#Squidgeworld.org

[miaqc1]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Mortal Kombat - All Media Types, Mortal Kombat [Video Games 1992-2020], Mortal Kombat [Video Games 2023-] Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ashrah & Ashrah [Mortal Kombat] Characters: Ashrah [Mortal Kombat] Additional Tags: Commissioned Art, Pixel Art, Art, Digital Artwork, Artwork – Freeform, Artwork - Freeform, Embedded Images, Full Color, Rare Fandoms, POV Third Person Limited, Word count: 0 - 100, White [Color], Cross-Posted from AO3, Autistic Author, Fanart, Embedded Fanart, Pixels, Betaed - No, not a fic, Illustrations, Colors, Brown Hair, Black Eyes Summary:

Ashrah from Mortal Kombat Deception and Mortal Kombat 1 in 8-bit pixels. Images commissioned from @zulfauzif on fiverr.

⚠️ Do not contact me for c0mmissi0ns. I'll block you. Also if you follow me and I see your account is only about c0mmissi0ns posts with price + looking for clients, I'll also block you. ⚠️

[ekat-fandom-blog]

Is something up on Ao3 rn? Cuz no matter what part of the site I go to, I keep getting the Error 500 message. I checked the Ao3 support page, and still got the message. Went to their twitter and nothing's been posted since last year. And I can't find anything official saying what the problem is or when it might be fixed.

The only things I could find was Downdetector which tells me that other people are having the same problem.

[incoherent-orca]

if anyone is lookin for an alternative to ao3 because,,, apparently they prioritize the feelings of zionist volunteers 🥴

you might wanna try squidgeworld.org

thinking of migrating there. the layout is supposed to be the same as ao3

EDIT so I've signed up and its literally the same interface as ao3, just with a better default color scheme lmaoo

can now confirm they their TOS clearly prohibits AI scraping + they have a policy to ban commenters that harass creators (even on anon)

[virgothozul]

Has anyone used SquidgeWorld Archive ( https://squidgeworld.org/ ) to read/post fanfictions ? Apparently it's exactly like Ao3 but with a clear position against AI :

Their Terms of Service state :

7. Added May 13th, 2023: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) generated works are not supported in the archive. The only exception to this rule would be partial only in posts that are clearly marked meta as part of discussion of said works. Otherwise, no. AI generated works are not welcomed in the archive 8. Added September 24th, 2023: Web scraping by artificial intelligence (AI), or any process of extracting data from the contents of this website for the purpose of use with artificial intelligence (AI) is strictly prohibited. Any data collection, content aggregation, or use of contents on this website in any way for training datasets or machine learning models is expressly prohibited. For more information, contact us via the “Contact Us” section of this website, or via any of the links on other Squidge.org property websites.

It sounds nice ! I love Ao3 but indeed it doesn't mention AI, simply stating that "AI generated works are allowed". So it's good that at least some fanwork websites are addressing the issue ! Hopefully Ao3 will release a clear rule against web scraping / machine learning for all posted works.

Now if you're wondering what is available right now on SqWA, I haven't checked all my favorite tags yet. If you're planning on writing something, maybe give it a go ?? So we'll have more to look forward to !

[marxism-leninism-meowism]

Hey gays. Yes, you, there, behind the screen. Are you a fic writer? Do you love queerplatonic relationships? Do you dislike that AO3 does not have a queerplatonic relationship tag with the other relationship types? Do you dislike that AO3 is run by a racist and zionist organization?

Good news! SquidgeWorld, a fork of AO3, has recently added queerplatonic to their relationship categories!

[ img id: screenshot of squidgeworld.org's relationship category infobox, reading: Relationships, pairings, orientations [red icon with venus symbol] F/F: female/female relationships [purple icon with hermaphroditic symbol] F/M: female/male relationships [green icon with 'and' symbol] Gen: no romantic or sexual relationships, or relationships which are not the main focus of the work [blue icon with mars symbol] M/M: male/male relationships [icon with green, purple, red, and blue quadrants] Multi: more than one kind of relationship, or a relationship with multiple partners [rainbow icon with tilde symbol] QPR: Queer Platonic relationships [black icon with herschel uranus symbol] Other relationships [blank icon] The work was not put in any categories /end img id]

[olderthannetfic]

I've seen a few people mention moving their works to squidgeworld.org as an alternative to ao3 now that the ai policy has been made clear, and was wondering if you have any info on it?

