#my most user-friendly tag all things considered

[batsplat]

hello professor batsplat!! i know you’ve made a couple posts about your favorite races to watch (for valentino, casey, marc, etc) - is there a specific tag they’re under slash do you have the links for them? i’ve been trying to track them down but haven’t found them yet

not to brag, but this is some of my most innovative tagging work - it's under #race rec tag. I WILL be remaking the casey one over the winter, also I've gotten asks for pecco and jorge/dani. the former I was going to do casually given where he's at in his career and just need to like. finish it off. the latter I will need a proper run at over christmas because it's so fucking many races between the pair of them - and quite honestly there's some stretches of their careers where I need to refresh my own memory. I'll also do a 2006-7 250cc special edition for the 2 (two) people who have expressed interest, since this is of course a time period I am a certified expert in

[quinnthebard]

As I’m seeing a lot of people returning to Tumblr (like I had about 8 months ago or something), I thought I’d put some of my thoughts down on how Tumblr differentiates culture-wise in comparison to Twitter. This isn’t going to be a “How-to” in order to functionally use the space. This isn’t another warning post about how to not be considered a bot by other users. This is simply going to be what one can and will expect to see while using this website, however temporary, while Twitter is Twitter-ing. Tumblr interactions are different than Twitter interactions. Twitter is like snappy and quick. It moves along, people just say whatever comes to their head and then move onto the next post. Tumblr is a long-form media. People don’t necessarily comment unless prompted? Don’t expect people to react beyond a like and reblog unless they have something that adds substance (most times) to the conversation. That’s just the nature of the beast.  If you’re moving from Twitter to Tumblr and you expect it to be a seamless transition to the same amount of interaction that you received on the other platform, you won’t get it. Not unless you put in work. People are more hesitant to interact. They want a deeper relationship than a quick quip. They want people to show they care to a degree. I’m not saying parasocial relationships as friends or something but any amount of proper investment in the other’s thoughts / feelings is generally a thing I’ve seen between users who do interact. BNFs are less common here. Sure there are art blogs that are generally well-followed and so on, but don’t expect your hot take to blast off into the stratosphere. People here don’t really like drama. They just like their special interest at the moment, want to talk to like-minded people, and move on.  There is no algorithm! Honestly, I love that. It removes that pressure to get likes and reblogs for me. I just shout into the void and if someone responds, great! Posts get traction primarily through followers and tagging. If someone follows a tag, it’ll appear for them in order among the other tags, that’s just how it be. Everyone is on an equal playing ground. No one gets priority because an algorithm decided that they have “better content” than others. Want to make friends? [fucking hell I pushed enter too early lmao] Be friendly. Interact. Have fun. That’s what we’re all here for.  I might have more to say but I’ll just reblog and add later but I thought it was important to share this stuff because I see a few misconceptions about the culture and wanted to help others adjust <3 Source? I guess? I was here a lot too much from 2010 to 2013

[rinmemesuoka]

I want to mod Fields of Mistria dialogue!

Awesome! Making alterations to Fields of Mistria dialogue is a fairly simple process that requires basically no coding knowledge. Please note that this is a guide specifically for making alterations to existing dialogue. Adding new dialogue would require coding and I'm not familiar enough with Mistria's code to give advice on that.

Important Consideration:

The current state of Fields of Mistria dialogue modding involves making direct edits to/replacing game files. There isn't really a tool like SMAPI or Content Patcher available yet. This is important to remember for dialogue mods because all FOM dialogue is contained in a single .JSON file. This means that you cannot utilize multiple, individual dialogue mod files. This is where knowledge of how to make dialogue alterations is important even if you're downloading someone else's mod. If you want the effects of two different dialogue mods, unless they are made by the same modder and they provide a combination file themselves, you are going to need to go in and edit things yourself.

That out of the way, let's get started.

First, you need to find the game's Local Files. You can do this in the steam client by right-clicking the game title, hovering over Manage, and selecting Browse Local Files, as pictured:

You should be taken to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria in your file explorer, but your files could be stored elsewhere depending on your settings.

In the main directory, you should see a file named localization.json. Pictured:

Copy that file and paste it to another location OUTSIDE OF THE LOCAL FILES, such as your documents folder, or even your desktop. I would recommend making two copies, and keeping one un-altered as a back-up, just in case. I would not advise directly tampering with the file in the local files, and having the editing copy outside of the local files is convenient for making quick edits in the middle of gameplay.

Okay, so how do you open a .json file for editing? I personally use Notepad++ and find its interface pretty user-friendly for this type of minimal editing, but people with more programming experience might have other suggestions.

So, we've installed Notepad++, and we open the .json. . . . . . ah.

Yep, that's three-million+ characters on a single line. I don't know why it's like this. Possibly other interfaces may display it differently, but I only know Notepad++ so the best solution I have is this: select View from the menu, and click Word wrap. Pictured:

That makes it a bit more readable, but it is still every piece of dialogue in the game run together in a massive block of text. Very hard to manually locate the lines you want. This is where CTRL + F comes into play.

So the last time I used CTRL + F in this file, I was making an edit to my desktop copy of the file while I was playing, and knew exactly what line I was looking for, so I searched "old cottage ruins" to find it. But say I wasn't trying to edit a specific line, and wanted to go through and make general edits, such as changing a character's pronouns. I think the best practice, though it's still possible to miss lines this way, is to search the character's name. Pictured:

In most cases, a character will be named in dialogue to establish context before being referred to with a pronoun or gendered term. You will have to click through quite a bit of their own dialogue using this method though, as that will be tagged with their name.

Another important thing to consider is the order in which dialogue is entered in the .json. Let's go back to the cottage ruins.

Pictured: dialogue from Ryis' two-heart event. As you can see, it is not entered in order in the .json. So you may need to check before and after the dialogue you are editing to make sure you are hitting everything you need.

You can safely edit the red text in quotation marks, though I would avoid touching any of the "MISSING" text. The purple text is code and shouldn't be altered if you don't know what you're doing.

After you have saved the changes you want to make, you will need to copy your edited localization.JSON, and paste it into the local files, confirming that you want to replace the existing file. Again, I recommend making a back-up of the original file before doing this.

That being said, Mistria is in early-access, and when the game updates, your edited localization.JSON will be replaced by an updated file. So, any edits you made will have to be made manually again, to avoid saving over new content with your out-dated edit. Depending on how intensive your dialogue edit is, you may want to wait until Mistria is out of early access if you do not want to be constantly re-doing your edits.

I hope this was helpful!

[pekoeboo]

hey, this might sound really random but i couldn’t message you this and I hate using the message thing on da😭. But lately I’ve been considering using Ao3 but I don’t know anyone who actually used it before.

So I was wondering if you can tell me what it’s like? It’s it hard to use? Should there be things i should be wary of? I noticed the sites I used aren’t the best to post writing I figured might as well take a shot at this site😂

oh hey! no problem - I also don't like using the messaging on dA (also not really a fan of it here, tbh; hence why I've restricted it as much as possible kfjhdfg), so I feel ya on that, haha

oh gosh hmm... okay so my perspective on the site is going to be from someone who never reads fanfiction but only posts my own writing... so there's a whole other side to the conversation I can't even engage with here, unfortunately. but I do personally feel like AO3 is the best option right now for posting writing. however, it is considered an archive, not a social platform. so it does function a bit differently compared to other sites in how you're expected to use it.

they do have a lot of FAQ sections and guidelines to try and help out with understanding what and what not to do, but I tend to have a hard time retaining the info because it's A Lot so I have to rely on like. posts here on tumblr explaining stuff to me instead (checking the #AO3 tag might help? idk if there's a specific tag ppl use to share helpful info tho). the only thing I'm still unsure about is whether or not original content is actually allowed?? I've heard both yes and no and there IS a genre tag for original content so I'm just going forward with the idea that it's okay. for the most part though, the site is made to archive fan works, so you'll def be fine posting that sort of thing for sure.

I do think overall it's a very user-friendly site compared to others I've used when it comes to the UI and such ;o; everything is compartmentalized well and being able to customize the formatting is REALLY helpful and was also the main reason why I switched over from ffnet :'0 it's just... a bit overwhelming when it comes to tagging and organizing a piece of work within the guidelines. that's the biggest stress point for me, personally.

but yeah;; that's pretty much all I know. so sorry I can't be of much more help;;; if any of my followers have better tips on how the site works or have good "starting out" posts to recommend, I'd love for you to join the conversation to help out!!! ;0;

[ssa-dado]

hiiii hope you're goooood. I'm so in love with your incredible Symposium series!! I just wondered if you ever considered putting it on ao3?

