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Begging people to stop reblogging this AI trash from “The Phantom Painter” on Instagram (instagram.com/phantom.painting). I’ve been seeing it on my dash more and more often from people who are otherwise anti-AI and either can’t tell it’s AI or don’t care because it looks cool.

This is the kind of shit that is VERY CLEARLY trained on the works of existing talented artists’ with distinct styles and this asshole is selling prints and making a profit off of stealing other people’s hard work.

Don’t give people like this money or attention and they will go away.

Please, if you’re going to buy art prints, buy them from an actual artist.

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i love it when male biographers talk shit on women for rejecting their male biographees bc the misogyny inevitably goes so far it turns into homoeroticism naruto-style

#i'm so affronted by the claim that Byron wouldnt have fucked that gushing biogapher #because false #Byron was a man slut if you bat your eyelashes at him he would fucked you with 0 hesitation

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pro-AI in the sense of "they taught a bread scanning computer to recognize cancer cells" etc etc

against AI in the sense of "we stole artwork from hundreds to thousands of artists, didn't credit them and didn't financially compensate them"

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A short while ago you mentioned fic on AO3 that was written in the “AO3 style”, or something to that effect. I was wondering if you could elaborate on what that means/is?

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Oh god. This topic comes around every 6 months or so. Others should feel free to help me out here, but basically...

A lot of fanfic sounds like the other fanfic and other stuff that the same communities consume. In a given era and sector of fandom, that leads to a samey style. It often has a lot of overlap with a specific sector and era of genre fiction with a heavy dose of watches-tv-does-not-read-books elements on top.

AO3 House Style is relatively similar to the height of LJ Western slash fandom. Other fanfic styles are often similar but start showing other influences the more distant you get.

There are some major strains, not always in the same works:

Transparent genre fiction prose that doesn't call too much attention to itself. It's there to convey plot, not make you notice the language qua language. You'll see something similar in, say, a Mercedes Lackey novel (along with the terrible editing and protagonist centered morality that are also common in fic, haha).

YA boom era YA vibes.

Kind of forced "snark" and samevoice from many characters in a way that tells you the author spent a little too much time watching Buffy.

World building and complex thriller/mystery/etc. plots that actually work typically take a back seat to pining, angst with a happy ending, and other more ship-focused, character interaction-focused, and emotions-focused things. The general idea of a mystery, vampire AU, etc. is often present, but it's more of a backdrop. (Depends on the part of fandom though!)

Huge focus on the internal psychological and emotional state of characters.

Lots of hurt/comfort, both physical and emotional.

Lots of serialized work that shows the traces of being written that way (dangling plot threads, inflated word count, returning to similar plot points in a way that wouldn't happen if the thing were completely written, revised, and then only posted serially).

Certain cliched phrases like "He smelled of __ and __ and something uniquely him", carding fingers through hair (thanks, commenters for researching this one a year or two ago and proving it's way more common in fic!), "Oh. Oh.", etc.

If the fic is more self-consciously literary, it's full of sentences that trail off to the point where you're almost not sure what actually happened.

Often lots of very short paragraphs and lots of scenes that are almost all dialogue

Frequently third person limited present tense. Some third person limited past tense. Less of other stuff unless you're looking at a fandom where canon is first person or you're looking at readerfic (which is on AO3 but is not really "AO3 House Style").

Honestly, some people would just say "sounds like fanfic", but if you go read primarily on SpaceBattles or something, you're going to find a lot of stories that don't sound quite the same as your prototypical AO3 fic.

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Danny never got help with his homework again

#Vlad pausing a fight to mae sure Danny doesn't fail any of his subjects #is so iconic #Danny phantom

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I cannot BELIEVE you guys actually signing up to netflix just because account sharing was banned. You need to learn about cool websites with many beautiful women who would love you message you and send you downloadable files.

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⚠️ Fandom is Moving Forward with Generative AI ⚠️

As of December 15, Fandom has announced their plans to continue using AI to "enhance" their articles.

