AO3 Fannish Next-Of-Kin

[tielan]

Huh, I only just learned about this!

At AO3, you can nominate a fannish next-of-kin in the event of your death; of course, they'd have to be someone who would be likely to know or be informed that you were dead in RL so they could act in their FNOK role.

I keep on thinking I really need to sort out my digital decease - at least an instruction to my inheritors as to what to do with my accounts. A lot of my life is lived online and I think there are a few people who wouldn't mind knowing What Happened, rather than just having to go with She Vanished And We Never Met Again.

Comments

[timespirt]

Yeah, was thinking the same thing.

[facethestrange]

I have known about this option for a long time and every time I'm reminded about it I go "daaaamn that's morbid" and end up not using it, BUT I can absolutely see how it's an important thing to exist and useful/helpful/comforting for others!

[adafrog]

I've thought about that sort of thing. Good that AO3 is doing that.