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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.

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Episode 2 synopsis, The Butler, in disguise, anime vs manga

Sebastian and Ciel infiltrate the school on the Queen's orders. In order to get closer to P4, who governs the school, Ciel's reputation at school has to improve.

He must get the opportunity to attend a meeting just for P4 and their dorm mates.

I was eagerly waiting for them to post the synopsis. Maurice’s design is amazing. Let’s see how long will he stay pretty. Though, S, beautiful, gorgeous demon, oh my.

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@achairwithapandaonit maurice :D

Can't wait for Maurice to make his appearance

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▸Kuroshitsuji:Kishuku Gakkou Hen✦ EP02✦ Ciel Phantomhive

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Some more cute parallels that the anime staff decided to show in the anime

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This episode of Bluey is called:

Camphor Tree

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This episode of Bluey is called:

Camphor Tree

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that one scene from the simpsons

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ah yes, what every children's animated series needs

Homestuck references

edit: yes, this was confirmed to be real and on purpose by the previous Lead Art Director on Bluey

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Aur naur

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nobody told him

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I reread this fic and I stand by what I said

....WHAT THE FUCK?

😂 What’s the funniest comment someone has left on a fic of yours?

I don't think anyone would ever top @eyesoffthemaud 's comment on "Safe House"

Link

#maud answers #bro what the fuck #GOOFY😭

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hey I really hate doing self publicity bUT. FOLKS WE NEED TO MOVE THESE BOOKS or there won't be room in the Topatoco warehouse for TPoH volume 4, which we plan to kickstart later this year- so yeah!

THE PRINCESS AND THE JESTER BOOKS ON SALE NOW!

don't miss the opportunity, there's only a limited number left and they're really gorgeous guys seriously ya gotta get in on this

Want to try before you buy? You can read the Princess and the Jester FOR FREE right here! Go enjoy a free fairy tale! You earned it.

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everytime

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“I always wonder about Howl and Markl before Sophie came along…” — Anna-Laura