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A delightfully venerable site!

Squidgeworld is the latest incarnation of the Wonderful World of Makebelieve, which has been running since 1999 (1994 for the overall site). It's where all the oldschool slashers used to post.

It's an old-fashioned archive run by one dude, @squidgiepdx.

And by that, I don't mean the coding is old but that it's a site run by someone whose actual personal account you can find and interact with and that has a moderate audience of a size where individual site culture is still possible.

Though, actually, it looks like the whole site (which includes hosting for more than just this one archive) is now a nonprofit, so that's nice for longevity.

I don't crosspost because I am lazy, but I have fond memories of all the fic I've read there, and I appreciate that he's still doing his thing in this era when lots of people abandon running a site themselves to cluster on ever fewer behemoths.

If you're looking for maximum kudos from randos, AO3's larger audience is what you want, but I think it could be excellent to take your buddies and all decamp to Squidgeworld together.

[the-bar-sinister]

Hi there!

I wanted to ask something about ao3

I wanted to post some fanarts and drawings in general, however, i've heard that it's needed a hosting site to host the images there apparently

So, if you could, can you tell me an advice or provide a site to host the images there?

Your very best bet is to pay for your own hosting (buy a website and storage space of your own) and upload your art to that. We pay under $100 a year for a domain and personal hosting.

However, your second best bet is https://images.squidge.org/ which is a fannish image hosting site that is a sister site to https://squidgeworld.org/ a fanfiction archive alternative to AO3. @squidgiepdx runs it!

Once you upload an image to squidge you should be able to link it anywhere, including to AO3!

[ao3downwhatnow]

Sites that have ao3 code if your looking for a backup site for when ao3 goes down

Squidgeworld.org

For all fandoms

Ad Astra

For Star Trek

Comic Fanfiction Authors Archive

For Comics

[salaciousdoll]

hello I hope this finds you well! ao3 has been silencing their pro palestinian volunteers on top of being vague regarding ai data mining. i’ve been trying to encourage ppl to move to squidgeworld.org bc it works the exact same as ao3 & has ai protections on top of not silencing their volunteers! as a writer I was wondering & hoping if you could spread the word bc the site has a lot of potential its just very barren rn in regards to anime content 😭

Yeah sure, I’m down to share it with other people in fact let’s start a chain

@chosoist @k9nto @angelshub @honeybleed @merakidoll @ramonathinks @c0pkiller @nagumoan and any other writer on my page that post on ao3, there’s an alternative to that, just letting you all know if you don’t want anything to do with ao3 anymore!!

[rhearoy-hunter]

AO3 users (and fanfic writers/readers in general) how are we feeling about Squidgeworld.org?

For those who are unware, squidgeworld.org is essentially just AO3 but doesn't allow AI fics or AI-made content. Other than the no-AI filtering and yellow/orange colour choice for the site design, the site is basically the exact same as AO3, right down to the website layout and publishing options.

Do you think a rise in AI-created content is worth making a completely new fanfiction site over?

[dragonfly0808]

Hey guys so, I’ve been thinking and, since AO3 doesn’t make money outside of donations, I will not be switching platforms, though I will still encourage yall to not make donations to the site until they apologize or until we see some change.

However, if you personally don’t feel comfortable using AO3, I’m considering publishing my work on squidgeworld.org as well for those who don’t want to use AO3 anymore.

[miaqc1]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rebuild of Evangelion | Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ayanami Rei & Ayanami Rei Characters: Ayanami Rei Additional Tags: Digital Artwork, Art, Fanart, Embedded Fanart, Embedded Images, Artwork – Freeform, Pixel Art, Commissioned Art, Manga & Anime, Full Color, Gen Work, drawing, Female Characters, POV First Person, Wordcount: 0-100 Summary:

Rei Ayanami in pixel art. Drawing I ordered on fiverr by roxas_1.