In short, they claim to have primarily used AI to

Scan images for "appropriateness" (be that NSFW content or just fitting in with the theme of the show), which still involves scraping tons of images and comparing them to a potentially unethically sourced database. As with all machine learning using images, it is still wildly inaccurate.

Optimizing edits - something they admit is still severely lacking because it can't read tables or variants on simple things like "birthday"

Optimizing SEO - this is clearly what they care most about, since Google likes the "Quick Answers" - as shitty as they were - this means they can continue to dominate the search results and gain more ad revenue.

This is a good time to remember that Fandom is a for-profit company with inverstors, which means their end goal is always to make the most money possible. They don't care about "The Fans" (despite the lip service), and they don't care about the authenticity of user-generated content if they can figure out how to automate the process.

STOP USING FANDOM.

Alternatives/Workarounds:

Indie Wiki Buddy is an extension that will redirect you to non-Fandom versions of wikis if it's in their database.

BreezeWiki displays all Fandom wikis in a clean, ad-free format with just the article content (no links to their forums, autoplay videos, etc)

If you must use Fandom, install UBlock Origin. It's available on all desktop browsers and Firefox Mobile. Hit them where it hurts. And encourage the wiki teams to leave Fandom if they can.

Also, be sure to support independent wikis! You can disable adblockers while on their sites, as they usually have much less obtrusive ads which directly fund server maintenance rather than CEO salaries. Change links on your posts/pages to direct to non-Fandom Wikis (even wiki.gg is better).

Keep information free from corporatization.

#also support the alternatives for your favorite wikis that have moved away from using Fandom

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I have over 2000 bookmarks on ao3, so there are times when I want to read a fic, but don’t remember the title or author. And I read a lot of fics that has the same trope, (fix-it, secret reveal, enemies to lovers, etc.) so the summary and tags aren’t always enough for me to find that one specific fic.

Something I do is write a summary or just some major plots points in the notes. It’s been super helpful because I do reread a lot of fics.

My question is, is this considered rude to the author? Because I know a lot of authors expect to see a person’s thoughts on the fic if they check the notes, not a summary.

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Bookmarks are not for the author.

Write whatever is useful to you and/or other readers in your bookmarks.

I do enjoy seeing how other people have bookmarked my work, but I'm basically snooping. Benignly. But still. That's the framework an author should look at it through.

#It''s literally not that difficult as a writer on ao3 to avoid public bookmarks #And if you're so flagrantly missing the point that bookmarks are not the domain of fic authors but for readers #you might want to find a new hobby #I've used bookmarks to catalogue fics that I love and fics that I really hate that I mark down so no one reccs them to me #with very detailed almost review like reasons for why #Whether those bookmarks are public or private they are still my (the readers domain)

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Well, well, well

#i should start the Onmyoji anime this weekend- #sees this trailer #now i really need to watch the anime before comitting to this film #2024 is feeling like the year i return to my Onmyoji roots #i still need to get farther in the game as well

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For the DC x DP server gift exchange!

Constantine has been taking care of dealing with a stray King of the dead for a while now

Please no reposts, referencing, reusing, or edits, please feel free to reblog ❤️ Click for best resolution!

#it's rare for me to like dc x dp content #but this one slaps so hard i couldnt resist #danny phantom

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apparently melon husk is actively rolling this out in other countries its actually joever

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If anyones interested in learning about the first black vampire short story, published in 1819, heres a link to the wiki, its called The Black Vampyre, and its about a former slave turned vampire who seeks revenge on his slave master. Its actually a first in many categories!

#👀

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I cannot and WILL NOT stop thinking about @zillychu’s Fire Core AU. It’s got it all. Character with stupidly long white hair? Check. Even more trauma than the source media? Check. Sorta feral behavior? CHECK. The AU I never knew I needed in my life.

#danny phantom #what's this? a new au for me fo fixate on at 3 in the morning?

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I had a nightmare last night.

I was a reporter.

#ooh #cosmic horror

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The ‘Villain protects injured Hero’ trope is>>>

#danny phantom #i want to frame this and put it in the louvre

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#me dissociating during the holiday season #as my aunt starts yelling at everyone for perceived grievances