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  1. CW: [Long Post] Guide to Cleanly Archiving Aethy Profiles (including Text!)

    How to Archive Your Text Posts on Aethy

    Setup

    1. On firefox, download this extensionaddons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef
    2. (Optional) download the hide images extension to make the following steps easier and faster to load addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef
    3. Change your preferences (The gears to the left of your icon) and in the"Posts" tab, uncheck collapsed posts and set Content Visibility to visible (you can change it back after the archiving)

    Loading

    1. Navigate to your hide boosts page https://aethy.com/@YOURNAME/hide_boosts4a. (Optional) Turn on The Hide Images extension on this page to make the future loading faster (The images will still be downloaded)
    2. Right click on the "Hide Boosts" tab and go to the re-pagination menu item, and click "Load All"
    3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page or press the "End" key to activate the infinite scroll feature. (If you see a purple loading bar in the top left repeatedly filling, you've done it right)
    4. Get a snack, walk away, wait for it to do its thing (You're allowed to switch tabs and it will load in the background) Sometimes you may have to press the end key again for it to continue loading, but just keep an eye out for your first post or oldest post you want to save

    Saving

    1. Once you've reached the beginning of your blog, right click somewhere on the page and select "Save Page As" and look for a place to save it onto your computer
    2. Once it has downloaded, open the htm file in firefox. 9a. It's gonna look janky as hell right now, especially if you've had emojis in your username, it'll be between every post. To get rid of the excess images if you'd like, enter the files folder of the htm page (it will be in the same location as where you saved the htm file, just have all the media in its own folder with the same name)9b. You can safely delete all sfg files, duplicates or any other superfluous content you already have from the basic archive
    3. Turn on "Reader View" either by clicking the icon in the url bar or pressing F9
    4. CTRL + A and Ctrl + V (Select All and Paste) into a text editor of your choice (Drive, Obsidian, Notepad)

    Voila, you have just archived all your text posts.

    Additional Notes

    • Why do this when you have the inhouse mastodon archive? If you take a look at the archive, they are json files and they fucking SUCK to try to navigate to look at all your posts in an easy format. And in the situation of bookmarks, they straight up only link to the posts, what good is that?
    • This process will include Followers Only and Unlisted Posts but not replies from what I can tell. However, you can do this on anybody's page you have access to, on aethy or off.
    • This guide is also meant to be performed from the aethy site itself. You should also be able to do this on pages via cubhub.social for any other page it federates with, once aethy is gone
    • For reference of time this takes, I had 12,000 posts and used the hide images addon before starting the process. In the time it took to go to the bathroom and come back it had finished. All images were still downloaded into the files folder.

    Final Thoughts

    Fandom history is so important. With the state of crushing culture pushing us to further and darker corners away from each other, lost media is a heart breaking side effect of fractured communities. If you love someones posts, save them! You never know if one day it'll simply be gone. If you like looking back at your old time capsules, backup your activities! By keeping the memories of our resistance alive, we can keep going on.

    #BeebzBlog #aethy #aethyrefugee #aethyexodus #strikethrough #fandom #fandomhistory #archivingguide #datahoarder

  2. #FanVid or #Vidding Stats

    I've been combining my convention #fanvid show playlists (thank you to every convention that has ever offered their playlists to their convention attendees in any format ...and an even bigger thank you to those using Google Sheets or Excel or some format that can be converted).

    The Two Big Vidding Conventions

    #Vividcon - USA (2002-2018), a fan run vidding convention showed approximately 4,737 vids.

    #VidUKon - UK (2008-present), a similar vidding convention based in the UK has shown approximately 2,248 fanvids

    You can find Vividcon's fanvid database here: vividcon.info/

    VidUKon has combined its database with other conventions that run on the Conline.Club platform. You cannot search by convention year, but their dataset allows you to search by Fandom, Vidder and Title
    vidukon.conline.club/database/

    #FandomHistory #FandomLove #archiving #preservation #Fanlore

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  3. #FanVid or #Vidding Stats

    I've been combining my convention #fanvid show playlists (thank you to every convention that has ever offered their playlists to their convention attendees in any format ...and an even bigger thank you to those using Google Sheets or Excel or some format that can be converted).

    The Two Big Vidding Conventions

    #Vividcon - USA (2002-2018), a fan run vidding convention showed approximately 4,737 vids.

