LB Thomas 💎🏳️🌈RIP 😭
You will be missed.
"The NaNoWriMo organization is shutting down"
#NaNoWriMo #ShutDown #Nonprofit #Writing #Writers #AI #Controversy #NationalNovelWritingMonth
https://www.theverge.com/news/642258/nanowrimo-organization-shutting-down
Meadhbh Dhommnail@lb_thomas @bookstodon @writers I am sad about it, but they wrote their own obituary when they embraced and promoted AI. I participated in NaNo around 15 times and learned some important lessons from it. While the organization may be gone, there’s nothing to say that people can’t continue to challenge themselves every November.
This sounds like an interesting alternative.
In an interview with @justincox, @amin stated:
Over the past few years, I’d been growing increasingly irritated with NaNoWriMo, both the organization and the challenge itself, to the point where in 2023 I wrote that I might stop participating altogether. The most important part of NaNoWriMo was the community, a bunch of writers writing at the same time and sharing their progress with each other; that’s what I’ve done my best to preserve with Writing Month. I want writers to have a place to do that, no matter what their specific writing goals are. Personally, I found that doing the full NaNoWriMo destroyed the rest of my writing habits; I’m finding it more important to do regular writing every month than a very high goal once per year. Writing Month lets me track that monthly writing while still getting the community of writers NaNoWriMo had.
Amin, minor deity of the legume realm@lb_thomas @Meadhbh @bookstodon @writers @justincox
Yep, while the whole situation is saddening I am happy for the opportunity to step in and start a community-built alternative. I'm planning to kick off another round of feature development in a couple weeks, so keep an eye out for that too. :)
@lb_thomas @Meadhbh @bookstodon @writers @justincox
Haha, awesome!
Feel free to shoot me a buddy request. ;)
eestileib (she/hers)@lb_thomas @bookstodon @writers
I'm kind of surprised they have the dignity to do so, I would have thought they'd just grovel for AI money to keep the lights on.