Archive of Our Own (AO3) / Organization for Transformative Works
(https://archiveofourown.org) 📸 Data Snapshot: June 20, 2026Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.
The only technical gap is the null schema_json in the crawl, though the site effectively establishes authority through its parent organization, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW). While volunteers like ‘Ellipsis’ use pseudonyms, their authority is proven through granular descriptions of ‘Tag Wrangling’ and ‘News By Email’ automations. There are no ‘unverifiable expert’ claims because the expertise is demonstrated through the complexity of the project management descriptions.
Performance claims are grounded in verifiable community growth, such as the transition from 10 million to 11 million users in four months. The site does not make marketing-style performance claims (e.g., ‘best in class’); it provides status updates on database imports and technical volunteer contributions. The tone is administrative and informative, not persuasive.
Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
| Page | Reviews | Proof links |
|---|---|---|
| / (home) | 0 | 0 |
| /admin_posts/35576/ | 0 | 0 |
| /admin_posts/35466/ | 0 | 0 |
| /admin_posts/35461/ | 0 | 0 |
This page presents a snapshot of public data from Archive of Our Own (AO3) / Organization for Transformative Works, captured on June 20, 2026, to show how machine logic reads Identity & Authority signals into an AI reputation evaluation.
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