#im also extremely grateful for the ao3 volunteers

[jowasfounddead]

In all seriousness, if ao3 stays down for days, even weeks, because of those dumb fucking attackers, I’m gonna be extremely depressed and suicidal. I physically cannot live without ao3 👍

#ao3 fanfic #ao3 is down #ao3 #im gonna go into a depressive episode #I’m going to kill myself #sobbing violently #im also extremely grateful for the ao3 volunteers

[metamatar]

What are the correct reasons to hate ao3 I'm curious

volunteer only model that results in an org run by rich / middle class people with a lot of time, extremely cliquish organisational structure that is very resistant to outsider critique (mostly about racism), lack of good tools to prevent harassment. tag wrangling is also nightmarishly designed and held up by hundreds of labor hours. how is the site still in beta. i say hate but ofc i think fan culture has benefited immensely because of ao3 – im grateful for it like im grateful for the existence of git. idk if people understand that its dominance in modern fan culture comes precisely from its commitment to not doing any censorship and not being a social media site.

#asks #the bad reasons are obviously all the ao3 promotes incest/pedophilia/rape/moral panic du jour #fandom