It's obviously your decision how/where you post anyway but just curious because well frankly, I'd love to put it on my kindle to read/re-read it and if I'm reading a new chapter, my tumblr app closes and I have to find my place again haha sorry to ask and I hope you don't feel pressured by this - it's honestly just curiosity.

I'm normally late to the fandoms and only seem to join them months/years later but I'm so grateful I'm here to same time as Symposium ❤️ being able to see the excitement from your teasers, moodboards, timeline and then the new chapters make me feel so included in this Hotch world so thank you so much for writing. I love seeing your passion for Hotch and especially for writing, it makes me so grateful to be one of your readers here for the journey with you ❤️

Thank you!! xx

Hi gorgeous!!! Sorry for letting you wait so long!!!!!

Premise: this is me - an absolute boomer in spirit, and yes, I’m cringing at myself for being so ignorant. And sorry for using the smaller font, but this is going to be a lenghty one.

First of all, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO RE-READ THE SHIT I POST?????? WHAAAAAAT? HOW. WHY? But seriously, thank you for even saying that, I'll be crying for 10 minutes straight because of it.

Alright, straight to the juicy part. I’ve always been someone who rambles - it's who I am at my core - and that shows in how I write (I'm thesis, antithesis but without the synthesis... ok that was the worst joke I've ever made in my life).

I chose from the start to lean into fewer chapters but make them more substantial, rather than splitting things into double or even triple the number of chapters with fewer words per part (I mean, let’s be real, as much as I love a good slow burn, even I’d feel embarrassed to hit chapter 40 without so much as an “on-screen” kiss). It’s not the most user-friendly choice, I know.

The reason I waited so long to post on AO3 is, well… I’ve been hesitant maily because I’ve never used it before. I’ve also read about some really awful experiences people have had on that platform, especially with reader-writer interactions, and it honestly scares me. Tumblr feels like a safe space, filled with amazing, supportive people, and I never want to jeopardize that.

Navigating AO3’s tagging culture feels overwhelming, and as a people-pleaser, the thought of messing up or disappointing someone genuinely stresses me out. I already struggle with knowing if a chapter has enough fluff to warrant the tag or if the angst is really angsty enough to qualify. It's just feels like too much...

But I hear you about the tracking issue, and I want to help. What if I start breaking down the chapters into smaller parts? For example, a longer chapter like c.11 (which I think is around 8k words?) could become 11.1, 11.2, and so on?! That way, it’s easier for you to find your place without getting lost in the length.

And if your Tumblr continues to crash, I post them on Wattpad. I know my way around that platform - it’s familiar, less stressful for me, and I’d feel more confident posting there than on AO3 for now.

I know already it’ll be tedious to reformat and re-edit everything (because Wattpad loves to strip all my italics and bold text whenever I try to copy-paste) but if it feels easier for you to navigate, I’m more than willing to put in the work. I just want to make it as accessible as possible for you.

Let me know what you think, and if the deal works for you.

Now, onto the second part of your message - YOU'RE A CRAZY HUMAN BEING. Symposium... a fandom? Oh no no no no no no no. That would be way too overwhelming. Just the thought of it makes me want to crawl under a blanket and never come out, I’d have a breakdown before I even opened my laptop. I barely know what I’m doing as it is HAHAHAHAH

But seriously, thank you.

I wouldn’t have half the courage or energy to sit down, fry my brain cells, and try to string together the right words, themes, philosophers to butcher, or storylines if it weren’t for you. Your interactions, your input, they mean so much more than I could ever properly put into some stupid words.

It might sound a little strange, but I genuinely remember every single account that pops up in my notifications. Whether it’s a like, a reblog, or a funny comment, I notice it all, I'm the panopticon. I’ve definitely stalked every one of you at some point (in the most wholesome way, I promise)

If I could, I’d send every single one of you 3kg of handmade pizza to even begin to express my gratitude.

Truly, thank you.

For everything.

I'm sending you the biggest hug AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[hopecomesbacktolife]

hey, just. friendly reminder that fanfiction is morally neutral.

yes, that includes smutty fics. yes, that includes self-insert fics. yes, that includes the fics you consider Problematic TM and the fics you don’t think are Smart or New. in fact that’s kind of why I’m writing this post.

I know we all love to talk about Themes And Narratives, but—and please listen to me very carefully here—you are not earning Good Place Points for only reading the kinds of fan fiction you feel are Smart or Only Focuses On The Important Things Like Themes.

fan fiction is morally neutral.

what I mean is this: no one is harming you, themselves, or anyone, by writing a fic about two characters having sex. (are you uncomfortable with the fact that I typed the word “sex”? hi, this post is about you. people have sex. and they write and talk about it. it’s seriously fine.)

no one is being harmed by self insert fics, by smutty fics, by anything not exclusively Smart TM about the fandom or analytically adding to it.

(and that’s not to say these two types of fics, that any type of fic, can’t have those elements— some of my favorite fic authors, my mutuals, my tumblr friends, write fic in these genres, and they also explore Themes and Emotions and analyze character traits and histories and write brilliant plots and incredible character arcs and yknow what, it’s amazing! it’s fantastic to examine what makes two characters react a certain way to x situation while also having them fuck nasty about it!) (and yes, I did just type ‘fuck nasty about it’ and I promise, that’s fine, too.)

what I’m saying, though, is that it doesn’t NEED that to, I dunno, somehow validate it into existing. it just Is. it just Exists. it doesn’t need an aspect you Approve Of TM in order to earn the right to be shared, to be written, to be published and commended and interacted with and read. it just. Is.

and I think a lot of especially younger, or newer, tumblr users especially get uncomfortable with that, and they unintentionally veer right (..ha) into self-censoring, puritanical behavior which is exactly what every person trying to ban books and generally kill art, wants. (and we’re not even going to examine in depth here, beyond mentioning it, the fact that policing, censuring, and banning art has historically and still today is being used to silence marginalized voices, so, I ask you to keep that in mind as you think on this, too, please.)

what I’m trying to say is this—if you personally don’t enjoy smut, don’t enjoy self insert fics, don’t enjoy a certain genre, that’s great, you do you! but, you must, must understand that this is not a moral stance. You are not objecting to a problematic practice, exploited workers, consent issues, labor crises… none of that applies, because no one in these stories is a real person. a story written about two Star Trek characters kissing on the bridge of the Enterprise is just that, a story. there is no actor for whose rights to fight, no wages to dispute fairness of, no ethical ramifications of scenes to discuss. these are Fictional People in Fictional Situations.

fan fiction is morally neutral.

and the moment you try to make yourself feel Better TM, More Correct TM, or—one of the ones I encounter the most—Smarter TM, by saying oh, I don’t read that kind of fic, I read the good kind, with thought in it—

you’re not only causing harm, you’re actively employing art censoring behavior. is that something that you want to do? I hope not. I certainly don’t.

next time you see a fic or a genre you don’t Approve Of TM, please remember the easiest way of exhibiting that— simply scrolling by or blocking a tag! If you’re on ao3, their system is incredible for niche content searches, and blocking a tag even here on tumblr will (most of the time) work.

I just., there’s so many better options out there for you than to… act like this. I believe you, we, all of us, can be better than this.

fanfiction. is. morally. neutral.

[hyacinthian-chateau]

hi there! congrats on 200, you surely deserved them all, and it's amazing you got that far doing something you like :) for the match-up event; i'm an esfj and my enneagram type is 6w5, my hobbies include reading fantasy and romance, playing music (singing, guitar, ukulele, a bit of the piano and a bit of the drums too), writing poems/songs or stories, and sketching stuff. i like the nature but mostly anything relates to the sea or beach, as well as forests and mountains (such are the places i grew up in), cats, and fashion. i strongly dislike waking up early lol and being with too much people too much time, people who can't take important things seriously or who are too impulsive to make decisions correctly.

if you ran out of slots or simply don't want to do this request that's fine for me, do whatever you find most comfortable and easy for you :) congrats again and have a nice day!

Jean, ｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

Jean has formed an irreplaceable bond with you.

Hardworking and resilient are some words that best describe the Acting Grand Master. From dealing with paperwork, overseeing preparations for upcoming festivals, and keeping an eye on the energetic young Klee, Jean is always hard at work. And yet, despite your differing occupations, fate seems determined to finally have you two reunited after being apart for a long time. Thanks to the young woman's leadership and efforts, Mondstandt remains in order despite only having half the number of knights.