    #VidUKon - UK (2008-present), a similar vidding convention based in the UK has shown approximately 2,248 fanvids

    You can find Vividcon's fanvid database here: vividcon.info/

    VidUKon has combined its database with other conventions that run on the Conline.Club platform. You cannot search by convention year, but their dataset allows you to search by Fandom, Vidder and Title
    vidukon.conline.club/database/

    #FandomHistory #FandomLove #archiving #preservation #Fanlore

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  4. #FanVid or #Vidding Stats

    I've been combining my convention #fanvid show playlists (thank you to every convention that has ever offered their playlists to their convention attendees in any format ...and an even bigger thank you to those using Google Sheets or Excel or some format that can be converted).

    The Two Big Vidding Conventions

    #Vividcon - USA (2002-2018), a fan run vidding convention showed approximately 4,737 vids.

    #VidUKon - UK (2008-present), a similar vidding convention based in the UK has shown approximately 2,248 fanvids

    You can find Vividcon's fanvid database here: vividcon.info/

    VidUKon has combined its database with other conventions that run on the Conline.Club platform. You cannot search by convention year, but their dataset allows you to search by Fandom, Vidder and Title
    vidukon.conline.club/database/

    #FandomHistory #FandomLove #archiving #preservation #Fanlore

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  5. #FanVid or #Vidding Stats

    I've been combining my convention #fanvid show playlists (thank you to every convention that has ever offered their playlists to their convention attendees in any format ...and an even bigger thank you to those using Google Sheets or Excel or some format that can be converted).

    The Two Big Vidding Conventions

    #Vividcon - USA (2002-2018), a fan run vidding convention showed approximately 4,737 vids.

    #VidUKon - UK (2008-present), a similar vidding convention based in the UK has shown approximately 2,248 fanvids

    You can find Vividcon's fanvid database here: vividcon.info/

    VidUKon has combined its database with other conventions that run on the Conline.Club platform. You cannot search by convention year, but their dataset allows you to search by Fandom, Vidder and Title
    vidukon.conline.club/database/

    #FandomHistory #FandomLove #archiving #preservation #Fanlore

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  6. OK time for stats on my #VHS #VideoTape #digitiztion project

    1. I have 291 mainly #VHS videotapes of #fanvids (or #songtapes / #songvids

    2. I received most of them back in the 2010s - my progress is glacial

    3. I still have 178 more videotapes to convert. Some of these are duplicates but given the poor tape quality, the plan is to convert all of them

    4. My lossless conversion setup no longer works (capture cards have grown worse over the years and the ones I had only worked with OS that no longer runs aka Win XP). So I am relying on DVD-Recorder to digitize what I can.

    What is a songtape or a songvid?

    fanlore.org/wiki/Songtape_Coll

    #archiving #FandomHistory #vidding

  7. OK time for stats on my #VHS #VideoTape #digitiztion project

    1. I have 291 mainly #VHS videotapes of #fanvids (or #songtapes / #songvids

    2. I received most of them back in the 2010s - my progress is glacial

    3. I still have 178 more videotapes to convert. Some of these are duplicates but given the poor tape quality, the plan is to convert all of them

    4. My lossless conversion setup no longer works (capture cards have grown worse over the years and the ones I had only worked with OS that no longer runs aka Win XP). So I am relying on DVD-Recorder to digitize what I can.

    What is a songtape or a songvid?

    fanlore.org/wiki/Songtape_Coll

    #archiving #FandomHistory #vidding

  8. OK time for stats on my #VHS #VideoTape #digitiztion project

    1. I have 291 mainly #VHS videotapes of #fanvids (or #songtapes / #songvids

    2. I received most of them back in the 2010s - my progress is glacial

    3. I still have 178 more videotapes to convert. Some of these are duplicates but given the poor tape quality, the plan is to convert all of them

    4. My lossless conversion setup no longer works (capture cards have grown worse over the years and the ones I had only worked with OS that no longer runs aka Win XP). So I am relying on DVD-Recorder to digitize what I can.

