Call Me Moose

Part 7 :)

ao3 doesn't have an app because for it to have an app, appstore will have to approve it first. and if, hypothetically, ao3 needs appstore to approve it, it will also have to abide by appstore's pro-censorship stance and start banning dark and taboo fics, which is against its own core principle of being completely against censorship.

ao3 doesn't need an app. it works more than fine without an app. the reason ao3 can allow dark and taboo fics, the reason it can allow the most disgusting and shockingly vile fics, and be completely against censorship is because it doesn't need appstore's approval. it stands on its own as a non-profit organization with functioning site and a team of lawyers protecting its platform, its users, and every single fanwork on its platform.

everybody say thank you ao3

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AND DON´T USE AI.

For the character ask game (here)

-> Nolan and Sydeny

"I can't do this." Sydney blurted out, she looked about to vomit at any minute.  

"We'll be fine." He said more to himself than to her,  

"I don't know how could you had done that." She gave him a judgmental look.  

Right, the shooting. That wasn't him, Nolan had not even been able to shot an arrow at someone, let alone plan a whole shooting, that got three humans and one Banshee in the hospital. It had been Gabe. How did he had the guts to hurt all those people and don't feel any weight in his conscience? I did it for you, Gabe had told him.  

"I-I... not..." Nolan tripped in his own words. He had no relation to the shooting, but how could he say otherwise? If he was labeled as a liability he might be discarded.  

"I didn't want to be scared anymore, but this people here are scaring me." Sydney established, lowering her vocie so nobody passing near by could hear them. "Those aren't simply just monsters, they are people too. Did you know Liam and Corey from your year are supernaturals too? Lydia and Mason were in the hospital because they got shot."  

Nolan starred at his own hands covered in blood, it might not had been him that drew it still he let it happen. It hadn't been first time that innocent blood were in his hands because of someone else's action, someone that was supposed to shelter him.

anyway if you get a comment like this, chances are that they are bot and their goal is to do whatever it takes to get you to delete your work, most certainly (from what I’ve heard) it’s because they want to “safely” steal your work, use it to train their ai without you being able to rightfully claim ownership of your work since “there’s no proof that the work was stolen/was posted elsewhere first by you” because the original source has already been deleted.

THEY ARE ALL BOTS. at first it was “ao3 is deleting fics and your entire account will be affected unless you delete the fics yourself” then it was “this work contains contents that are illegal and they have already reported you and your fic to the police” (yes, that’s how desperate these bots are), and now it’s this.

report their comments to ao3 for spam—in this case, specifically, I think you may be able to report them for harassment too—and don’t pay attention to them, most importantly don’t delete your works, don’t feel discouraged by their comments. remember that they are bots and they mass comment something like this on people’s works at random to get people to delete their works. (or even if they’re not bot, they are still pathetic bullies who don’t deserve your time or attention.)

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