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People out there who are new to AO3 might not realize that some of the things they are posting actually violate the Terms of Service. While these kinds of posts are great for social media sites like tumblr or Twitter, they are actually not allowed on AO3. AO3 isn’t a social media site. It’s a fanfiction archive. 

Since most people don’t read the Terms of Service for sites that they use (no shade - I’m including myself in that description), I thought I’d make a post about things that you should not post on AO3. This list is in no particular order:

requests to help find a fic

lists of prompts

requests for prompts

translations of someone else’s work, if you don’t have their permission (this includes published fiction as well as fanfic)

someone else’s work (either published or fannish)

liveblog reactions to watching episodes 

invitations to a discord server

songfics that include the full lyrics to a copyrighted song

a placeholder - no actual fic, just a work posted saying that a fic will eventually be there

class notes or homework (unless that homework is fic or fandom meta)

searches for role playing partners

rec lists

requests for recommendations

callout posts

fandom organizing (ex. let’s vote X for People’s Choice!)

requests for money 

fic planning/outlining

As new people join the site, works like these are bound to be posted to AO3. Give friends and fellow fans a heads up, and hopefully by letting people know ahead of time they can avoid posting these mistakes. 

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•So! In recent light of Tumblr banning NSFW content starting Dec 17th, I will be replacing the NSFW pages of Avialae here with the censored versions (I already do this on webtoons and tapas). There are a few alternatives to read the comic uncensored:

• Support me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lucid) for $5/month or more and get 10 pages ahead, which are always uncensored.

• Read it on the main site: yaoi.biz It updates Tu/Th/Sat at noon cst and is always uncensored. The site is integrated with Patreon, so if you support me on Patreon you can get access to additional content on yaoi.biz as well. I always link out to this site when I post pages on tumblr anyways since Tumblr is garbage for reading webcomics. There is also an email newsletter you can sign up for at the bottom of the site that will email you when a new page is available.

• Follow Avialae on Twitter: (https://twitter.com/avialaecomic). The comic updates publicly, uncensored. You can turn on push notifications for that account alone if you’re looking for an alternative to tumblr’s notification system. (My main twitter is https://twitter.com/llllucid which is where I’m most active.)

• I will also be getting a pillowfort.io account when their site is back up and running. Not sure if Avialae as a whole will live on there yet, but I’ll definitely be using it for my other nsfw art at least. I’ll make announcements about that on my twitter and here when it happens.

Please, please, please support your favorite NSFW artists right now–financially if you can afford it, but even just spreading the word helps enormously. I’m not entirely surprised Tumblr is doing this, as my uncensored content has been kicked off countless sites who have suddenly changed their policy. The internet is growing increasingly closed-off towards NSFW (especially queer) creators, and it’s harder and harder to find a new home every time.

So, please, tell this ugly blue site to fuck itself and do whatever you can to help nsfw creators.