#ao3 attack

[ao3-shenanigans]

WE MADE IT FOLKS!!!

[cryptidpandas]

Admins are saying the site is functional, but to PLEASE have patience and don't mass-refresh

Additionally, don't be fucking racist.

UPDATE 7/11/23 4:08AM:

PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE SITE UNTIL THE ADMINS GIVE THE ALL CLEAR

[sop-soap]

As you guys have probably already seen, ao3 is down because of a DDOS attack, which means an organized group of people are flooding ao3 servers with requests as a form of protest. They’re doing this specifically to target the queer and nsfw content found on fanfiction sites, and singled out ao3 because it is a non-profit with no corporate backing to protect it. Their ‘reasoning’, if you can even call it that, is here.

PLEASE, do not refresh your Ao3 pages. Close all your ao3 tabs and do not log in or try and load any fanfics until this is sorted out. We want to make this as easy for ao3 to resolve as possible. SPREAD THE NEWS and show support for the volunteer staff of ao3 that are currently working to try and fix this.

The ao3 staff has made it very clear that none of your data is in danger from this attack, and that all they request is for your cooperation and support in the process of resolving this.

[ye-olde-trojan-horse]

petition for when ao3 is back online to make “full of disgusting smuts” the offical tag for nsfw fics

[coffeeshopdragons]

Official Update

[getosbf]

Why the fuck would you log into gaysex.com and then attack their website for having gay sex are you fucking stupid

[ineffably-poetic]

this was me for a lot of this month :(

[uglygreenjacket]

I have never in my life felt more seen by a headline. I was forced to read a REGULAR BOOK yesterday.

[killrisma]

here fanfic writer, here fanfic writer, that’s a good fanfic writer! yes you are, yes you are! now, i’ll give you a treat if you post your one shots on tumblr and tag me.

[stardust948]

Let's all take a moment to be grateful the AO3 Attack didn't happen during lockdowns.

[soph-yagami]

Me when ao3 is down and i cant read about my favorite gay people:

[ao3-shenanigans]

RB for bigger sample size!

Thanks!

[samar-arijjj]

hey i get a lot if y’all are mad about ao3 but guess what? you don’t get to hate on religious people, and you don’t get to make assumptions about us and our god (muslims, specifically) without knowing anything about our beliefs. this is not. a. fucking. excuse. to talk shit about muslims. there are queer muslims, there are muslims who are normal fucking people who believe that it is of utmost importance to be loving and kind human beings, above all other things. we are not monstrous terrorists.

you don’t get to make *sweeping* generalizations on an entire fucking religion because you don’t have access to your fucking bedtime story.

[visionrailmepls]

STOP- AO3 HAS BEEN DOWN ALL DAY AND I CANNOT HANDLE WATTPAD ANYMORE. I NEED TO READ MY AO3 FANFICS AND I CANT.

[constant-stateofdenial]

[thesocietalmisfit]

Quinn Pensky-Reese could fix the ao3 ddos attack