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New Wave of Smut Censorship on Wattpad & Google Docs
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New Wave of Smut Censorship on Wattpad & Google Docs
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people complaining about ao3 site “not looking aesthetically pretty” is so funny to me because it’s super clear these people are used to wattpad and other social media platforms where you can have aesthetic layouts, but what they fail to understand is that ao3 is an archive. it’s a library with the purpose of keeping/storing/archiving fanworks. it’s not a social media.
also, you can technically make your ao3 page look aesthetically pretty by applying your own customized skin/layouts on your own ao3 page. according to people who use their own customized skins, it’s easy once you learn how to do it (I personally don’t know how to do it because I’m not interested in learning or applying any fancy skin, and I just use dark mode there) it may not be as easy as decorating twitter or wattpad layout, but that’s because the purpose of ao3 is to archive fanworks, not to be a place for users to show their aesthetic layouts.
once again, ao3 is a non-profit organization, an anti-censorship archive/library that welcomes all kinds of fanfics/fanworks. it doesn’t prioritize “looking aesthetically pretty” because looking aesthetically pretty like a social media platform has never been relevant to its purpose.
here’s the list of things you need to know if you’re new to ao3
Open Thread: Wattpad Refugees
With the recent rumblings about censorship and work deletions on Wattpad, many users are considering posting to AO3 for the first time. If that describes you, you may have questions.
This post is a collection of resources you can use to start finding the answers to these questions. If you don’t find what you’re looking for at the links below or you have something more specific to ask, please feel welcome to post questions in the reblogs and comments here.
If you’re an AO3 pro answering questions in these notes, be kind. We were all new once, and other fans helped us then. It’s time to pay it forward.
Resources (under the cut)
I'm gonna be honest, I'm kind of worried for the flood of new AO3 users that are gonna come in in about 3-4 weeks (since there are already so many new invitation requests rn it's gonna take that long). I know the new Wattpad rules are gonna drive many people to AO3 and while it should be a good thing beause fuck censorship, I also know that there are gonna be many people that won't know how to behave in someone else's house.
I'm not too worried for myself because I think that most of the current supernatural fic community is on AO3 already, but I am worried for other authors and fandoms. People and stories are going to be put on blast for things that shouldn't matter to anybody else and in places where those stories where never meant to end up.
We have seen far too much harassment over fanfiction already and I'm worried it's only going to get worse.
So to all my fellow writers out there: stay strong and don't let yourself be put down by people that are trespassing in places they don't belong*
(*I mean specific fics/kinks/communities etc. not AO3 as a whole)
And if you're reading this and you're one of the people crossing over from Wattpad: Welcome! We're happy you want to join AO3 but please inform yourself of how it and the community works, it's not the same as Wattpad but there are plenty of resources out there that can help you figure everything out beforehand (like the TOS, Reddit communities, blog posts on here etc. etc.)
It looks like Wattpad has tightened up their content polices to exclude what they deem to be "pornographic" material. I don't post there anyway, but if you do and you think your fics might fall afoul of this change, now is a good time to make sure you've got backups.
I'd love to believe that they wouldn't wipe out a huge slew of fics, but it's happened multiple times before on other sites.
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Quick update
So.... I already have a few chapters ready for a new Levi fic ✨ It will be much darker and angstier than my previous one. I want to write a few more chapters in before I start posting it (probably in September/October) but I am. so. EXCITED. about. it!!
In the meantime, though... I started playing Fields of Mistria over the past couple of days and now I'm thinking I might do a quick one for my beloved March đź‘€
A question: will I ever get rid of my never-ending, unhinged obsession for sullen and broody men??
Probably not đź¤
all these kids migrating over from wattpad talking about reporting fics on ao3… open the schools and learn your history while the rest of us get a whole lot weirder and nastier!
