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realizing that sticking to the "do it bad" "do it scared" mentality implies theres also a "do it bored"

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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.

#holy shit #glad I have an account #ao3

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i love when fragrantica reviews feel like someone just started talking to me while we wait for the bus and then when it comes it turns out they weren't even getting on the bus and they just walk away

#funny

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Your great-great-great grandfather was a vampire. However, the vampire genes are so diluted all it means is you’re mildly annoyed by crosses, are allergic to garlic, and get sunburned easily.

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Your daily dose of cat memes

#funny #cats

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The fact that Microsoft Word has to be a subscription is upsetting. I already paid for it why do I have to pay again

#IMPORTANT #microsoft word

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#CACKLING #funny

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I wonder why

#YES EXACTLY #same tbh #art #comic

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WHY ARE YOU IN MY MIXER

#funny

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#funny

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Duck Amuck | Director: Chuck Jones | Studio: Warner Bros. | USA, 1953

#LEGENDARY POST #daffy duck #loony tunes #video #funny

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Loputyn  -  https://www.facebook.com/loputynbunny  -  https://www.instagram.com/loputyn/?hl=es  -  https://loputyn.tumblr.com  -  https://stay-hop.com/collections/loputyn

#OOOOOOO #art #snakes #LOVELY

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“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.

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I will open the fucking TikTok app just to watch this video multiple times

#CACKLING #funny #video

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learning that people want you in their lives is a skill you can develop if it does not come naturally

#yeah #yeah... #though I still sometimes have moments where I feel like people hang with me out of pity or because I'm entertaining them in the moment... #And if I say or do the wrong thing that's it they're gone #just poof #I'm getting better though #important #life advice #same tbh

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poor memory is a huge deal and i wish people wouldn't diminish it by saying "oh yeah i can't remember what i had for breakfast lol."

i can't remember the first 10 years of my life. i can't remember entire days, weeks, months at a time. i can't remember entire people, i can't remember names or faces. i can't remember when things are scheduled for, my calendar app on my phone is booked to the max with reminders and task checklists. i can't remember when i moved into what home when, i can't remember important milestone dates like when i got or lost certain jobs, or when i started a new hobby.

that's what i mean when i say i have poor memory. poor memory is so scary for the person who has it. it's not a quirky thing, everyone forgets small details. memory problems are scary because you can go through entire events or days with no memory, or plan for things in the future that you can't recall ever even looking into or scheduling. it's not a funny haha kind of thing, it's serious, and it affects a lot of people in very unavoidable ways.

not being able to plan for appointments or work schedules, not being able to remember people's names or faces, not being able to recall whether or not you were present for something or whether or not you met someone, not being able to keep track of what's happening on what dates and losing track of items because you can't remember where you put them are all very real problems, and anyone dealing with them deserves to be taken seriously, and not diminished when they choose to speak up about it.

#YEAH #YEAH YEAH #YES EXACTLY #I remember tiny pieces of my life that I have a strong emotional connection to #the rest is just GONE #like GONE gone #I can't remember pretty much everything listed here #it's like it never happened #I just exist #important #memory problems #psychology #same tbh