#the kofi links are creeping back onto fic posts and it’s even less cute than it never was before

[ratherembarrassing]

read this thread. this is by far the most concise explanation of a lot of different issues that i’ve seen in fandom spaces in a while. cosigning both the linked thread and the thread about aus/uk/can law that’s linked in-thread.

The rest of the thread is here.

tl;dr: Don’t monetize AO3, kids.  You won’t like what happens next.