    What is a songtape or a songvid?

    fanlore.org/wiki/Songtape_Coll

    #archiving #FandomHistory #vidding

  9. OK time for stats on my #VHS #VideoTape #digitiztion project

    1. I have 291 mainly #VHS videotapes of #fanvids (or #songtapes / #songvids

    2. I received most of them back in the 2010s - my progress is glacial

    3. I still have 178 more videotapes to convert. Some of these are duplicates but given the poor tape quality, the plan is to convert all of them

    4. My lossless conversion setup no longer works (capture cards have grown worse over the years and the ones I had only worked with OS that no longer runs aka Win XP). So I am relying on DVD-Recorder to digitize what I can.

    What is a songtape or a songvid?

    fanlore.org/wiki/Songtape_Coll

    #archiving #FandomHistory #vidding

  10. Part 3 of my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    A drawing by the artist The Southern Cross. It appeared in the Star Trek #fanfiction novel The Price of Freedom
    fanlore.org/wiki/The_Price_of_

    Year 1986 or earlier

    Sadly, this is not an original, but a a photo print.

    #FandomHistory

  11. Part 3 of my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    A drawing by the artist The Southern Cross. It appeared in the Star Trek #fanfiction novel The Price of Freedom
    fanlore.org/wiki/The_Price_of_

    Year 1986 or earlier

    Sadly, this is not an original, but a a photo print.

    #FandomHistory

  12. Part 3 of my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    A drawing by the artist The Southern Cross. It appeared in the Star Trek #fanfiction novel The Price of Freedom
    fanlore.org/wiki/The_Price_of_

    Year 1986 or earlier

    Sadly, this is not an original, but a a photo print.

    #FandomHistory

  13. Part 3 of my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    A drawing by the artist The Southern Cross. It appeared in the Star Trek #fanfiction novel The Price of Freedom
    fanlore.org/wiki/The_Price_of_

    Year 1986 or earlier

    Sadly, this is not an original, but a a photo print.

    #FandomHistory

  14. Part 2: Next in my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    More artwork by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "La Pieta". Year 1997

    Pencil drawing of Mr Spock cradling a partially naked Captain Kirk in a classic religious pose. La Pieta means “Pity” or “Compassion,” and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap.

    #FandomHistory

  15. Part 2: Next in my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    More artwork by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "La Pieta". Year 1997

    Pencil drawing of Mr Spock cradling a partially naked Captain Kirk in a classic religious pose. La Pieta means “Pity” or “Compassion,” and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap.

    #FandomHistory

  16. Part 2: Next in my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    More artwork by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "La Pieta". Year 1997

    Pencil drawing of Mr Spock cradling a partially naked Captain Kirk in a classic religious pose. La Pieta means “Pity” or “Compassion,” and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap.

    #FandomHistory

  17. Part 2: Next in my #FanArt collection that will be donated to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    More artwork by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "La Pieta". Year 1997

    Pencil drawing of Mr Spock cradling a partially naked Captain Kirk in a classic religious pose. La Pieta means “Pity” or “Compassion,” and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap.

    #FandomHistory

  18. Slowly going through my #FanArt collection in preparation for donating to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    First up is an art print by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "Together in time". Year 2004

    Captain Kirk and Mr Spock as seen from the episode "City on the edge of forever".

    #FandomHistory

  19. Slowly going through my #FanArt collection in preparation for donating to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    First up is an art print by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "Together in time". Year 2004

    Captain Kirk and Mr Spock as seen from the episode "City on the edge of forever".

    #FandomHistory

  20. Slowly going through my #FanArt collection in preparation for donating to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    First up is an art print by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "Together in time". Year 2004

    Captain Kirk and Mr Spock as seen from the episode "City on the edge of forever".

    #FandomHistory

  21. Slowly going through my #FanArt collection in preparation for donating to Texas A&M University aka #TAMU

    First up is an art print by Shelly Butler, #StarTrek, entitled "Together in time". Year 2004

    Captain Kirk and Mr Spock as seen from the episode "City on the edge of forever".