Both you and Jean had known each other when she was still a recruit for the knights, and you were a novice adventurer. In the past, the two of you would repeatedly come across each other with a handful of her assignments and your commissions corresponding with one another. Maybe it was the time you had spent in each other's presence that the young woman had grown quite fond of you. Even though you two hadn't seen each other, the Anemo-user always tries to maintain communications with you through letters. The day you return to Mondstand, the meticulous knight can't help but stare when you appear in front of her desk with a small folder of documents from the Adventurer's Guild in one hand and a souvenir from your travels in the other.

As the assistant to Cyrus, Mondstadt's Branch Master of the Adventurer's Guild, you are mostly found within the vicinity of the guild's establishment dealing with administrative work. Thus, you were considered a constant visitor to the Headquarters and a friendly face to the knights. Initially, your meetings consisted of overlooking the applications for this year's Windblume Festival. But it quickly changed into you trying to convince her to partner certain knights together during their daily training. You're sick of watching Dame Lizzie and Sir Swan making goo-goo eyes at each other for the past six months! The Dandelion knight can only sigh good-naturedly when you let out a soft cheer upon agreeing to have the two said knights paired up.

The Dandelion Knight always welcomes your presence. Recently, she has noticed her tendency to be drawn by your company even when other people would be in attendance. She doesn't seem to realize, but a few people close to her had--Kaeya, Lisa, and even Albedo exchange knowing glances when they watch the Acting Grand Master's gray-blue eyes shine brightly when you invite her for a brief walk outside of the Headquarters. The trio can only speak in hushed tones as they place bets on how long it would take for you and the Acting Grand Master to come to a realization.

On her rare days off, the young woman finds herself tagging along with you as you browse the trendiest clothing at Marjorie's then, followed by trying the newest drinks at the Cat's Tail. Ah, It's been a long time since the blonde has enjoyed herself like this immensely, and she has you to thank for that. Usually, she is the poised and reliable figurehead of the Knights. But with you, she has no need to uphold her imperative image and allows herself to be…well, herself. The Dandelion knight can't help but laugh as you gape at her when she expresses her fondness for the second male lead instead of the main lead in the newest novel you had recommended.

The said knight treasures your friendship and considers you to be one of her closest confidants. Despite being the intellectual and organized person you are, Jean knows you are always eager to help your fellow adventurers in the field--And yes, that even included Bennett, who was known to run into unfortunate circumstances. She has learned too much about you: From your aversion to dealing with counterproductive and fickle individuals to your inclination to work late into the night and innate ability to coerce her into a few of your antics--She finds herself smiling at the memory of how soaked her pants were when as you two attempted to catch some crabs along Falcon Coast.

Honestly, the swordswoman is well aware of her developing feelings for you. However, she is still hesitant to pursue anything further. From a young age, there had been expectations from the eldest daughter of the Gunnhildr clan, and Jean has never shunned her responsibilities. But like everyone else, she was human and had hopes and desires. Jean is well-read and has heard of love. Some say it's a mysterious entity that influences a person's emotions and behaviours to a certain extent. In the past, she hasn't had the chance to entertain such a thought, but when a warm spring-like feeling bursts into bright-coloured fireworks in her chest upon laying eyes on you once more, she finally understands it.

Hmm, Maybe she'll be brave enough to tell you one day, but for now, she is satisfied to watch how your face lights up like the break of dawn upon meeting each other once again…

[sapphireshineauthor]

A Personal Breakdown and Comparison of the Big Three of Fanfiction: Archive of Our Own, FanFiction.Net, and Wattpad

Considering the whole chaos with AO3 that happened recently, I wanted to write about this again since it's been on my to-do list. Disclaimer, I am trying to be objective, but some factors may still appear as personal opinions on the matter, so keep that in mind. This is a long one, so be prepared for an extensive read, I still tried to be concise but thorough. Experts on these sites, feel free to step in and offer your expertise as well on here. Also do correct me on any potential mistakes, this was a long one...

Archive of Our Own:

Pros:

Easy User Interface

Tagging system/fic filter system

Various options for site customization

Search by tag system, addition of major warning tags

Html support, picture and audio integration options

Copy and paste function

Zero advertisement

Engaging comment sections

Friendly UI, writer and reader friendly.

Has function to download fics for offline reading (formats: AWZ3, MOBI, PDF, EPUB, HTML)

Cons:

Tags can get cluttered

Search Bar doesn't work as well as search by tag filter

Rusty crossover format

Rusty character/relationship involvement sorting

Cannot upload documents

No personal DM function.

Can take awhile sorting through tags depending...

Archive of Our Own (AO3) has been my personal favorite of these websites. I've been using it for several years and despite dabbling in various other sites, this one is still my preference.

To start off strong, the pros for AO3 (obvious or not) is the interface. I personally find it extremely easy to use and all the options given are extremely nice for writers and readers alike. For writers, you can give yourself pseuds to help categorize your own fics, sort by the fandoms you write, add tags, allow co-writers, moderate and respond to comments, mass edit stories, and so on. While the site doesn't seem to have an option to upload a document, it does have options to include pictures, audio, and various other media, including links to other stories or videos. It also allows authors to directly respond to comments on their fics and allow for more discussion and engagement in the story (or fandom) between authors and readers (don't be afraid to leave comments!)

In terms of being a reader (and writer) one of my favorite functions by far is the bookmark, history, and subscribe functions. They are what they say, bookmarks can be a public or private tab that are various favorite fics you wanted to save for later or keep note of and not want to search for it again. History is a list of all the fics you've clicked on and it's private solely to you, no one can see your fic history, so if you don't want to bookmark, but remembered something you read, you can look for it in your history. Subscriptions are also a favorite if you don't want too many tabs, you subscribe to a story and you'll get an email every time that fic is updated with a new chapter. Additionally, fics can be downloaded for offline reading (most popular format it seems are epub and pdf).

Now then, onto the main event, tags. If there's one thing AO3 is known for, it's tags. All sorts of them.

The pros of the tags: easy filtering, searching, and organizing.

The best part about AO3 tags is how easy to filter fics are.

It's part of a writer's duty to tag what they have in their stories (and at least tag what we think is relevant if we have trouble thinking of specifics) and most uphold this duty, even at the most basic forms of relevant characters or themes or warnings.

AO3 has an extremely well made filter system (in my opinion), and I've been making good use of it in recent days. If you want stories with a specific character or genre, or theme, use the "Include" function and type in those relevant tags.

If you want to exclude fics specifically, you can "Exclude" the relevant tags and the system should exclude all works with those tags, ratings, or themes, in them from your search. If there is an issue with it, my only gripe is that there aren't any "filter preferences/presets" for the site. By that I mean if you click on a new character tag, you need to re add all of your filters to get your specific stories again unless you're well adept at using the back button (which honestly most people are adept at) and re-organizing your filters there, but it's an extremely minor issue that doesn't really affect the experience.

Now then, the cons of the site. There aren't many, but there are a few. Which again, involves the tags. AO3's extensive list of relevant tags for various fandoms is a blessing as it is a curse. One such factor is the idea of crossovers. Crossovers may be easy for other series, but for series that have various media forms for the same fandom, they end up having different fandom tags.

For example, my fic "Scarlet Eyes in the Academy" had a total of 5 fandom tags, even though it's only a crossover between two series. This is because both have different media that have their own tags, My Next Life as a Villainess (Anime)/(Light Novel)/(Manga), and Moriarty the Patriot (Anime)/(Manga)

The reason why a lot of authors tag all various media forms for a series is simply so the most people can see it, regardless of which medium tag they defaulted to. Especially if the mediums don't have many differences to the series.

I can understand why some series need separate tags to differentiate the medium, but in the long run (especially if the medium doesn't have many unique changes to the canon), it's various tags for the same series and since linking more than one fandom tags will equate to a crossover, trying to find an actual crossover fic is a challenge (some fandoms don't really apply since they don't have multiple tags, such as Genshin Impact and Red vs Blue).

On another point, which is mainly the character tags. This is a common issue I see from time to time, but like the crossover aspect, is a small issue compared to the pros of the site. The thing with the character tags (or relationship tags) is that writers can add them, even if the story is not focusing on them. They appear in the story, but how much focus is on that character/relationship is in the eyes of the beholder (at the whim of a writer). It's not a major issue, but one that I see from time to time when comparing/analyzing fic sites.

But if there's a plus to the character tags, it helps filter through the fandom medium tags. As it will link all the fics that have the character regardless of fandom tags.

