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Balto Source: We are so back!!!!!
Fanfictions are back
Fanfictions are now on Balto Source!
To upload a fanfiction, go to the upload screen, and click Upload Fanfiction.
You can see all fanfictions here.
Right now you can add a title and description, and upload a .docx with the fanfiction. Right now, only .docx is supported, because it's the most widely supported and used format for writing text. If you really would like another format, let me know!
Next steps
Here's what comes next for Balto Source.
Improve AI moderation
Right now, for all user generated content, there is an AI moderator that blocks spam and inappropriate content. It looks like it is a bit too severe and blocks more than it should.
If it's happening to you (submitting something returns an error about the content not being allowed), let me know on Discord what you were trying to upload, and I'll try to set it up to be less intrusive.
Setting up for multi language
Our friends on the French side said they would like to keep their own French community. So the next step, is to set up the database and code of the website to support that.
The goal of this site
The goal of the new Balto Source is to recreate the original community and vibe of the old Animation source.
While Discord is a great tool for communication, it has drawbacks:
- It is ephemeral: anything that gets posted on it technically never gets deleted, but it gets quickly buried under new messages and is never seen again. Discord content is thin: never more than the most recent messages.
- It is not searchable: a fanart posted on Discord can't be found on Google.
- It is not structured: you can't have, for instance, your own gallery.
Balto Source aims to fix all of this:
- Content is here to stay: with multiple threads and sections, it is easy to find what you are looking for and over time, the amount of content can grow over time.
- Content is indexed on Google: this allows new members of the community to join any conversation or find any information.
- Content is structured: you can have your gallery, your profile, your history on this site. Everything you upload will be saved on your profile and will be forever associated with you.
I believe that a community needs a lot more than a Discord server to thrive. It needs a structure to grow, expand and attract new members. Discord is great, but it is a closed community by nature. This new Balto Source is meant to be more like the Wikipedia of the Balto community.