March Meta Matters Challenge

Welcome to year 3 of the Meta Matters Challenge! I'm your moderator, yourlibrarian.

These posts will be used for us all to check-in with one another, offer encouragement and answers to questions, and maybe tips we come up with as we copy our work to AO3.

Before we begin, some reminders. Please look over the FAQ as there are some important bits for everyone to follow, namely: ( Read more... )

Remember, this account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we still want to hear from you and have you take part. Just sign your messages with your username and we'll all get to know you!

It's a new month and the MMM Challenge is now closed. We have added a total of 246 meta works to the community on AO3!

What happens now? While the challenge set some goals for the month of March, there's no reason not to continue transferring meta over throughout the year when you have time. Hopefully this community has provided encouragement and incentive that will keep everyone thinking about duplicating their meta elsewhere, both older meta and new content you write.

One thing we want everyone to know is that the March Meta Matters Challenge Community on AO3 can be added to throughout the year if you wish. And the Challenge will be back next year!

Whether one has transferred many, all one's works, or just a few, any additional works copied over during the challenge are works which are less likely to be lost in future moves or site collapses. So let's hear from everyone who took part this month with any of the following:

1) What did and didn't work for you as you took part in the MMM Challenge?

2) What you feel most pleased with as a result of your efforts this month.

This account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we'd still like to count you among our participants.

Also, a few suggestions for the year to come:

1) I'd like to encourage everyone who has read some interesting meta, either this past month or in the months to come, to rec it. A lot of rec posts that circulate end up being fic only. But wherever you rec works, whether it's in your account, at a recs community, or on AO3 (bookmarks function as rec lists, just ticky the Rec box), let people know! Making people more aware that meta is being written and can be found at AO3 will likely lead to more of that there and everywhere :)

2) For those of us new to AO3 or who write only meta, consider adding a permission statement to your profile. You can see an example on my profile. And lest you think no one would ever bother, check out the Out Of The Auditary fest!

Lastly, a reminder to anyone who hasn't seen the notice, AO3 is suffering some issues from the rise in activity this month. So keep in mind that your hit counts, if you're tracking those, are not going to be accurate for a while.

Thank you to everyone for taking part and following along this month!

Welcome to the first Meta Matters Challenge! I'm your moderator, yourlibrarian.

These posts will be used for us all to check-in with one another, offer encouragement and answers to questions, and maybe tips we come up with as we copy our work to AO3.

Before we begin, some reminders. Please look over the FAQ as there are some important bits for everyone to follow, namely: ( Read more... )

Since this is our first check-in, please comment with one or more of the following:

1) Details about you: This could include canons (if any) you've written meta in, years in fandom, things you tend to write about (if you've noticed themes), or whatever else you'd like to share.

2) Details about your meta: How many years worth of work are you going to be looking through? Have you already started reviewing fandom accounts? Do you have organizing tips to share as we go sorting through our posts?

3) Goals you have: Maybe you want to back up a certain number of posts to AO3. Maybe you want to compare things you used to write about to things you're writing now. Maybe the challenge is an opportunity for you to start using AO3 as a creator as well as a reader. Maybe it's a good prompt to re-read discussions in your posts that you'd forgotten about. We all have hopes of what we can accomplish this month. Feel free to share them!

Also, if you have any questions not already covered in our introductory post or in our FAQ, include them here.
Remember, this account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we still want to hear from you and have you take part. Just sign your messages with your username and we'll all get to know you!

EDIT: AO3 has announced that there is a chance the site will be temporarily unavailable March 1 due to new server installation. Anyone with a Twitter account is encouraged to follow the AO3 Status account as that's where they announce tech issues or other updates regarding the site's function.