Other Notes: unlike other sites, AO3 doesn't have direct DMs and is unable to do document uploads, but even without those two things, it's a wonderful site for fanfiction. It also allows fic downloading for offline reading (just don't do any fic reposting without author's consent, that's just rude).

In conclusion: AO3 has a lot of benefits and has a relatively friendly UI for writers and readers alike. The tag system overall is extremely well done to help narrow down your fic search. I consider it to be the best of the three. The only downside is that it's not the best when looking for crossovers and fics for specific characters, themes, or pairings can get lost among the tags. There are also many guides available on this site in regards to the many functions of AO3.

Fanfiction.net :

This one, I think, sparks a certain level of nostalgia in many of us (especially those a bit younger in age). It was one of the first fanfiction sites to be made "mainstream" (i.e. the most prevalent option when fanfiction is searched for). But it has seen better days…

Pros:

Private DMs

Document uploads

Major character tags

Main genre tags

Easy crossover functionality

Good app, easy UI.

Cons:

Annoying/Invasive ad placement

No option for warning tags

Cannot interact openly with comments

No easy pic support (if any, for inside the fic itself)

Fics can be easily reported even for small reasons

The copy and paste function is extremely broken.

Okay, once again, starting strong with the pros. Ff.net has been a site that is prevalent for older fandoms. It has a nice filter system to go by genre, characters, and ratings and the UI is quite easy to use (the more nuanced filter system also makes it easier for searching compared to AO3's more… fic tag cocktail mixing experience). The site allows for uploading word documents to upload fics (which is a double edge sword as their copy and paste function is extremely wonky and broken last I checked). It also allows for checking traffic on a fic, which I find is a very fun statistic to look at every now and then.

It also allows for private DMs within the site itself so if authors want to talk, there's no need to rely on an external DM site/application (Discord, Tumblr, Reddit, etc).

The biggest pro for FF.net is it's crossover archive (specifically when you go into a ff.net fandom archive and click on crossovers). It sorts out all the crossover fandoms by fic count and it is easy to look for a specific fandom crossover if it exists.

I think that roughly covers all the pros, now, the cons. The main issue I have with FF.net is… the ad placements.

If I could include the horrified duh duh duuuuh! Sound effect I would.

On mobile it's even worse, anyone recall the days when the ads were those odd little boxes next to the review box at the bottom of the chapter? I miss those days.

However, while the ads have been an issue, I think the biggest issue is with how content is moderated on the site and reporting works. I personally haven't had bad experiences with the site, but I've seen other authors apparently get their fics taken off the site due to reports (despite the fact the works themselves not having anything wrong). The famous RWBY reacts to RvB fic (React Watch Believe Yikes) was taken down because of copyright reasons despite the fact they clearly stated that they got permission to use the RvB transcripts in the fic (that fic is now on AO3). I haven't heard much beyond that, so do fill in what I missed if this issue had gotten worse or better over the years.

The other con for FF.net is interaction, while the site allows for private DMs, it doesn't allow public interaction with comments. Authors can still reply, but it's then taken into a private DM chain specifically between the author and the specific commenter. Perhaps it's a minor issue, but it's one that should be brought up.

And also, last I checked, the DMs are supposed to send you an email notification everytime someone DMs you, but it's been wonky for awhile and straight up broken at points.

And lastly, while the more succinct filter system is fine, it does so at the consequence of not letting additional tags be shown. So ratings and genre can be filtered, but nothing more. It doesn't help that the summary boxes are short either, so authors either have to make shorter summaries to put important warnings, or omit the warnings so the full summary can be in place. I also believe this lack of tagging is another reason why reporting fics seems to be an issue there.

In conclusion, FF.net is a fine site, it's easy to use, perfect for crossovers, allows DMs and has fun statistics. However, you should probably keep anything "explicit" pretty mild, or proceed with caution. I learned the terms lemons and limes from somewhere after all.

Wattpad:

Cracks knuckles, okay, this one. I used this one the least, but I do have some thoughts on it (Wattpad experts, feel free to add onto this if you'd like).

Pros:

Can comment on specific paragraphs

Easy picture integration

Decent chapter/book format

Decent story saving/favorite book

Okay UI

Cons:

Bad tag filters

Hard search function

Ads can be a bit annoying.

As you can see, I have an issue when it comes to filtering. Both Ao3 and FF.net have good filtering/tagging systems. While Wattpad does have a filter/tag system, I think it leaves a lot to be desired.

Okay, once again, starting with the pros. I think my favorite feature when it comes to Wattpad is the option to comment on specific paragraphs rather than just the whole chapter/story. I dunno, I find it fun as a reader (and as a writer) to see if people had specific thoughts on specific passages.

Secondly, the writer UI is decent and quite friendly once you get the hang of it. You can start a "book" and update it as you see fit. Although the way to add/update/edit an ongoing book is a bit more cumbersome than AO3 or FF.net…

Lastly, the picture integration for Wattpad is pretty nice, allowing easy insertion of images directly into the passage or on a "chapter banner" at the beginning of the chapter.

That's pretty much it for the major pros, and onto the cons. Which is surprisingly not many (as least that I've experienced), but those few in number make up for a lot in experience.

So, the cons, which is once again, the tagging. It always rolls back to that aspect/function. The tagging for Wattpad is honestly quite messy. Not only can several tags for the same thing exist, but they exist because the tags themselves (like in Tumblr) become different tags depending on how they're formatted (ex. "xreader", "x reader", "characterxreader", are three separate tags), so filtering out tags can be quite an issue. Not to mention more work on the author's part to add literally every iteration of a tag/phrase/pairing to make sure it appears where it's supposed to appear.

The other issue from what I can see rn actually is that a guest user (someone not logged into an account) cannot do manual searches on the site, at least on mobile. You can only search externally on the web, which is technically a minor issue, but an issue nonetheless.

Additionally, readers can't see all the relevant tags when browsing through stories until they click on it and see the summary. Again, a minor issue, but an issue all the same that should be brought up.

Also, from what I heard, there's supposedly paywalls on the site now. Looking into it, Wattpad does seem to have a paid subscription service. One feature of that service is "paid stories". I assume this only attributes to original works (since fanfiction will be in hot water otherwise). Additionally, the paid subscription gives access to offline downloading and site customization (for which AO3 has for free), it also says it offers options for "early access to subscribers" which I assume again is for original stories and functions like a creator's Patreon account. The subscription also allows for ad free viewing of stories.

In conclusion, Wattpad isn't nearly as chaotic as I last remember, but it still seems leagues behind the tagging and UI of AO3 and FF.net. The writer's UI for posting stories is fine and the picture integration in combination with paragraph comments is a fun feature. The fact it's asking for subscriptions for functions that the other two provide also knocks it down a peg. It's a fine site, but definitely not the most ideal for fanfiction. Especially as it seems to shift more to original stories than fanfiction. Finally, unlike AO3 and FF.net, Wattpad doesn't really have anything exclusive to its site that puts it above the rest (unless you count the comment on specific paragraphs bit).  

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In conclusion: Everyone has their favorite sites for fanfiction. All of them have their pros and cons and for which one is "the best" it boils down to what you're looking for in your fanfiction stories.

Archive of Our Own: Seems to be the mainstay for newer fandoms, perfect for creating your own fic viewing experiences and filtering, allows for website customization skins, more interaction between author and readers, allows fic downloads for offline reading.  

Fanfiction.Net: The home to older fandoms, good for a more casual browse, allows private DMs, perfect for looking for crossovers, just beware of the ads.

Wattpad: An okay site, interface takes a bit getting used to, but filtering is not as good as the others, ads are present but not as much as FF.net, requires subscription to remove ads and allow customization. It also seems more curated to original works than fanfics.

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And that concludes my analysis of what I consider "The Big Three" of the fanfiction world. Shall I do other sites as well? Did this help in regards to looking at sites? Experts in any of the three mentioned, do add your own notes to correct or add to any of the points I made. I primarily use AO3 so I may have missed some things for the other two.

Either way, I hope you enjoyed this surprisingly long essay. Hope you enjoyed ;)

[ultraericthered]

Hmm? Oh yeah, this one blogger gave a big response to both me and some other user who was saying stuff in the notes of her post. Seeing as she was decent and sensible enough to recognize that if we want to live and let live with our differing opinions, she probably should've at least done so behind a different tag and thus away from fans of the thing she was railing against, I in turn will put my rebuttal in this separate post on this blog and I will try to tag it appropriately.

That said, WOW. There is quite a lot of whinging to unpack here.

