Broadstairs Bacchanalia

This is addressed to a lot of people, mostly UK based, who belong to the Broadstairs Bacchanalia com or to the f’lists of the com members. It was handed out in print format to the attendees at the recent con and will be on the com’s site. It can be disseminated to anyone who might be having trouble with trolls or cyberbullying provided this introduction is included.

Although the information is based on some AO3 staff discussions and research, this should in no way be taken as an AO3 official handout. It consists mostly of a slightly edited version of a letter one of the Abuse team on AO3 has drafted for sending to the people who have been affected so far by the Hockey RPF trolling issue. (This was discussed in two presentations at the con and in general conversation on the beach etc.) Edited in the sense of removing personal/identifying information and adding a few words to make it intelligible to people who have not already submitted a report or are not in US or in Hockey rpf fandom. This advice is not complete and we welcome additions. It is also, of course, not limited to the current issue or fandom.

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Please disseminate this widely but make sure you keep the intro. I've chosen public as the security option so you can send people here or copy paste it wherever you like.