To the sausage machine! With OTW volunteers Elin and Brian

On this episode of Mind the Tags, Vee and Emily are joined by two volunteers from the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), Elin (Communications committee) and Brian (Accessibility, Design, and Technology committee). Elin and Brian share their experiences as volunteers and some of their favorite things about AO3, from its founding in 2008 to its debut as a Alpha in 2026. Plus, just how MANY subtances can be used as lube?  

Sources from today's ep:

• Committees of the OTW
• International Fanworks Day on Fanlore
• Skins and Archive Interface
• Tumblr x AO3 on Fanlore
• Tumblr post about Tumblr x AO3
• Spambot Comments on AO3
• Spotlight on Omegaverse at AO3
• AO3 is Exiting Open Beta!
• Archive Roadmap 2013
• Our episode with Carley, fanfic translator and author
• Donate to the OTW
• Volunteer at the OTW
• Sign up for the OTW newsletter
• OTW code on Github
• THE SAUSAGE MACHINE

Thank you to Erik Potteiger for producing our song and Haflacky for our logo design. Thank you Ollie for editing our sound!