But, thanks for not bothering to actually listen to my argument, so let me go through your own:

"Not bothering?" It was not due to a lack of trying on my part that I failed to actually listen to this person's argument, I was legitimately confused and trying to make sense of what she was even saying.

No. I’m not saying Disney adults shouldn’t enjoy crap that was clearly made for them. Believe me, I knew some of that was already the case with Wish and I was excited for it being made for us…and I was disappointed by it. I wanted to like Mirrorverse but it just kept feeling wrong to me and the og post is the wording of what and how it was wrong to me.

Pulling out the term "Disney adults", even if applying it to herself as well, is an automatic alarm for me. It's a term that's very cynical and partonizing in origin, conceptualizing the idea that all things "Disney" are things that a person is expected to outgrow once they've reached adulthood, as though Disney produces things only for children. And sure, they make things that are purely for little kids or at most geared more towards them than to an older crowd. But primarily, on the whole, Disney content and the quality they most strive for are what we call "family friendly" rather than "kids stuff", and to assume that such content is kiddy fare that's meant to be outgrown by adults is completely against the spirit and the words of Walt Disney himself.

"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty." - Walt Disney

"We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun - together." - Walt Disney

"Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well, I won't do that." - Walt Disney

Yeah, you should get the picture by now.

I’m saying I find your uncritical devotion to the company, not the writer behind the projects, the company, is sad. It’s self-destructive.

Oh sure, I am uncriticially devoted to this mega corporation. So uncritical in my devotion am I that I've tagged posts or reblogs that address erorrs, poor quality content, and even harmful practices of the company as "Anti Disney" and have even likened the corporate side of Disney to their newest movie's villain many times at this point.

I really hate this kind of attitude towards fandom+online criticism as a whole. This 100% unironic “if you’re negative = HATE” attitude...that I can at least get because even the most pissy of us don’t wanna be surrounded by rage all the time. But, your complete lack or willing to consume any media critically? That’s annoying.

Reminder of how OP began their "critical" post: "I hate Disney's Mirrorverse so much." Please forgive me for where, how, and why I might've possibly gotten that "negativity = HATE" idea from here.

That literally was NOT what I was saying at all hon. Official merch is fine and a lot is great. Like, a lot. I don’t consider official merch itself a threat to fanstuff; what I consider a threat is the higher up of Disney wanting to snuff out fantasy-fan made merch.

Where was it confirmed that the higher up of Disney were specifically aiming to snuff out fan-made content with the very creation and release of Mirrorverse? I must've missed that press conference!

ALL I see with that game is creativity of individual people wasted on a corporate IPlords who wants to crush smaller artists inspired by them, and even their own workers. Disney does not care about you. Disney doesn’t even care for it’s own people. Disney wants to own fanworks so that they can profit off you even more than they already do. And, to me, that’s just kind of horrifying.

In other words, King Magnifico. Yeah, I already got that.

Are you saying you don’t have an imagination? Because A: no. You do have one. Obviously. Liking what some people may think is “cringe” =/= no imagination and I SINCERELY hope you didn’t take that away from my post.

Yes, obviously I have an imagination. I am unsure what it was that made this person think I was suggesting I didn't.

And then she starts getting more hyperbolic and a bit conspiratorial.

We are in a late stage capitalism apocalypse. My argument isn’t that Disney DARE'ENT be what it is but that you should use your brains when it’s pandering to you and not just like it because 'poepl worked on it whichm means it’s good.

"Poepl"? "which?" Slurred words sure do look weird in text form.

You are not mandated to like something and your attitude, to me, frankly feels like that’s why you do like Mirrorverse. Disney is telling you to like it and you’re blinded by this delusion that the company itself is on your side simply because it has Disney fans as it’s own writers and artists working on it. I want to be proven wrong on that and believe you’re like my friends who also like mirrorverse and the modern crossover disney stuff - people who like the ideas within because yeah, that can be fun, and whom I just disagree with, but given your attitude. I don’t see it.

.....Huh??? For as inappropriately big and powerful a company as Disney is today, I do not think they have the authority to literally mandate that people must like their products and that they then must consume them because they like them. Disney has put plenty of stuff out on the free market that they no doubt wanted people to like (because otherwise why even make anything at all? People liking thing made by company = people spending money on that thing and company profiting), but I've not cared for or not even touched, no matter how many sincere, well-meaning people might've worked hard on making the stuff. Mirrorverse caught my attention way back when it was first announced and still undergoing development, and when I ended up liking it, it wasn't because "Disney was telling me to like it" or that I was blinded by any delusion of the company being good or "on my side" - I like it because I JUST DO. It appeals to me and my tastes, sensibilities, and ideas of what's good, clean, creative fun, not to mention being another Disney epic crossover property to fill the void left behind by the now garbage tier Kingdom Hearts series. And even then I'm far from uncritical in my liking for it: it existing as just a mobile app game puts some limitations on it, and the combat part of the game looks like ass and doesn't play quite as well as it could've, especially compared to the polish of other app games like Disney Heroes: Battle Mode and Disney; Sorcerer's Arena. (Now, my attitude may well have gone too far beyond disagreeable and came off as too hostile, confrontational, and uncivil in my dissent against your take, so for that I apologize. I'm sorry, that really was my bad. But given all this rambling, your attitude is now worrying me.)

Fan merch is not perfect or even all that good, but it comes from a point of passion. My point was never that fan made = good. My point was I think Disney the company wants control of even that and, when they are hiring the artists who have genuine ideas about crossovers, are exploiting them. It’s *cute* of you to call me entitled when you sound like one of the most entitled people ever through your message.

I fail to see how I come off as "entitled", as though I was saying that Disney the company has every right to control imaginative fan ideas and to hire and exploit artists with similar ideas just for profit. I was not; I was saying that I'm not in agreement with this paranoid belief that this is what prompted the existence of Mirrorverse to start with. Most of the driving ideas behind why the game came to be seems to have come from the creatives who work for both Disney and Kabam, with Disney merely signing off on it becoming an officially lisenced thing because the company is so ceaselessly hungering for profits that they can never have enough app games or console games that bring their beloved IPs together in a single fantastical new canon.

You are assigning shit to me that I did not say/mean.

For that, I apologize. Please stop doing the exact same thing to me. Two wrongs do not make a right.

I’m upset on the part of the writers and artists at Disney (btw can you please maybe list some of them out? The mirrorverse artists could probably really use the revenue you’re so quick to only attribute to Disney as if Disney itself is the writer of these works.) 

But you can find them all right here.

I believe Wish was made/written with love. Every Disney project is made with love and creativity and I think it’s horrible to imply that Wish was AI-generated because it’s writing came up as lackluster, if that’s what you’re trying imply of me.

Dunno why Wish is suddenly getting brought into this. Was it my current icon being King Magnifico that put it into focus?

My issue with Wish, with Mirrorverse, and with a lot of modern Disney projects is at this point the same I am having with Illumination entertainment; and that’s not ever that “capitalist = bad”/“idea I don’t like = bad writer”. For as annoyed I still am at Princess and the Frog, you really go that feeling the the writers were trying and the project as a whole wasn’t geared by executives telling the directors “no. You have to do x, x, x, and x because then it won’t sell.” Mirrorverse had a soul. Wish had soul. Bob Chapek stole both these properties’ souls and you’re using hardworking artists’ work as an excuse to continue promoting the craphole who’s overworking them.

Bob Chapek is long gone from Disney at this point: Bog Iger is still dealing with the aftereffects of the damage Chapek did while making his own mistakes and dealing out his own share of damage to the overworked artists, writers, directors, imagineers, and all creative staff members who give their hearts and souls to Disney productions. I'm not using the artists' work as an excuse to promote or grant any lenience to corporate Disney. It's actually the very opposite: I don't want them and all the effort they put into realizing these properties to go overlooked and unappreciated due to some instinctful (and oftentimes reasonably justified) dislike and dissatisfaction directed at the company whose brand name the properties get released under. That's something akin to "collective punishment", and it reaches toxic levels when it is also applied towards the punishment and shaming of regular people; of fans who engage with the products and express any sort of enjoyment and appreciation for them. Like them doing so is an objectively morally wrong thing to do and is playing into the big bad company's hands.

My issue is that the fans (artists, creators and writers of these works) care. Disney does not. Disney cares about exploiting you even in the smallest ways and even on small matters like bad bootleg merch that’s in no way a threat to them. Because it isn’t.

This is an issue I have with Disney as well. I've said so ad nauseum.

