Buffyverse Top 5 Community to Close
Oct. 31st, 2023 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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buffyversetop5Today wraps up Top 5's 2023 session. This will also be buffyversetop5's final session. Petzi and I have discussed it and, while we appreciate everyone who has contributed posts to the community, particularly in the last 5 years as the fandoms have gotten quieter, we feel that there isn't sufficient interest to keep it going.
Top 5 has just completed its 19th year and there is a wealth of recs that have been shared during that time, which will remain accessible here through tags, and browsing the Library year by year. There is also the collection at AO3, which has seen changes this year. Due to the new "opt-in" default for having onsite works added to collections, there isn't even the possibility of inviting most creators to have their works included in the collection, as the invitation button is no longer showing on most people's accounts.
While bookmarks have been used for adding external works (those not on AO3) to the collection, now even works on the site need to be bookmarked. This means that if you want to browse all works in Top 5 you must now check both works in the collection and also the bookmarks.
It has been a real joy seeing the variety of works shared here over the years, not to mention discovering fanworks we might never have seen otherwise! There have also been changes in fanwork formats, new areas that were explored in them, and new names that have hit everyone's radar.
Thanks to everyone who shared in the fun of exploring the Buffyverse, and the various other Whedon fandoms with us. We hope you'll keep Top 5 in mind as a resource to share with others in the years to come.
yourlibrarian and petzipellepingo
buffyversetop5's final session. Petzi and I have discussed it and, while we appreciate everyone who has contributed posts to the community, particularly in the last 5 years as the fandoms have gotten quieter, we feel that there isn't sufficient interest to keep it going.Top 5 has just completed its 19th year and there is a wealth of recs that have been shared during that time, which will remain accessible here through tags, and browsing the Library year by year. There is also the collection at AO3, which has seen changes this year. Due to the new "opt-in" default for having onsite works added to collections, there isn't even the possibility of inviting most creators to have their works included in the collection, as the invitation button is no longer showing on most people's accounts.
While bookmarks have been used for adding external works (those not on AO3) to the collection, now even works on the site need to be bookmarked. This means that if you want to browse all works in Top 5 you must now check both works in the collection and also the bookmarks.
It has been a real joy seeing the variety of works shared here over the years, not to mention discovering fanworks we might never have seen otherwise! There have also been changes in fanwork formats, new areas that were explored in them, and new names that have hit everyone's radar.
Thanks to everyone who shared in the fun of exploring the Buffyverse, and the various other Whedon fandoms with us. We hope you'll keep Top 5 in mind as a resource to share with others in the years to come.
yourlibrarian and petzipellepingo
