ICYMI: The Day AO3 Went Down

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice meet in person for the first time! They recap the July 10 attack on fanfiction site AO3 — Archive of Our Own — which caused a site outage and a state of panic for many writers, readers and their fandoms. The site was created in 2008 as an online fanfiction archive that soon became a safe haven for women and the queer community. So what happens when that safe haven is threatened by malicious hackers? This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.4	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hey, I'm Candace Lim.
0:44.2	And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to Icy Y.
0:46.7	In case you missed it.
0:49.1	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.0	And today is a big day for the ICYMI universe.
0:57.4	The ICYMI Cinematic Universe, the ICU, is finally meeting for the first time today in person.
1:06.1	In person!
1:07.2	Oh my God.
1:08.5	Yeah, we are both here holding hands in the studio. I see why my producer,
1:14.2	Sierra is here. Daisy is here. It's a summit of the minds.
1:23.6	And I have to say, one of the biggest controversies surrounding working from home, I think, is the reveal.
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