My issue with the two of you is that you hate criticism and see my post as some kind of threat to your special interest. No. It’s not. I never even tagged mirrorverse. This is a rant meant for me and for other likeminded people like me. Speaking as a woman who’s defended and still will defend Frozen all these years - YOU are coming off as the most entitled, zealous people. You are creative. And you love Disney and obviously like Mirrorverse and Wish where I don’t; unlike the artists behind these products, you don’t have room to complain about being disgarded or treated like AI cuz I don’t like your writing or Disney’s handling of your writing- you’re just a butthurt fan.

More hyperbole. There was no "threat" detected in her post. There was only an opinion I read as a bad faith poor take and I responded to it with a rebuttal like this social media platform allows us all to do. By getting so up in arms and defensive about the rebuttal that rather than try to clear the air with a post that only clarifies what she was meaning to convey in the OP and that if I still don't find it agreeable we can hopefully agree to disagree, she goes on a whole whopping tangent? This strikes me as "butthurt fan" behavior. I'm sorry, it does.

Presuming the both of you ever read any of this, I don’t like the insinuation that my own bitching and moaning it hurting the hardworking writers and artists personally just because the fans of these overall products love them and I don’t. I really don’t like my personal criticisms being hurled at or treated like an attack on the people who are real artists. I know that’s not what I’m doing. You could have just blocked my blog or chosen to just not read the post the moment this post opened with “I hate mirrorverse”. You didn’t. You engaged and now I’m engaging to tell you that I disagree.

Yes, let us dispell that insinuation. You are hurting no one by bitching and moaning in a post put out on a public social media venue on the internet, not the writers and artists, not the company. I'd not meant to insinuate as much, and anyone who would make that insinuation would be a fool to do so. Thank you for acknowleding that you led with "I hate Mirrorverse", which made the negativitiy and criticism easier to mistake for hatefulness. I make it a rule to typically not block blogs as my first response to seeing something I disagree with, which is sadly more than I can say of other users who've disagreed with me in the past. I decided to engage you, then you engaged back, and now this is me engaging back in my own space to save your's the trouble of being too cluttered up with this dispute. If you happen to come across this and read it through, I hope you can try to take time for contemplation and understanding of where I'm coming from here, and I'd so the same in turn for you should you give a civil response. But given how I'm tagging this, chances lean unlikely.

[smolcuriouskitten]

Rules & Navigation Tags below the cut!

1. My blog is semi selective as of 2022. I will not follow back each time I receive a new follower. On the flip side, if I follow and I see selective or mutual, I strongly hesitate to interact even if the follow is or isn't returned. I haven't had the best experience when trying to meet new mutuals, so if I don't reach out first regarding interactions, its nothing personal, just me being more scared of disrespecting boundaries than anything else. So if you have any questions or hesitation regarding interactions, shoot me a message!

2. Rockelle has a triggering past including abuse, domestic violence, rape, cheating, etc. I have an umbrella tag, 'dont pull it; {triggers tag}' which is for any and all triggers. I will tag the individual triggers as best as I can but if you wish to avoid any and all topics including any sorts of triggers, please block the designated triggers tag.

3. I am a mobile only user, I do not use desktop Tumblr at all. I attempt to make the experience as similar to desktop tumblr as possible but of course since we do not see the same thing, I apologize for any inconveniences this causes you. This means I cannot cut posts or replicate most of the features from desktop, I dont do much to my blog mainly due to the limitations.

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7. Check the tags during roleplays! Within the first few replies, I try to make little tags that describe your character! It could be a movie, song, tv show reference or even a joke! I work hard on them so look at them or I steal kneecaps. >:(

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9. Rockelle is 100% fandomless so she doesnt fit into one verse or universe. If the desired verse is not under the verses post, feel free to ask me about anything you like! Dont think Rockelle only fits into a bubble due to her character design, just ask!

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13. Want to stop a roleplay? Cool! Want to change the trajectory of how the plot is moving? Cool! Want to ship? Thats very cool! You just have to make sure to communicate these things with me. I am not a mind reader and while I will try to be as upfront as possible regarding things, I do not want to make anyone feel discomfort or not enjoy roleplaying with me. I wont bite if you no longer want to continue interacting or cut out something in a roleplay! I wont know until you tell me, communication is key!

14. Rockelle is a multiship muse and is dating several people in different universes. If in the roleplay she has a significant other, she will not cheat on them as that is a trigger for her. However by default (unless discussed) Rockelle will be single due to her 'in universe' story. Due to trauma, poly relationships are a fat no for her as well.

15. Muse is 128 and mun is 21, both of age!

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About Mun!

~ Sup! Names Gigi and I am 21 yrs old! Gremlin and a person with endless zoomies 24/7. If you are my mutual, I will most likely send tiktoks and random things that remind me of our roleplays.

I do have a discord that is available for mutuals if asked!

[synnoviolin]

Okay, I'm going to be so real, so brutally honest right now, you will have to be respectful of my opinion because, while I will be brutally honest, I will be respectful. Consider this a mini-essay, with hedging, and the good stuff.

I am an Ao3 user. I believe that, currently, it is the best platform to post fanfiction on due to the intuitive, user-friendly design, easy to filter tag system, major warning tags, and, overall, how easy it is use it.

However, I do not condone their alleged volunteer team and the constant bombarding with banners to donate. They do this and give you perks in an alleged non-profit organisation if you donate a lot, which does not sit well with me, personally. You can make the argument, like they do, that running the site costs money and they are non-profit, thus, they need the donations to keep the website running. Which is valid, I will give the benefit of the doubt to that plausible deniability claim. Nevertheless, the whole volunteer thing for what is essentially customer service, does not sit well with me at all. I cannot emphasise enough that this is my personal, honest opinion.

Further, their 'chose not to warn' major tag serves as a shield for the most vile things you can imagine. I do not touch any work with that tag unless the other tags warn for the contents after being triggered with abhorrent content that actually gave me nightmares (and it included non-con and other things that could have been filed under another, more suitable, major tag). I sent their "Support" a message, and was promptly dismissed because 'the author used the chose not to warn tag so there's nothing we can do' essentially telling me, in less polished language "lol sucks to be you". For that reason, you will never see me defending this website and its policies because someone could write about glamourised paedophilia and put this 'chose not warn' tag and the "support" would simply ignore everything you have to say. I am not saying this content should be banned altogether because, as we all know from the past, that only makes it harder to filter it. That being said, with such a refined tagging system that allows you to filter tags you don't want to touch, I think it should be enforced that this content is warning for. It should be mandatory, not optional, to warn for major triggers.

To me, it feels like bad faith on the author's part not to warn for these things and adds completely misleading tags in their glamourised triggering content, in the worst case scenario - in order to get more engagement, and the fans of said triggering content have the plausible deniability factor that it is "up for interpretation" even when it very clearly is not - or in the best case scenario, the author uses this tag as a shield not to spoil the ending, but warns for potential major triggers in the work (also called "dead doves") and other elements that are included in the work. In the latter, the reader could choose to gamble on whether they want to risk it or not and, in this case, I would say the author just wrote some heavy themes and doesn't want to have them in the major tags, normally for reasons of not wanting the fans of said content to filter by that tag and go there looking for glamourised rape and other such things.

But back to the alleged volunteers. I say alleged very often because that is what they call themselves but what they do is customer service work and I will refrain from further commentary on unpaid work because, again, they call themselves volunteers, so I will use alleged to showcase that I do not know what is happening since there is no way to verify if they are really volunteers or not, but for the sake of keeping this respectful and hedged, I will say that I believe that, which would mean that, personally, my moral compass does not align with that kind of taxing work being done for free. And applauding them for it like people were doing to nurses during the peak of COVID will not change my mind. Customer service, which again, is essentially what they do, is possibly the worst kind of white collar job you can have.

And I believe I have touched all the points I wanted to touch. So, to wrap it up, this badge feels like an applause to these unpaid customer service workers of this heavily used website.

TL;DR: I don't think Ao3 is a good organisation, I feel bad for their volunteers - assuming they are not being paid, as the site claims, for what is essentially customer service - and while I don't condone censorship of dead doves and heavy themes, I think warning for them, on a website with such an amazing tagging and filtering system, should be mandatory, not optional.

WE MADE IT FOLKS!!!

[marketingprofitmedia]

RankGPT Review – Rank Easily with SearchGPT Before Competitors

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In this comprehensive review, we’ll look at everything RankGPT has to offer. We will cover the features, benefits, price, pros, cons, and value proposition for this feature. By the end, you will either know whether or not RankGPT is the game changer for digital entrepreneurs or a tool with overdone promises.

