AO3 elections: I'm listening.

[icarus]

I let my AO3 membership lapse, so I don't have a vote. But I started following the election once it turned into a furor.

I mean, okay, I read astolat's detailed answers to questions a while back, and got the sense that apparently a rubber stamp election wasn't anymore.

I still haven't gone through Ainsley's giant compilation of election posts.

But here are the posts I've read so far (besides astolat's):

A shattered Lim's resignation.

Bookshop's position and analysis of the politics of the election revolt against AO3's status quo, or 'Listen to the rest of the community! There's more to AO3 than the archive.'

Board president on why she's resigning, or 'Listen to the exit interviews: When volunteer after volunteer quits for the same reason, you've got a problem.'

What I found most illuminating was skud's post on the technical aspect of AO3's project management and how it caused Lim's disaster, or 'You know, if you'd listen to the developers, you'd have a lot more help.'

You notice a pattern? Me, too.

Comments

[icarus]

Reading saraht's post now -- you should read skud's post.

[rivkat]

I did read skud's post. It's full of useful information, and I'd love to see its ideas implemented. But first we need actual people, not the hope that some will show if we kick out the ones who've done the work so far.