    #FandomHistory

  22. Archival link to a long threaded discussion about #spoilers, #FandomHistory, #fanzines

    "Are you a person who was around in, or knows a lot about, 1970s/1980s fandoms? I'm working on a project about spoilers and want to learn more about early uses of the term in its modern sense. I'm reading #Usenet archives; do you have memories of earlier emergent uses? Please share! Non-fandom memories and leads also welcome, of course."

    archive.ph/qTb5P

    Record of my input archive.ph/S6eMT

  23. Archival link to a long threaded discussion about #spoilers, #FandomHistory, #fanzines

    "Are you a person who was around in, or knows a lot about, 1970s/1980s fandoms? I'm working on a project about spoilers and want to learn more about early uses of the term in its modern sense. I'm reading #Usenet archives; do you have memories of earlier emergent uses? Please share! Non-fandom memories and leads also welcome, of course."

    archive.ph/qTb5P

    Record of my input archive.ph/S6eMT

  24. Archival link to a long threaded discussion about #spoilers, #FandomHistory, #fanzines

    "Are you a person who was around in, or knows a lot about, 1970s/1980s fandoms? I'm working on a project about spoilers and want to learn more about early uses of the term in its modern sense. I'm reading #Usenet archives; do you have memories of earlier emergent uses? Please share! Non-fandom memories and leads also welcome, of course."

    archive.ph/qTb5P

    Record of my input archive.ph/S6eMT

  25. Archival link to a long threaded discussion about #spoilers, #FandomHistory, #fanzines

    "Are you a person who was around in, or knows a lot about, 1970s/1980s fandoms? I'm working on a project about spoilers and want to learn more about early uses of the term in its modern sense. I'm reading #Usenet archives; do you have memories of earlier emergent uses? Please share! Non-fandom memories and leads also welcome, of course."

    archive.ph/qTb5P

    Record of my input archive.ph/S6eMT

  26. From Fanlore, the fan run wiki:

    "Songs about aliens, #unicorns, and #Kirk/Spock! This #Thurminology we are focusing on #Filk. Often referred to as "science-fiction folk music", Filk is the creation and performance of music tied to sci-fi/fantasy fandom. Come over to #Fanlore and learn more! bit.ly/2TwETqR

    #FandomHistory

  27. From Fanlore, the fan run wiki:

    "Songs about aliens, #unicorns, and #Kirk/Spock! This #Thurminology we are focusing on #Filk. Often referred to as "science-fiction folk music", Filk is the creation and performance of music tied to sci-fi/fantasy fandom. Come over to #Fanlore and learn more! bit.ly/2TwETqR

    #FandomHistory

  28. From Fanlore, the fan run wiki:

    "Songs about aliens, #unicorns, and #Kirk/Spock! This #Thurminology we are focusing on #Filk. Often referred to as "science-fiction folk music", Filk is the creation and performance of music tied to sci-fi/fantasy fandom. Come over to #Fanlore and learn more! bit.ly/2TwETqR

    #FandomHistory

  29. PIN 1

    I love #FandomHistory (my corner of #fandom is the part that reads & writes #fanfiction & edits #fanvids). Think #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3

    Anyhow here is a post of gratitude to all the #volunteers who showed up, stayed & did the work.

    #fanzine #digitizing #archiving

    #fanvid archiving & documenting them on #fanlore, the fan-run #wiki

    #interviewing older & current fans for our #OralHistory

    rescuing & #preserving our #FanArt

    #introduction #intro

    links to #projects in the replies

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  30. PIN 1

    I love #FandomHistory (my corner of #fandom is the part that reads & writes #fanfiction & edits #fanvids). Think #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3

    Anyhow here is a post of gratitude to all the #volunteers who showed up, stayed & did the work.

    #fanzine #digitizing #archiving

    #fanvid archiving & documenting them on #fanlore, the fan-run #wiki

    #interviewing older & current fans for our #OralHistory

    rescuing & #preserving our #FanArt

    #introduction #intro

    links to #projects in the replies

    1/n

  31. PIN 1

    I love #FandomHistory (my corner of #fandom is the part that reads & writes #fanfiction & edits #fanvids). Think #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3

    Anyhow here is a post of gratitude to all the #volunteers who showed up, stayed & did the work.

    #fanzine #digitizing #archiving

    #fanvid archiving & documenting them on #fanlore, the fan-run #wiki

    #interviewing older & current fans for our #OralHistory

    rescuing & #preserving our #FanArt

    #introduction #intro

    links to #projects in the replies

    1/n

  32. PIN 1

    I love #FandomHistory (my corner of #fandom is the part that reads & writes #fanfiction & edits #fanvids). Think #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3

    Anyhow here is a post of gratitude to all the #volunteers who showed up, stayed & did the work.

