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Sunhawk (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sunhawk) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunny_fandom, |
I found these entries to be immensely helpful in terms of verbalizing the vague feelings I had about the problems with OTW that created the basis for a lot of the election dramas:
http://skud.dreamwidth.org/13354.ht
http://vom-marlowe.dreamwidth.org/9
http://sara.dreamwidth.org/394449.html
I think skud's analysis of the way the OTW coding people have lately been modifying/fixing/adding to the code can be seen as reflective of how they treat the rest of the actions of the organization: Do a whole bunch of things by yourself (or involving a few other people you know or board members/staff, etc) and then make huge changes to the core of OTW with just a single explanation comment in the code change log and expect everyone else reading that log to have ANY IDEA what the heck you are talking about, what did you change, how was it before, etc?
I've been aware but not a member/volunteer of OTW since back when it started breaching the awareness of whatever fandom I was part of at the time (or from fandomwank, I can't exactly remember) but I still find OTW to remind me a lot of a boys-only clubhouse where people always seem to talk so vaguely about what they are doing except for their websites like AO3 or fanlore, it's just surprising to learn that the reason so many people are always so vague is that *even they have no idea what OTW is doing* ha ha!
The fact that people even now have no idea what OTW is, are the head people of OTW surprised they don't get more volunteers and help? If it isn't people scratching their heads, it's that sensation of a mysterious group that is both claiming to work for fandom as a whole but also not for all of fandom, don't be absurd! Cognitive dissonance makes me itchy and less likely to blindly trust enough to say "OK cool, here have $10 or here have hours of my time!" if you get what I mean. That's not even getting into what's already been covered about the volunteer/staff/board burnout or people finding the gatekeeping at OTW to be so ridiculous they feel discouraged to even try to volunteer or help.
http://skud.dreamwidth.org/13354.ht
http://vom-marlowe.dreamwidth.org/9
http://sara.dreamwidth.org/394449.html
I think skud's analysis of the way the OTW coding people have lately been modifying/fixing/adding to the code can be seen as reflective of how they treat the rest of the actions of the organization: Do a whole bunch of things by yourself (or involving a few other people you know or board members/staff, etc) and then make huge changes to the core of OTW with just a single explanation comment in the code change log and expect everyone else reading that log to have ANY IDEA what the heck you are talking about, what did you change, how was it before, etc?
I've been aware but not a member/volunteer of OTW since back when it started breaching the awareness of whatever fandom I was part of at the time (or from fandomwank, I can't exactly remember) but I still find OTW to remind me a lot of a boys-only clubhouse where people always seem to talk so vaguely about what they are doing except for their websites like AO3 or fanlore, it's just surprising to learn that the reason so many people are always so vague is that *even they have no idea what OTW is doing* ha ha!
The fact that people even now have no idea what OTW is, are the head people of OTW surprised they don't get more volunteers and help? If it isn't people scratching their heads, it's that sensation of a mysterious group that is both claiming to work for fandom as a whole but also not for all of fandom, don't be absurd! Cognitive dissonance makes me itchy and less likely to blindly trust enough to say "OK cool, here have $10 or here have hours of my time!" if you get what I mean. That's not even getting into what's already been covered about the volunteer/staff/board burnout or people finding the gatekeeping at OTW to be so ridiculous they feel discouraged to even try to volunteer or help.
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