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  • Five Things lydia-theda Said

    Published: Sun 29 Aug 2021 12:20PM EDT Comments: 9

    Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer's personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today's post is with lydia-theda, who volunteers as a Policy & Abuse staffer.

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  • OTW Election Statistics for 2021

    Published: Wed 25 Aug 2021 12:53PM EDT Comments: 13

    Now that the 2021 election is over, we're happy to share with you our voter turnout statistics!

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  • Upcoming limit on tags per work

    Published: Tue 24 Aug 2021 05:12PM EDT Comments: 1570

    In the coming days, we'll be rolling out a code change that limits the total number of fandom, character, relationship, and additional tags that can be added to a work. This limit of 75 tags will apply to both new and existing works, but no tags will be automatically removed from existing works.

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