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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

#oh thats what thats all about??? christ

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ao3 writers staring at their inboxes 0.2 seconds after posting a new fic

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Why the fuck am I doing MATH. I'm GAY

#haha jk i do actually love math #math homework sucks tho bleh

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And suddenly, it was too much to bear. He clung to Hua Cheng’s fingers, basking in every last bit of comfort, of touch, his shoulders convulsing with silent grief. “San Lang, are you…are you…”

Before he could finish, Hua Cheng gently grasped Xie Lian’s chin and pressed their foreheads together. Hua Cheng’s cool, sweet breath puffed across his lips, and Xie Lian’s body hummed with sorrow and elation. With aching despair and warmth. He wanted. He wanted, oh how he wanted. Goosebumps covered his skin, and he shivered.

From « I Like You At Your Saddest », chapter 15, by GhostTour.

Guys, guys, this fic is wrecking me, I swear 😭😭 Please, please go read it!

#OH THIS LOOKS SOOOO GOOD #tgcf

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#wasnt planning to reblog until i saw the last comment #which made me burst out laughing

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The thing I like about Kabru is that he has Main Character Energy leaking from every pore. He was born with unusual eyes. He's the last survivor of a village destroyed by an out-of-control dungeon. He was taught to be an extremely effective manslayer by his hot adoptive elf mom. He can read people like a book. He picks up women effortlessly.

But in the dungeon he's completely out of his depth and all his Sherlock abilities are completely useless against Laios, the Most Autistic Man Alive and the real main character.

#dungeon meshi

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This Chai can fix me. I just know it

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dungeon meshi is the ultimate manga for a lot of reasons but some of my top favorites are that

- never any “omg pervert!!!” jokes that are so insanely prevalent in fantasy manga for some reason

- only “ship tease” is between falin and marcille

- completely and well fleshed out female characters who have their own motivations character and arcs just as equally as the male characters

- catgirl who actually is a cat girl (inscrutable, a little rude, pushes shit off tables, a little unsettling) and not just a cutesy moe girl with cat ears

- ultimate autism protagonist (thank you laois for your service)

- “this elf is actually 5000 years old but looks like a young adult/teenager for some reason” but ryoko kui actually pulled off making it heartbreaking and a significant part of marcille’s character

- chilchuk divorce

- the most insane worldbuilding ever

- only fanservice is senshi #SENSHISWEEP

#dungeon meshi

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Didn't we fucking all.

#i mean its THE men whimpering podcast- #<- prev tags SO TRUE #malevolent podcast

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bounce silly bounce bounce 👾

#one piece

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I was expecting anything but not Bard

#ranger and then fighter baybeeee

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yeah thats accurate

#tmagp

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the way you win at DnD is making your friends laugh

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ROMANCE DAWN TRIO

#one piece

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Sorry, I could never be a capitalist, I suffer from “wanting humans to have their basic needs met” disorder, where I care about people who aren’t me.

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Happy International Asexuality Day!

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fanfic where they both turn into coniferous trees. mutual pining