I dunno if any of my readers on AO3 are following me here, but Iāve made the decision to lock all my works to registered users to avoid scraping.
I do not, and will never want, my writing to be used in any kind of AI. There is a disclaimer on my profile stating so. I will be putting one on each individual work as well.
This is really sad, as those who are not logged in will not be able to engage anymore. My engagement was never really spectacular to begin with. This is making it harder for myself to enjoy an art, that I struggle to keep motivation high for, during my busy adult life. Comments and kudos are some of the things that keep me motivated.
But I canāt stand by and watch theft of my hard work occur right in front of me. I encourage you to make a throw-away account to use for liking stories instead of being a guest to help creators on AO3 to continue creating free content for audiences to enjoy.
