate yourself on, teenager.

i’m not going to educate myself on a fanfiction site that hosts child pornography and incest please kill, and i can;t stress this enough, yourself

how do you guys donate 220k annually to a site for years and it’s still in its beta stage

By having lived through the C&D years and legal battles and gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism that drives queer/LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, survivors, and a myriad of “non-typical” and non cis-het, non Protestant people from spaces that were previously being used by fans, and understanding what we lost over the years because of capitalism. And by the OTW being very transparent about what the money is planned for and where they spend it and why they want to invest for stability so they can actually afford to have staff for coding and support that get paid a livable wage and not rely entirely on volunteers. And making sure updates are rolled out with minimal bugs and are thoroughly tested before roll out (unlike many websites that have ads). That’s why it’s in beta and if you don’t know any of this about the budget then you should read their blog posts because they take the time to explain it all in layman terms that even a fifth grader can understand.

i aint reading all that happy for you or sorry that happened

Then keep your mouth shut about shit you refuse to educate yourself on, teenager.

how do you guys donate 220k annually to a site for years and it’s still in its beta stage

By having lived through the C&D years and legal battles and gentrification of online spaces thanks to capitalism that drives queer/LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, survivors, and a myriad of “non-typical” and non cis-het, non Protestant people from spaces that were previously being used by fans, and understanding what we lost over the years because of capitalism. And by the OTW being very transparent about what the money is planned for and where they spend it and why they want to invest for stability so they can actually afford to have staff for coding and support that get paid a livable wage and not rely entirely on volunteers. And making sure updates are rolled out with minimal bugs and are thoroughly tested before roll out (unlike many websites that have ads). That’s why it’s in beta and if you don’t know any of this about the budget then you should read their blog posts because they take the time to explain it all in layman terms that even a fifth grader can understand.

i think we should go back to using terrible and broken websites that don’t work half of the time because the ao3 worship is driving me crazy. like i grew up on wattpad and it was um bad but at least it taught me how to be normal about a fucking platform. just because it has a working tagging system doesn’t mean you should throw so much money at it that it triples its goal in two days every year jfc

if you donate to ao3 i hate you

All that money donated to ao3, even after they've reached their goal. You'd think they'd donate the excess to a charity that needs it?

That’s not what you said. You said “they should donate the excess”. In a comment only previously naming ao3 as a subject and not any of the donators. Also how would a donator “donate excess” that makes no sense. They have no excess they just donated what they could. The only one with excess in the context of this is ao3. It’s the syntax of how you phrased your comment that is causing the miscommunication.

So my syntax was too off for the native English speakers and that warrants the death threats, racism, and ablism in my inbox? Hmm okay.

I never said that nor did I know you were receiving those things. I was explaining how your original post was being read by English language readers. Both native and non native. People who aren’t native English speakers would have been taught to look for who the subject was in that sentence. The only subject you made clear being ao3. You were hoping to imply the donators and that’s a very much native (or near enough) English speaker assumption to make when writing, that people would understand the unsaid part of your sentence.