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otw_news_feed Mar. 16th, 2026 05:29 pm)We started the year with some major improvements to our bookmark search, making it possible to sort and filter bookmarks by word count, and deployed several batches of fixes to strengthen site security and improve performance. These release notes collect all changes made to AO3 in January.
Shoutout to first-time contributors Juliette Curran, KooShnoo, Mae Light, and sanchal ghosh! Thank you for your work.
On January 21, we deployed some major improvements to our bookmark search, including the ability to filter and sort bookmarks by word count!
A small grab bag of fixes was released on January 26.
On January 28, we deployed some of the necessary changes to enable two-step verification for AO3 admin accounts.
A collection of navigation and display fixes was deployed on January 30.
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dw_maintenance Mar. 14th, 2026 01:04 pm)Happy Saturday!
I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!
If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.
| RULES: 1. One secret link per comment. 2. 750x750 px or smaller. 3. Link directly to the image. More details on how to send a secret in! Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is. Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment! |
writerbeware_feed Mar. 13th, 2026 05:40 pm)
Just a reminder: if your book or books are included in the $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement, the deadline to file a claim is fast approaching: March 30, 2026.
Relevant resources:
A note for Amazon Publishing authors like myself: Amazon will not be a claimant, and is assigning all rights of recovery to authors–i.e., if you’re an APub author, you don’t have to split your payout with your publisher. You can download the assignment letter–which can be included with your claim, or submitted to amend your claim if you’ve already filed it–here.
A Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for April 23, 2026 (though that date may well change). This is the final hearing to approve the settlement, which can’t take effect until the court has officially signed off. Class members, including anyone who objects to the settlement, can request permission to speak at the hearing.
Per the court docket, a number of objections and comments have been filed (under seal, so they’re not publicly viewable). Resolving these could take considerable time.
All objections and disputes must be resolved before the settlement can be finalized and payouts disbursed, which could substantially extend the date of final approval. Right now, the FAQ estimates an initial payout date of August 10, 2026, but I would not advise anyone to hold their breath.
If you’re a Writer Beware regular, you may remember my post about ClaimsHero, a third-party filer that specializes in recruiting claimants in class action lawsuits and filing individual claims on their behalf en masse (on the theory that individual lawsuits are easier to file than class actions, while blasting them out in big groups exerts similar pressure on defendants).
Back in November, ClaimsHero was running a highly deceptive ad campaign urging Anthropic class members to let it represent them, but not making clear that doing so would opt them out of the settlement. ClaimsHero got thoroughly smacked down by the judge in the case, and was forced to back off the ads and change the information on its website.
It’s still causing trouble for class members, though. It’s now recruiting for third party filings against other AI companies, and it is still aggressively soliciting class members, using the master list of eligible works to identify them (you may have received one or more of these solicitations; I’ve gotten several myself). This has, understandably, caused confusion, and class counsel is requesting that the settlement website FAQ be amended to clarify that ClaimsHero has nothing to do with the settlement.
Watch for an upcoming blog post on this subject.
The post Deadline Approaching to File a Claim in the Anthropic Settlement appeared first on Writer Beware.
otw_news_feed Mar. 11th, 2026 05:54 pm)Are you interested in helping keep OTW news post spaces a welcoming and safe space for engagement? Are you fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, or Spanish, and want to help us better reply to users all around the world? Are you a skilled organizer who enjoys working in a team? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!
We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for:
We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don’t see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.
All applications generate a confirmation page and an auto-reply to your e-mail address. We encourage you to read the confirmation page and to whitelist our email address in your e-mail client. If you do not receive the auto-reply within 24 hours, please check your spam filters and then contact us.
If you have questions regarding volunteering for the OTW, check out our Volunteering FAQ.
News Post Moderation is a Communications subcommittee that is responsible for moderating comments on AO3 and OTW News Posts as well as liaising with other OTW committees to respond to individual commenters as needed.
News Post Moderators freeze, hide, or disallow comments that do not comply with our News Post Moderation Policy. We approve comments that do comply, respond to user questions and concerns, and communicate with other OTW committees so that users can receive helpful, accurate answers.
You must be 18+ in order to apply for this role. We are looking for volunteers who can maintain a consistent level of work, ask for help and collaborate both inside the team and with other committees, and make fair and objective decisions about what comments to moderate.
Applications are due 18 March 2026 or after 60 applications
Apply for News Post Moderator at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.
Are you fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, or Spanish, and want to help us better communicate with AO3 users all over the world?
User Response Translation (URT) volunteers help AO3 committees to correspond with users in other languages. URT translators will assist the Policy & Abuse and Support committees by translating correspondence between these committees and AO3 users into specific languages. URT does not translate AO3 or OTW site pages, news posts, or fanworks.
We are looking for volunteers who are at least 18 years old and fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, or Spanish. Applicants will be asked to translate and beta (edit) short text samples as part of the selection process.
Applications are due 18 March 2026
Apply for User Response Translation Translator at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.
Are you a skilled organizer who enjoys working in a team, liaising with people, working with documentation and texts, and making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes?
The Translation committee is currently recruiting Volunteer Managers. Volunteer Managers coordinate localization efforts across the OTW: the translation of site pages, news posts, AO3 FAQs, AO3 Support and Policy & Abuse tickets, and any inquiries that reach other committees in languages they can’t translate themselves.
While translators do the actual text translation and editing, volunteer managers support them by keeping track of priorities, deadlines, and pending tasks; assigning work; talking to and working with other committees to coordinate the translation of their content; uploading translated documents; documenting volunteer training, procedures, and workflows; checking in and actioning translators’ feedback; and many other tasks involved in managing a wide, diverse and very active volunteer pool.
If you’d like to find out more about the work before applying, feel free to send your questions to translation@transformativeworks.org! Please note that you must be over 18 years of age to apply for this role.
Applications are due 18 March 2026
Apply for Translation Volunteer Manager at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.
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