every day I learn bot comments on ao3 are stooping lower and lower
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 Iβve heard) itβs because they want to βsafelyβ steal your work, use it to train their ai without you being able to rightfully claim ownership of your work since βthereβs no proof that the work was stolen/was posted elsewhere first by youβ because the original source has already been deleted.
THEY ARE ALL BOTS. at first it was βao3 is deleting fics and your entire account will be affected unless you delete the fics yourselfβ then it was βthis work contains contents that are illegal and they have already reported you and your fic to the policeβ (yes, thatβs how desperate these bots are), and now itβs this.
report their comments to ao3 for spamβin this case, specifically, I think you may be able to report them for harassment tooβand donβt pay attention to them, most importantly donβt delete your works, donβt feel discouraged by their comments. remember that they are bots and they mass comment something like this on peopleβs works at random to get people to delete their works. (or even if theyβre not bot, they are still pathetic bullies who donβt deserve your time or attention.)
MORE ABOUT BOTS AND SCAMS PLAGUING AO3βS COMMENTS SECTION HERE
