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From:I think it's a combination of things:-
First, I think people - no matter how much they love fanfic - don't like the idea of someone equating fanfic with disadvantaged people/areas. Especially as 15k seems to be going towards servers/re-imaging and the like.
I agree that if there was a definitive educational element to it, with next to nothing to do with servers and that kind of thing, people might be more interested. But, to me, it seems as though the educational stuff was kind of tacked on to make the proposal more likely to be picked.
I also think that since fandom is so good at raising money for various causes the idea of going outside of fandom - as if fandom has let FA down - really rankles. I can't believe they really looked into all their options or really publicised any donation drives before going for this. I know it's been mentioned before, but this is kind of what OTW is for. I can't imagine them refusing to help.
I also think that people who post their fic on FA have the right to be pissed about this. This could, in theory, bring a lot of attention FA's way, and there will be many people who don't want their fannish activities under such a spotlight. I appreciate that if it bugs them that much, they can just remove their fic from the archive, but it seems a shame that some people will feel they have been forced into doing that.
I'm not calling for the blood of the FA peeps, but I do think this was badly planned out and I don't think they thought through what they were going to say if/when they were challenged for putting themselves forward.
It continues to astound me that people who have been in fandom for so long still can't predict when something is likely to anger a huge proportion of the community.
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