#protect ao3

[elenaazra]

I hope that at the next AO3 fundraiser, none of us will hear complaints, whining and questions about why these funds are needed. Thanks to those who spent their time and effort to restore work, you deserve gratitude and respect!

[rkivees]

It's official!!! It's finally back up!

[marlowmalenk]

Ok so like earlier today I was joking about ao3 being down cuz I thought it was, ya know the normal ‘hey we’ll be down for maintenance or another common problem’

But knowing what really happened, is so much worse.

It’s now that users should realize that there are little to no other websites like ao3, and it’s increasingly being proved to us that it’s vulnerable.

Idk about you guys, I appreciate the memes, i do. But I feel that this isn’t a time for the funnies rn, maybe later.

Something’s wrong w me, cuz sometimes I get these inclinations to just flip established systems as a minority to show that we can make a change. I feel like ao3 users need to come together to protect our website and our rights on the internet.

TLDR: brains thinks Staging a peaceful protest to protect ao3 and websites like it is good idea but it’s also like 1 AM for me so you might disregard this post as ramblings

[m-i-r-p]

Send thoughts and prayers to the AO3 volunteer folks

[tfpshatteredglasswriter]

UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE!!!!! Yeah, that's right I can swear but I only swear and curse rarely.

Wanna know why?

Here's the reason.

This motherfucker want to monetize the said exposure about the reason why they're attacking AO3 right now. They're so fucking unbelievable! Hope they get karma cause karma is a bitch that bites hard.

[marlowmalenk]

death by Military Uniforms?

First thing you see after you zoom in is how you die

How you dying 👀

[rkivees]

I only have one ao3 tab loaded PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO ME

[kedreeva]

as a reminder to literally anyone and everyone who even so much as considers this: AO3 has NO autosave ability when you're making drafts, so PLEASE do not use it instead of a writing program.

If their server goes down, if you hit a wrong button and refresh the page or go back to the previous page, if you accidentally close the browser, if your browser or device crashes, etc etc etc you are shit out of luck. Your work is gone forever, it didn't backup to anywhere and there is NO recovery option. Even TUMBLR's drafting ability is supposed to autosave and often does.

If you want to avoid gdocs that's fine- there's other text editors with simple autosave options, like Online Notepad or Digital Scholar's notepad, or there's still local-drive writing programs that are free and open source, like LibreOffice. PLEASE do not use AO3 to write your stories into directly. It has NOTHING.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i vote that next year instead of reading Dracula we do a Jeeves & Wooster Book Club. those two never got the rabid tumblr shipping fandom they deserved (disqualified for the sheer technicality of being published a century too soon). we must correct this injustice

[hippielittlemetalhead]

If you ever see a shitty comment on AO3 with my username that's not just like (solicited) constructive criticism let me know! So I can take measures to get that shit reported and handled with extreme prejudice.

Yet another AO3 bot situation - please spread the word!

Hi, it's me again, the person who wrote that viral post about fanfiction plagiarism! Today I'm here to warn you about abuse perpetrated by bots who have stolen AO3 usernames.

There's currently an epidemic of bots going around leaving (apparently random) horrible, hateful comments on people's fics. This isn't the first time bots have invaded AO3, but the big problem with this wave is that they're using real AO3 usernames to do it.

I learned about this when another writer contacted me after receiving the following comment on their story:

Now, while that is my username, I DEFINITELY did not leave this comment (and anyone who would leave something like that on a fic should be slapped! What an awful thing to post). This fic is in a completely unrelated fandom that I have never participated in, nor has that author participated in any of my fandoms, so the probability of it being some intentional fandom drama thing to make me look bad is also low.

The writer whose fic the comment was left on enlisted the aid of some friends and tracked down other guest comments with unrelated usernames attached, which is pretty strong evidence that they are being left by bots at random.

The TL;DR: If you receive a cruel comment from a (Guest) with an actual AO3 username attached, it's most likely from a bot. Please do not lash out at or dogpile the AO3 user who owns that name, and who in all likelihood has no idea that their name has been hijacked for evil.

If finding this kind of comment on a fic, even left by a bot, is likely to upset you, I would recommend changing your comment settings so that only users who are logged in can leave comments. To do this, edit your story settings, and under "Privacy," select the radio button that says "Only registered users can comment," as shown below.

Please spread the word to other AO3 users! And if you see mean guest comments on other fics, maybe let the author know that it's probably from a bot and not a real person who thinks their writing is bad.

[ms-demeanor]

I don't care about data scraping from ao3 (or tbh from anywhere) because it's fair use to take preexisting works and transform them (including by using them to train an LLM), which is the entire legal basis of how the OTW functions.

[bruciemilf]

Battinson as a parent: oh, I’m sorry that you fell , Jay. Yes, the ground shouldn’t have tripped you. Bad ground. Would you like an ice cream to feel better?

Thomas when Bruce jumped off the slide and broke his arm because some kid dared him to: Bet you won’t do that dumbass shit again, huh?

[erinwantstowrite]

ok ok ok last doodle for today but it was so important to me to draw these

[rkivees]

they are clearly trying to identify the problem but in case it gets really unstable it's time to download some stuff to read I think

[silvermoon424]

I'm watching a video on ancient Fanfiction.net drama and the creator is going over all the dumb rules FF.net has that I forgot about (no 2nd person perspective writing, no interactive stories, no explicit 18+ stories, no incorporating song lyrics into your fic, etc, not to mention the systemic problems like the lack of an archival system).

We are so fucking lucky to have AO3 nowadays, you guys.

[mischievous-thunder]

Logan didn't mean it as an insult. It was a part of their hitting-each-other-back-and-forth conversation. He repressed his emotional and soft side here and chose to hide behind a snarky comment.

Until he couldn't keep them inside, of course.

Logan was found unable to keep his emotions in check whenever he saw Wade's face and those beautiful eyes. He realised the intensity of his love for Wade during the brief conversation they had before going inside the chamber to destroy the Time Ripper. The raw emotions they felt for each other while destroying it also worked as a brilliant catalyst. None of them could pretend anymore. They didn't want to.

In truth, Logan loved Wade scars and imperfections and all. To him, those imperfections were a constant reminder of the fact they were what made Wade more than perfect. Both of them went through a violent and torturous past and their past made them the persons they were now.

Logan's first affectionate smile for Wade was when both of them looked their most dishevelled and covered in dirt and grime after saving the world together. But that was the most endearing sight to Logan. They weren't scared to show their vulnerable side anymore. The way they looked at each other with deep love and affection written across their faces for each other was unmatched.

Before all this, both of them were lost, Logan more so. He'd given up on life and hope when hope itself came knocking at his door in the form of one Wade Wilson. Fate proved to be such a wonderful thing as it finally worked out in their favour and miraculously brought the two soulmates from two different universes together.