[wangxianficfinder]

hello!! i just remembered a fic i was beginning to read but it got lost and i don't remember the name 😭 i remember it being on squidgeworld.org and basically it was a bdsmverse? where the premise was smth along the lines of 'wwx subs to lwj as a means of protection but he's in a relationship w mxy and wwx has to see them be in love w each other while he pines for lwj' ? i'd be so happy if this is found, but thank you anyway!!

so sorry!! you can ignore the previous ask (the bdsm one) if interested, the fic is 'backfire' by spookykingdomstarlight !!!

That's okay! I'm glad you were able to find it 😊

- Mod C

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FOUND! backfire by spookykingdomstarlight (E, 67k, WIP, WangXian, WangYu, one-sided XianYu, MingYu, Modern AU, Biologically Determined Dom/sub Roles, BDSM, Bad BDSM etiquette, Sadism Masochism, Past Sexual Abuse, Sexual Slavery, Self-Harm, BDSM as a Form of Self-Harm, Minor Character Death(s), Arson, Shades of Black Widow WWX, Extremely Dubious Consent, Rape/Non-Con Elements, Normalized Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Normalized Polyamory, Nonsexual BDSM, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Pining WWX, Jealous WWX, Touch-Starved WWX, Professional Dominant WWX, Sex Worker WWX, Gentle Dom LWJ, Mean Dom LWJ, Oblivious LWJ, Past WC/WWX, Minor JGY/WWX, Mentioned WWX/Others, Emotional Infidelity, Angst with a Happy Ending, Endgame Wangxian, MXY Also Gets a Happy Ending, Additional Warnings In Author's Note)

[picketlinepitchin]

[Image description: A card titled “Meet the Visual Aids. Image Descriptor of Pitch-In”. On the right is text that reads “Quail (They/Ey/Fae/Ae) Writer of descriptions for the server. Fanfic author. Fan of sci-fi and video games. Favorite Fandoms: Star Trek, Doctor Who, Ace Attorney. Fandom Quote: 'He coached the parrot!?'” Below that is the Picket Line Pitch-In logo, and three links: 1. twitter.com/Fanart4Donations 2. tumblr.com/picketlinepitchin 3. picketlinepitch-in.carrd.co On the right is a colored pencil drawing of Liko from Pokémon Horizons. She is shown from the shoulders up and is smiling. Below that are five links: 1. beta.adastrafanfic.com/users/quailfence 2. squidgeworld.org/users/quailfence 3. https://archiveofourown.org/users/quailfence 4. tumblr.com/quailfence 5. quailfence.dreamwidth.org . End description.]

Spotlights on @quailfence! They have kindly offered to do image descriptions for the Pitch-In! We'll be putting the descriptions below each of the requests - and upcoming spotlights - so that even those that are visually impaired can take part in the Picket Line Pitch-in.

They've even done the one above! Everyone say a big welcome and a BIG thank you to them, because they're a humongous backbone for the Fanart4Donation Fundraiser!

[isindismay]

Woohoo, signed up with squidgeworld.org and eventually all of my fics will also be available there. I like that they're anti-censorship like ao3 plus they have a couple of extra relationship options. I was forced to remember where the heck i saved my icon. Importing from ao3 is a whole process so it'll likely take me some time.

[hishap]

So after I saw that post and learned about SquidgeWorld.org (AO3 alternative that uses the same open source code but is NOT affiliated with the OTW) I decided to make an account there

So here it is!

So far I've uploaded all my Bug Fables fics to SW, and plan on putting other works for other fandoms on there as well later!

I made my fics archived-locked (aka you need to be logged into the site to see them) like I did on AO3 for the same reasons, but signing up & getting your account confirmed is very fast on SW! No need to wait a few days like with AO3 (though that could be due to SW having less people making accounts on it right now)!