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RankGPT Review: Overview of Product

Product Creator: Uddhab Pramanik

Product Name: RankGPT

Launch Date: 2024-Dec-03

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RankGPT Review: Key Features of RankGPT

Create & Rank Stunning Websites On The First Page Of SearchGPT Rankings

Make Your Site Appear On 1st Page Of SearchGPT Engines In Less Than 60 Seconds!

Automatic Site Scanning & Fixes: Instantly Scan Sites For Errors & Apply Fixes To Meet SearchGPT Optimization Standards.

SearchGPT-Specific Keyword Generator: Generate Powerful, Niche-Specific Keywords Designed For The SearchGPT Algorithm.

SearchGPT-Optimized Content Creation: Quickly Produce High-Quality Articles, Videos, And Images That Dominate SearchGPT.

AI SEO Assistant: Get Expert-Level Strategies, Tips, And Real-Time Fixes To Rank Higher And Faster.

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RankGPT Review: How Does It Work?

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RankGPT Review: Benefits of RankGPT

Instant Website Creation: Create stunning websites within 60 seconds.

Rank on Top SearchGPT Platforms: Websites rank on first-page results of popular search engines like Google Bard, Perplexity AI, Microsoft Bing Chat, ChatGPT, You. com, and more.

Free Traffic Generation: Drives 100,000+ visitors daily without the need for ads or complex SEO strategies.

No Ads or SEO Hassle: The app eliminates the need for traditional advertising or manual SEO efforts.

Automatic Ranking: Your site gets ranked and indexed automatically across multiple search platforms.

Comprehensive Features: It includes powerful features like high-quality content generation, SEO optimization, and more.

User-Friendly: Designed for ease of use, requiring no technical skills to get started.

Automatic Site Scanning & Instant Fixes: Automatically scan and fix any site issues to ensure it meets SearchGPT’s optimization requirements.

SearchGPT-Specific Keyword Generator: Generate high-performing, niche-tailored keywords optimized for SearchGPT’s algorithm.

SearchGPT Optimized Content Creation: Quickly create content, including articles, images, and videos, optimized for SearchGPT’s algorithm.

SEO Expert AI Assistant for SearchGPT: Access an AI assistant that provides real-time advice and strategies to optimize your site

AI-Powered On-Page SEO Enhancer: Optimize on-page elements such as meta tags, headlines, and alt texts for SearchGPT with AI-driven recommendations.

Voice Search Optimization: Optimize for voice search queries to gain an edge in SearchGPT’s growing voice-based search market.

RankGPT Review: Who Should Use It?

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RankGPT Review: Pros and Cons

Pros:

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How can I increase the traffic on my website?

Increasing website traffic is a key goal for website owners looking to expand their online presence. Whether through organic methods like SEO and content creation, or paid strategies like advertising and affiliate programs, there are various effective ways to drive traffic to your website. In this article, we will explore some of the most impactful methods to boost your website’s traffic and engagement levels.

Key Takeaways

Optimizing your website for search engines is crucial for improving visibility and attracting organic traffic.

Quality content creation is essential for engaging visitors and keeping them on your site.

Engaging on social media platforms can help you reach a wider audience and drive traffic to your website.

Improving website performance, such as speed and user experience, can positively impact traffic and retention rates.

Collaborating with influencers can leverage their audience to drive traffic and increase brand awareness.

Effective Ways to Drive Website Traffic

Optimize Your Website for Search Engines

Getting your website to the top of search engine results is a game-changer. Start by analyzing your site data and conducting keyword research. This foundational step sets the stage for optimizing both on-page and off-page SEO elements. Remember, a knowledge of basic SEO can have a noticeable impact.

Keyword optimization is crucial, but it’s just the beginning. You’ll want to collect quality backlinks and ensure your site architecture facilitates clear navigation. Here’s a quick checklist to keep you on track:

Include video content to engage users

Produce relevant and trendy content

Work on improving site architecture

Create clear and intuitive navigation

Boosting your page speed is also vital. Google even tags results that use Accelerated Mobile Page (AMP) hosting, so consider this in your strategy.

Finally, always aim for a mobile-friendly design. With the majority of web searches now performed on mobile devices, it’s essential for your website to be compatible with all screen sizes.

Utilize Guest Blogging

Guest blogging is a fantastic way to spread your wings beyond your own website. Reach out to fellow bloggers or influencers in your niche and offer to write a post for their site. This not only gets your name out there but also drives traffic back to your site through backlinks. Here’s how to nail it:

Identify your target audience and find blogs that they frequent.

Craft a personalized pitch that showcases your expertise and how it can benefit their readership.

Write valuable content that resonates with the audience and includes relevant keywords.

Also read :Unlocking Earnings: A Guide on Making Money with AI Blogging in 2024

Be prepared to answer any questions and provide a smooth collaboration experience.

Remember, the key is to create a win-win situation where both you and the host blog benefit from the exchange.

It’s not just about getting your content out there; it’s about building relationships. Be active in communities and attend events related to your site’s niche. This will help you expand your network and find more opportunities for guest blogging. And when you do land a guest post, make sure it’s well-written and informative — quality is crucial!

Create Quality Content

Let’s get real, folks — content is king. But not just any content; we’re talking about the kind that hooks your readers from the get-go. It’s all about delivering value, answering those burning questions, and solving problems. Imagine stepping into your audience’s shoes — what would you want to read? That’s the golden ticket.

Remember, it’s not about padding your word count with fluff. Quality trumps quantity every time.

Here’s a quick rundown on making your content shine:

Answer the Big Questions: Get straight to the point and address the issues your audience cares about.

Break It Up: Nobody likes a text monolith. Use images, videos, and headings to keep things interesting.

Polish to Perfection: Tools like Grammarly are your best friends for error-free writing.

Creating top-notch content might seem like a Herculean task, but it’s a game-changer for driving traffic. It’s the kind of stuff that gets shared, linked to, and talked about. So roll up your sleeves and start crafting — your website will thank you for it.

Engage on Social Media

Hey there, web wizards! Want to see your website traffic skyrocket? Dive into the social media pool! It’s not just about posting willy-nilly; it’s about crafting a strategy that resonates with your audience. Engage, engage, engage

Host giveaways and contests: Who doesn’t love free stuff? Hosting giveaways and contests is a surefire way to get people buzzing about your site.

Interact with your peeps: Reply to comments, like posts, and show your followers some love. This builds a loyal community that’ll champion your content.

Visuals are your best friend: A picture is worth a thousand clicks. Make sure your posts pop with eye-catching images.

Hashtag it up: Use relevant hashtags to help your content get found by the right eyeballs.

Remember, it’s not just about the numbers; it’s about building relationships. When you connect with your audience on a personal level, they’re more likely to visit your site and stick around for the long haul.

Pick the platform that vibes with your crowd. Instagram’s great for the youngsters, while Facebook’s got the adulting crowd covered. And don’t forget to sprinkle in some influencer magic by tagging industry bigwigs when it makes sense. Just don’t overdo it — nobody likes a try-hard.

Improve Website PerformanceTraffic

Ever wondered if poor performance is costing you visitors? It’s time to crunch the numbers and see what’s at stake. A snappy website not only keeps your audience hooked but also plays a big role in search engine rankings. Here’s a quick rundown on how to give your site the speed boost it deserves:

Step #1: Test your current website speed to establish a baseline.

Also read :How can I increase the traffic on my website?

Step #2: Install a caching plugin to reduce load times.

Step #3: Optimize your images to prevent unnecessary lag.

Step #4: Implement LazyLoad for images and videos to save bandwidth.

Step #5: Set up CloudFlare or another Content Delivery Network (CDN) to distribute the load.

Step #6: Test your site again to measure improvements.

Remember, a faster site improves user experience and can lead to better engagement and conversions.

Don’t let a sluggish site be the bottleneck of your success. By following these steps, you can ensure that every effort to drive traffic to your website pays off in the long run.

Explore Paid Advertising

Diving into the world of paid advertising can be a game-changer for your website traffic. Pay-Per-Click (PPC), for instance, is a popular strategy where you only shell out cash when someone clicks on your ad. It’s like a digital high-five that costs you a little, but the potential returns? Huge!

Platforms like Google AdWords and Bing Ads are the go-to for search engine marketing, where you bid on keywords to make your site the belle of the search ball. But don’t forget about social ads! With everyone and their grandma scrolling through social media, platforms like Facebook offer a goldmine for targeted advertising.

