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+ I am considering doing Fandom Trumps Hate, but for some inexplicable reason, I am intimidated by it in a way that I am not for exchanges. I would love to hear about other people's experiences with participating!
Also, does anyone know whether I can do a thing where I say, I'll write Pairing A up to 10k words and something Character X-centric up to 5k words?
+ I have become consumed with the need to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2022 take on Much Ado About Nothing. It's on BBC iPlayer. However, even with my VPN, I cannot get the page to load properly. I've tried a bunch of different UK proxies and none of them work.
Does anyone know a) where I can watch it elseweb (legally or illegally, I do not care) or b) live in the US and have a VPN that allows you to watch stuff on the BBC site? If it's just a problem with my VPN, I will switch VPNs. But I don't want to go to that bother if it's not going to work on another VPN.
+ And now I need to vent: my mom got an Instagram account a few years ago so she could see the pictures of my niblings that my sister posts (reasonable). Unfortunately in the last couple of months she's discovered Reels, and she keeps sending me all these videos of people telling you how not to get your house broken into or to not get kidnapped by your Uber driver. It's pure fear-mongering! I hate that she is watching these, especially because we worked so long to get her to not spend much time on Facebook! BOO SOCIAL MEDIA.
I also know that she has zero idea how to tell what's real and what's not, what's AI generated and what's not (even when it seems obvious to me, what is a legit website and what's not. I worry about her online all the time! I do not like this!
Also, does anyone know whether I can do a thing where I say, I'll write Pairing A up to 10k words and something Character X-centric up to 5k words?
+ I have become consumed with the need to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2022 take on Much Ado About Nothing. It's on BBC iPlayer. However, even with my VPN, I cannot get the page to load properly. I've tried a bunch of different UK proxies and none of them work.
Does anyone know a) where I can watch it elseweb (legally or illegally, I do not care) or b) live in the US and have a VPN that allows you to watch stuff on the BBC site? If it's just a problem with my VPN, I will switch VPNs. But I don't want to go to that bother if it's not going to work on another VPN.
+ And now I need to vent: my mom got an Instagram account a few years ago so she could see the pictures of my niblings that my sister posts (reasonable). Unfortunately in the last couple of months she's discovered Reels, and she keeps sending me all these videos of people telling you how not to get your house broken into or to not get kidnapped by your Uber driver. It's pure fear-mongering! I hate that she is watching these, especially because we worked so long to get her to not spend much time on Facebook! BOO SOCIAL MEDIA.
I also know that she has zero idea how to tell what's real and what's not, what's AI generated and what's not (even when it seems obvious to me, what is a legit website and what's not. I worry about her online all the time! I do not like this!
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And yes, as evewithanapple said, you can specify different lengths etc - I've done that with translation. You can click "depends what the bidder contributes" when they ask about length and then you can later specify how many words you'd write for say, the minimum bid. Like, last year I offered help with some short sentences or culture stuff for the minimum bid, and translation of a fic up to 6k for a minimum of $ 10. You don't need to change the bidding amount, you could just use that space to define the lengths for the fandoms.
And yes, it's always good to give more details so that bidders get a better idea what they can expect from you. If the offers are super vague or extremely narrow, it's sometimes difficult to get bidders on them. Middle ground is good here.
You can check last year's offerings to get a feel of what people offer.
I'm sorry about your mom! *hugs* My mom is super insecure about technology because she never learned it (didn't need it for her job) and is now at an age where it has passed her by. My parents have a tablet now, though, and she sometimes scrolls through some shopping apps or the newspaper. But very rarely and she wouldn't dream of trying something like Facebook or, worse, Instagram.
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Gosh, I wish my mom would stay away from technology. It is not good for her! But I know it must be hard for your mom living in this world to not know how to do things.
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Yes, it's sometimes a problem for my mother because she feels so extremely insecure around modern technology - like, just those big flat screen TVs with ever more functions, the new smartphones (she's got an old flip phone and doesn't want anything else). And it really is difficult, if one has missed the first steps for it. :( But on the other hand, I at least don't have to worry that she'll end up in some FB hate group or similar...
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