    #fanzine #digitizing #archiving

    #fanvid archiving & documenting them on #fanlore, the fan-run #wiki

    #interviewing older & current fans for our #OralHistory

    rescuing & #preserving our #FanArt

    #introduction #intro

    links to #projects in the replies

    1/n

  33. PIN 1

    I love #FandomHistory (my corner of #fandom is the part that reads & writes #fanfiction & edits #fanvids). Think #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3

    Anyhow here is a post of gratitude to all the #volunteers who showed up, stayed & did the work.

    #fanzine #digitizing #archiving

    #fanvid archiving & documenting them on #fanlore, the fan-run #wiki

    #interviewing older & current fans for our #OralHistory

    rescuing & #preserving our #FanArt

    #introduction #intro

    links to #projects in the replies

    1/n

  34. PINNED POST 2

    I have been a fan of popular culture (Western TV/Movies) for
    over 25+ years. I read & write #fanfiction, have made #fanvids (#vidding). As I slowly drift towards the setting sun, I focus most of my energy on #fandomhistory

    But starting in 2016, my social media is now mainly #USPol and sadly since 2020 #COVID19 My #fandom content may be intermittent.

    #LGBTQ
    #democracy
    #resistance
    #OTW
    #AO3
    #Fanlore

    BlueSky handle: morgandwn

    <Twitter handle: morgandawn6>

    This is an over 18 blog

    #introduction

  35. PINNED POST 2

    I have been a fan of popular culture (Western TV/Movies) for
    over 25+ years. I read & write #fanfiction, have made #fanvids (#vidding). As I slowly drift towards the setting sun, I focus most of my energy on #fandomhistory

    But starting in 2016, my social media is now mainly #USPol and sadly since 2020 #COVID19 My #fandom content may be intermittent.

    #LGBTQ
    #democracy
    #resistance
    #OTW
    #AO3
    #Fanlore

    BlueSky handle: morgandwn

    <Twitter handle: morgandawn6>

    This is an over 18 blog

    #introduction

  36. PINNED POST 2

    I have been a fan of popular culture (Western TV/Movies) for
    over 25+ years. I read & write #fanfiction, have made #fanvids (#vidding). As I slowly drift towards the setting sun, I focus most of my energy on #fandomhistory

    But starting in 2016, my social media is now mainly #USPol and sadly since 2020 #COVID19 My #fandom content may be intermittent.

    #LGBTQ
    #democracy
    #resistance
    #OTW
    #AO3
    #Fanlore

    BlueSky handle: morgandwn

    <Twitter handle: morgandawn6>

    This is an over 18 blog

    #introduction

  37. PINNED POST 2

    I have been a fan of popular culture (Western TV/Movies) for
    over 25+ years. I read & write #fanfiction, have made #fanvids (#vidding). As I slowly drift towards the setting sun, I focus most of my energy on #fandomhistory

    But starting in 2016, my social media is now mainly #USPol and sadly since 2020 #COVID19 My #fandom content may be intermittent.

    #LGBTQ
    #democracy
    #resistance
    #OTW
    #AO3
    #Fanlore

    BlueSky handle: morgandwn

    <Twitter handle: morgandawn6>

    This is an over 18 blog

    #introduction

  38. PINNED POST 2

    I have been a fan of popular culture (Western TV/Movies) for
    over 25+ years. I read & write #fanfiction, have made #fanvids (#vidding). As I slowly drift towards the setting sun, I focus most of my energy on #fandomhistory

    But starting in 2016, my social media is now mainly #USPol and sadly since 2020 #COVID19 My #fandom content may be intermittent.

    #LGBTQ
    #democracy
    #resistance
    #OTW
    #AO3
    #Fanlore

    BlueSky handle: morgandwn

    <Twitter handle: morgandawn6>

    This is an over 18 blog

    #introduction

  39. Archival cite of Nov 2022 discussion

    "Context: fan writers have been offering their #fanfiction in printed format. Some via 3rd party printers, some simply formatting fic allowing you to print.

    A group of #Destiel #Supernatural fans have written a how to guide to impersonate as an interested fan to gain access to these locked/private copies or the formatted files to report them, their websites & ultimately get them banned from #AO3

    #fanzines #FandomHistory

    web.archive.org/web/2022112522