Here’s a pro tip: Tailor your campaigns to your audience and budget. It’s not just about splashing the cash; it’s about smart spending for the best return on investment.

Ready to get started? Here’s a quick checklist to kick off your paid advertising journey:

Define your target audience

Choose the right platforms (Google, Bing, Facebook, etc.)

Set a budget and bid strategically

Create compelling ad copy

Monitor and adjust your campaigns for optimization

Utilize Affiliate Programs

Affiliate programs can be a game-changer for your website traffic. Create a dedicated landing page for your affiliate program to make it easy for potential partners to find you and sign up. This page should clearly explain the benefits and include a call-to-action to join your network.

Offer competitive yet reasonable commission rates to attract and retain affiliates. If you’re a small business, consider offering free products instead of cash as compensation.

Also read :How can I increase the traffic on my website?

Here’s a quick rundown of best practices:

Establish clear terms and conditions to avoid misunderstandings.

Incentivize your affiliates with bonuses or higher commissions for hitting sales targets.

Keep in touch with a regular newsletter, updating them on new products and success stories.

Remember, the key is to collaborate with individuals who resonate with your target audience. If you’re in the IT space, reach out to influential tech bloggers for a partnership that benefits both parties. By leveraging their credibility, you can drive more traffic to your site while providing value to your affiliates.

Build External Link ‘s

Building external links is like networking for your website — it’s all about making connections that count. External backlinks are like digital high-fives from other websites, signaling to search engines that your content is valuable. But remember, it’s not just about quantity; the quality of the backlinks matters too.

To get started, here’s a simple list to guide you:

Identify authoritative sites in your niche.

Create engaging content they would want to link to.

Reach out and build relationships with website owners.

Offer value through guest posts or resourceful insights.

Remember, earning backlinks is a marathon, not a sprint. It takes time and effort to build a network of quality links, but the payoff in traffic and credibility is well worth it.

Speed up Your Site

Nobody likes to wait, especially online. If your website takes too long to load, visitors might just bounce off to a competitor. Speed is a crucial factor in not only keeping your visitors happy but also in improving your site’s SEO ranking. Start by testing your current website speed to identify what needs improvement.

Here’s a quick checklist to help you get started:

Test your site with speed test tools

Minify your site’s files using plugins like Autoptimize

Optimize your images before uploading

Enable browser caching to reduce load times for repeat visitors

Consider using a content delivery network (CDN) to improve access speed globally

Also read :How can I increase the traffic on my website?

Remember, a faster site can lead to better user engagement, higher SEO rankings, and ultimately, more traffic.

After making these changes, don’t forget to test your site again. It’s important to measure the impact of your optimizations and keep looking for ways to improve. With tools like WPRocket and ShortPixel, you can further enhance your site’s performance. And if all else fails, it might be time to look at your hosting solution.

Collaborate with Influencers

In the digital age, leveraging the power of influencers can be a game-changer for driving traffic to your website. Identify influencers who resonate with your target audience and are authorities in your niche. For example, if your audience is Instagram-savvy, teaming up with an Instagram influencer can yield better results than other platforms.

Collaborating with influencers should be a strategic partnership. It’s crucial to choose someone who not only has a significant following but also enjoys a positive reputation and creates content that aligns with your brand values. Here’s a simple guide to get you started:

Identify the right platform for your audience.

Select influencers with a strong presence and credibility in your niche.

Establish clear but flexible collaboration guidelines.

Allow creative freedom to ensure authentic promotion.

Remember, influencers have a unique understanding of their audience. By giving them the creative space to promote your brand, you tap into their ability to engage and persuade their followers effectively.

By following these steps and maintaining open communication, you can create a mutually beneficial relationship that not only increases your website traffic but also enhances your brand’s visibility and credibility.

Conclusion

In conclusion, increasing traffic to your website is a goal that is definitely achievable with the right strategies and dedication. By implementing a combination of organic methods like SEO optimization and quality content creation, along with paid strategies such as social media advertising and affiliate programs, you can attract more visitors to your site. Remember, it’s important to continuously analyze and adapt your approach to find what works best for your specific audience and budget. Good luck on your journey to boosting your website traffic!

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I optimize my website for search engines?

To optimize your website for search engines, you can start by implementing SEO best practices such as improving meta titles, descriptions, and headers. Research and use relevant keywords, including long-tail keywords, to rank higher on search engine results pages (SERPs). Additionally, create high-quality and valuable content based on popular keywords.

What is guest blogging and how can it increase website traffic?

Guest blogging is when you write and publish a blog post on another website to reach a new audience. By guest blogging on relevant websites, you can generate backlinks to your site and increase visibility. Building relationships, offering valuable content, and targeting the right audience are key strategies to increase website traffic through guest blogging.

How can social media engagement help drive traffic to my website?

Engaging on social media platforms can help drive traffic to your website by increasing brand awareness, promoting your content, and engaging with your audience. By sharing your website content on social media, interacting with followers, and participating in relevant conversations, you can attract more visitors to your site.

What are the benefits of utilizing affiliate programs to increase website traffic?

Utilizing affiliate programs can help increase website traffic by partnering with affiliates who promote your products or services to their audience. Affiliates earn a commission for driving traffic and sales to your site, incentivizing them to promote your offerings. This can lead to increased visibility, targeted traffic, and potential conversions for your website.

How important is building external links for improving website traffic?

Building external links, also known as backlinks, is important for improving website traffic as it enhances your site’s credibility and authority in the eyes of search engines. When reputable websites link back to your content, it signals to search engines that your site is trustworthy and valuable, potentially leading to higher rankings and increased organic traffic.

Why is website performance crucial for driving traffic to my site?

Website performance is crucial for driving traffic to your site because a fast and responsive website enhances user experience, reduces bounce rates, and improves search engine rankings. Slow-loading websites can deter visitors and impact your site’s visibility in search results. By optimizing website performance through speed improvements and reliable hosting, you can attract and retain more visitors.

How can collaborating with influencers help increase website traffic?

Collaborating with influencers can help increase website traffic by leveraging their audience and credibility to promote your brand or content. Influencers have a loyal following who trust their recommendations, making them valuable partners for driving traffic to your site. By partnering with influencers relevant to your niche, you can reach a targeted audience and attract new visitors to your website.

What are some effective ways to speed up my website for better traffic performance?

To speed up your website for better traffic performance, you can optimize images and videos, minify CSS and JavaScript files, enable browser caching, and use a content delivery network (CDN) to reduce loading times. Improving website speed not only enhances user experience but also boosts search engine rankings, leading to increased traffic and engagement on your site.

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Search Engine Optimization

The SEO of any website depends on multiple factors such as the quality of the content, the internal links of the website, relevant keywords, website HTML, metadata, etc. Google, the world’s most popular search engine defines the ranking of different websites, ensuring that the website is a unique and relevant resource for the readers.

SEO is further bifurcated into 5 types mainly which is on-page SEO, Off-page SEO, Local SEO, Technical SEO, and International SEO. Every category of SEO is playing a vital role in your SEO marketing strategy. Explore all 5 types of SEO and check out some useful tricks you can use to optimize your website.

On-page SEO – The on-page SEO is a basic search engine optimization technique in which you can make your website friendly for search engines as well as for the users. In this technique, you need to work on Website Meta Tags, images, Robots, sitemaps, Breadcrumbs, internal linking, backlinks, website HTML, URL Optimization, Content Optimization, etc.

Off-page SEO – Off-page SEO is mainly useful in creating good quality backlinks for your website that can drive organic traffic and boost your website ranking on the search engine result page. This technique mainly includes backlink creation, online reputation management, content marketing, guest posting, video marketing, etc. 

Local SEO – Local SEO is mainly useful in increasing footfalls to your location or creating awareness for your brand. To optimize local SEO for your brand it is important that you optimize your NAP information everywhere whether it’s Google my business listings or business citations on local directories. It will help you to boost your local SEO.

Technical SEO – Technical SEO is the most important part of SEO for any website. It is related to website loading time, technical errors, sitemap, website crawling and rendering, etc.

International SEO – International SEO is used when you want to promote your product or service in global markets. To start international SEO, it is important that you complete your market competitor research and plan your strategy accordingly. To complete your international SEO, you must consider the following things:

Choose the right country-specific domains

Use dedicated URLs for each localized content variant

Use the Hreflang attribute

Language-target your website

Choose the right keywords for each country

To fulfill your digital marketing needs it is important to consult with the best Digital marketing agency that can guide you in the complete digital transformation journey.

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