do it for her (your thirteen year old self)
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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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Learning about Lopburi, the Thai town where two rival gangs of monkeys have been fighting in the streets
Police have been trying to capture the “leaders” but the monkeys know how to identify a tranquilizer gun, so they scatter as soon as they someone raise one. Cops have to hide the tranq gun until they get close.
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Thinking about the wild macaques we saw in Kyoto last fall✨🍃🤎
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I’m raising money, so it’s time for Commissions!
$20 colored/shaded doodle
$50 full drawing
$10 per frame rough animation, $20 per frame colored/polished animation (animation prices will vary, this is a base quote)
+$10 for the same character in a different pose (like for a comic or something!)
+$20 extra character, simple background, or complex prop (simple mobility aids free!) $250 for a complex background
+$40 NSFW
Message me if you’re interested! (I reserve the right to deny commissions)
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[Image ID: A digital drawing of a smiling purple robot monkey with yellow eyes jumping back onto a large stone in a river. The area is grassy with distant mountains. The sky is lightening with yellow clouds. /End ID]
Experimental digital coloring commission for @besharp16, featuring their character Cincy! Thank you for another commission! X)
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Hey guys - posting my kofi because I'm having a really rough time financially now. I don't make enough, don't have the energy to do much of anything else, and I'm struggling against debt I've been taking on to make it work in difficult times. Any donos/signal boosts are appreciated.
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If you have OCs, tell me what is that song that you have a whole imaginary animatic in your head that you wish was real. Go wild, tell me about it (you can send an ask, reblog this post or just reply here)
I’ll start first: Cendrillon ft Althea and Orion
Talking about OCs is always time well spent uvu
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@chanceofclouds @projectaffectivity
I'm so happy to get these! I recently watched Over The Garden Wall, so I just had to get your keychains :D
And I love the Mandarin pin - it's amazing. I'm also pretty stoked that I got Pearl :)
Thank you so much!
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There's a little under two weeks left to apply (or poke your equally talented friends to reply) for the Shuggazine! Apply here!
We've already received a hearty pile of apps and I'm getting really excited to sort through the final application pile and choose our team!
If you still have any questions, be sure to shoot this blog an ask ASAP!
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