Fandom Snowflake Challenge (05)
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static_whisperDay #5: In your own space, tell us about 3 creative/fannish resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy.
Podfic: A Resource Index: A website that links out to all sorts of resources for creating podfic. There's stuff for how to choose something to podfic, where to host your audio files, how to edit, picking a microphone, cover art resources, music, sound effects, how to post a podfic to AO3, links to some podfic fandom events, and more.
podfichat: The permanent invite link (also listed at the above site) for a Discord server focused on podfic. There's beginner resources, a channel for equipment talk (like microphones), a channel for language help, ping-able roles to ask for help with specific editing programs (like Audacity), a channel to ask for a beta listener, a channel to share links to fandom events that accept podfic, and all sorts of channels I can't think of in detail right now. (Once you've interacted past a certain threshold, you'll gain access to the safer spaces lobby and be able to join community specific channels: aspecs-in-space, BIPOC-space, Disability-space, polyamory-polysexuality, and trans.)
It's more of a general and multi-fandom space. There's a channel for discussion for events, but the events that get talked about - like, Informal Twitter Podfic Exchange, Out of the Auditary, Podfic Bingo, Voiceteam, and so on - take place elsewhere and don't require joining this server. ITPE was still able to take place on Twitter this year, each round of Voiceteam is in its own Discord server, and there's often a Dreamwidth community or a tumblr blog for events. Example: Podfic Calendar and its tumblr version.
Podfic Turtles: A smaller Discord server, more or less as a back channel to podfichat, that was started for some people who were facing longfic and wanted to cheer each other on a bit. There's no wordcount requirement before joining, but I would like to note that it doesn't really have as much beginner stuff already there. (Not that anyone wouldn't answer a question exactly; it's just not set up to specifically answer 101 questions like podfichat.) There's a specific channel to share to-do lists, though. [I'm not sure if I can give out a permanent invite link to this server, but I think it's pinned in one of the resources channels in podfichat.]
Blanket Permission Highlighter: A browser extension that highlights creators with blanket permission to create transformative works while browsing on AO3. You can also select an option to only show works by BP creators in search results.
AO3 Enhancements [or Chrome version]: A browser extension that's not podfic specific, but I've found that it does have some beneficial aspects while browsing. I use my narrating words per minute as the "reading speed" and have the Reading Time for the work and each chapter be an estimate of how long my podfic will be. I can also hide works without using a workskin on AO3 itself, so I don't have to be logged in; I can hide works with more than a certain number of fandoms, hide certain relationship tags, and hide works from certain creators (helpful if they don't want their works podficced).
Podfic: A Resource Index: A website that links out to all sorts of resources for creating podfic. There's stuff for how to choose something to podfic, where to host your audio files, how to edit, picking a microphone, cover art resources, music, sound effects, how to post a podfic to AO3, links to some podfic fandom events, and more.
podfichat: The permanent invite link (also listed at the above site) for a Discord server focused on podfic. There's beginner resources, a channel for equipment talk (like microphones), a channel for language help, ping-able roles to ask for help with specific editing programs (like Audacity), a channel to ask for a beta listener, a channel to share links to fandom events that accept podfic, and all sorts of channels I can't think of in detail right now. (Once you've interacted past a certain threshold, you'll gain access to the safer spaces lobby and be able to join community specific channels: aspecs-in-space, BIPOC-space, Disability-space, polyamory-polysexuality, and trans.)
It's more of a general and multi-fandom space. There's a channel for discussion for events, but the events that get talked about - like, Informal Twitter Podfic Exchange, Out of the Auditary, Podfic Bingo, Voiceteam, and so on - take place elsewhere and don't require joining this server. ITPE was still able to take place on Twitter this year, each round of Voiceteam is in its own Discord server, and there's often a Dreamwidth community or a tumblr blog for events. Example: Podfic Calendar and its tumblr version.
Podfic Turtles: A smaller Discord server, more or less as a back channel to podfichat, that was started for some people who were facing longfic and wanted to cheer each other on a bit. There's no wordcount requirement before joining, but I would like to note that it doesn't really have as much beginner stuff already there. (Not that anyone wouldn't answer a question exactly; it's just not set up to specifically answer 101 questions like podfichat.) There's a specific channel to share to-do lists, though. [I'm not sure if I can give out a permanent invite link to this server, but I think it's pinned in one of the resources channels in podfichat.]
Blanket Permission Highlighter: A browser extension that highlights creators with blanket permission to create transformative works while browsing on AO3. You can also select an option to only show works by BP creators in search results.
AO3 Enhancements [or Chrome version]: A browser extension that's not podfic specific, but I've found that it does have some beneficial aspects while browsing. I use my narrating words per minute as the "reading speed" and have the Reading Time for the work and each chapter be an estimate of how long my podfic will be. I can also hide works without using a workskin on AO3 itself, so I don't have to be logged in; I can hide works with more than a certain number of fandoms, hide certain relationship tags, and hide works from certain creators (helpful if they don't want their works podficced).
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Date: 2023-01-20 08:21 pm (UTC)Hi, thank you kindly for these resources. Having participated in fandom only on Twitter and only past two years I had no idea podfics were a thing, nor know anything about transformative works policies or blanket statements before I landed on dreamwidth (and a lot is still kind of obscure), so I really appreciate all these chances for learning.
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Date: 2023-01-20 11:11 pm (UTC)I'm glad these can help. I've barely been around long enough to collect some links, really, so it's nice to be able to point someone to resources. I never got into Twitter myself, and I only vaguely know that ITPE has been going on for a while. (Since 2011, according to the AO3 collection.)
Transformative Work Policies/Statements aren't found in every fannish circle, in a manner of speaking. It can depend on what type of site a fandom started on, if they've had overlap with LJ/DW/blogging sites, if there's a non-AO3 presence, if the fandom has recreated the idea of reading fic aloud, and so on. If you'd like to read an explanation of blanket permission statements with links to examples, Rindle has Blanket Permission Meta, or akamine_chan has meta about transformative work statements with more links to Fanlore and examples.
(Blanket permission isn't really different from a transformative works policy/statement per se, but I usually find it easier to not use 'blanket permission' when explaining this to others. The idea of a blanket statement is that one doesn't have to ask follow up questions of the author, but I don't want to accidentally set off the gut reaction that 'blanket permission = yes to everything' for some. A more general sounding 'transformative works policy' can allow for caveats, doesn't have to be limited to podfic, and it can include ask first/yes/no to different transformative works.)
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Date: 2023-01-22 09:07 pm (UTC)Thank you kindly for your explanation and the additional resources. In the meantime, I also read some articles on Fanlore and on the Podfic Resource Site, and that really prompted me to think about it and write mine. I'll also share these with friends in my fandom, I think these are important practices in communication with other people in fandom. From my experience, my fandom on Twitter did not adopt many of the practices here, which makes it more "use your common sense" and more immediate on one hand, but then it also hinders a lot of other good things; it would be good at least to have the choice to opt for this solution. So again, I do appreciate it.
I agree that "Blanket permission" may lead to misunderstandings for those who are not in the know. Transformative works policy is much clearer to me.
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Date: 2023-01-21 08:33 am (UTC)Thank you for sharing all of these resources.