so many posts on so many different forums are about to break
In case you hadn’t heard…
“We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account from our platform as well as nudity, pornography, & sexually explicit content,” the page reads. “Most notably, this would include explicit/pornographic content.” Imgur notes that it will “employ automated detection software” alongside human moderators to identify explicit content.
Squidge is free, and has a TOS that’s about the same as AO3’s.
from a glance, Squidge looks promising..
HOWEVER it is hosted by ONE person?? what happens when that person dies, or their personal circumstances change??
Squidge is not a trustworthy long-term alternative.
Squidge.org has recently registered as a nonprofit, like the OTW. (I’m on the board.) (This is very new and very tiny.) https://www.squidgeworld.org/ is the first/only AO3 clone on the internet right now.
And there are agreements in place – if something disastrous happens to the owner, the OTW takes it over. (The OTW may not be able to do much with the image side of things. But they’ll be able to keep it stable.)
Squidge has been around over 20 years. It’s as stable as fan-run sites get. And he’s aware that it needs more stability than “I’ll keep the servers up,” so he’s recently made changes that allow for long-term viability.
Also: Like the OTW, he owns the servers. He’s not beholden to Amazon or Google’s TOS for content permissions.
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