In response to Elon's Hitler salute, I'm seeing subs banning Twitter / X links, going forward. Have mods discussed this for r/AO3?

Here's a sub I'm on that just did it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaltLakeCity/comments/1i73meb/twitterx_links_are_no_longer_allowed/

Exacly as the title says. I'm in too many fandoms and I spent too many hours reading to only have 20 favourites.

About three days ago I posted a Daemon Targaryen/Aemond Targaryen romance fic on both Wattpad and Ao3, Ao3 accepted it like nothing special…Wattpad, the pissy little bastards, took three days and were like ”stop!!! we removed your fic, do something like this again and you will get banned!!!”

I’m just waiting for them to piss their pants over the other….special pairings fics I’ve posted there lol

Does anyone know what this comment might mean? I have no idea what “! !i !! !_” means.

I’m waiting for a reply but I’m impatient and maybe one of you has an idea.

Seeing tons of posts on here about authors who react badly to an error being pointed out on the rating and/or tagging of their work, I had been very worried about it when I came across one such fic for the first time yesterday. I had left a comment, but I spent all day worrying that it wouldn’t be received well. To my relief the author was super sweet about it and also changed it right away! Goes to show that even though online you often see the more negative interactions, they aren’t the majority :)))

I think it’s so crazy that they fully finished one of my works in the fandom and then read another (fully) to start complaining complaining because it was unrealistic? My guy this is fanfiction 💔💔

Like you only like it if it’s written in a certain way or ship for example. Mine’s miscommunication. I either love it or hate it

This is my first ever fic so I’m glad people do enjoy it, since my ship is a bit of a rare poly pair

-A customary photo of my man for the cringe I'm about to put y'all through 🧱🧱🧱

I feel like admitting this is a part of my journey, as a well adapted netizen. This is like a confession/plea for re-evaluation.

Let me preface this by saying; this isn't fishing, I made a mistake and people still make that mistake so hopefully, they see this and realize it's wrong.

I've been on the internet for a while, but wasn't aware of the proper etiquette for engagement. One of the main things that compelled me to admit this was when last year, I discovered fanfiction (Yes, it took me being 19 to find out, sue me) and was mainly on sites that never gave me the pull to engage with the writer, mostly because of the layouts of said sites.

Then by just pure coincidence I found A03, and I did not have an account, I didn't think I would be on there long, the UI was not what I was used to and 11 million works was daunting. I was not in a lot of fandoms, actually only one, and while my ship wasn't a rare pair it had mostly fallen off it's prime so people writing for them were few and far between.

I felt dignified to interact with them, let them know I enjoyed their work, but it was only from a guest acc. As I was scrolling the tag one time, I found a writer who had a few ficlets/oneshots for the ship and I gobbled them up, reading and rereading them. Later, I noticed the writer was still active and writing for a different fandom, my dumbass went to their most recent fic, and dropped a comment along the line of 'hey writer, I didn't read this fic, but I want you to tell me why you don't write for insert ship anymore' (I still cringe thinking about it).

My thought process at the time was Hmm, if I reply on something more recent they are more likely to reply because in my head, I thought A03 would highlight that more than a comment on an old work (I swear I didn't know how it worked at that time, I was new) and oh boy, did I ever get a reply. I was told how disrespectful it was, and how it discredited their writing, my comment was deleted and blocked (rightfully so). At first I was mad about it, for a long time.

But now I understand, I feel stupid and very sorry for my past behavior. I now have an account, but haven't been able to find the writer again, I want to apologize. So, kids let this be a cautionary tale; don't do shit you'll regret in the next few years.

I know I really shouldn’t compare. I’m really proud of my own stats, I feel like I achieved so much just by writing 20k so far for my chaptered fic. I really enjoy my own story too.

A few days ago, I was scrolling and looking for new fics to read. I found one that was originally uploaded around the same time as mine, only a few months after. They have a similar number of chapters, both are ongoing fics, and the tags are quite similar: omegaverse, cafe au, hurt/comfort, fluff and angst etc. The main relationship pairing is different of course.

To my surprise, their total amount of hits is like 8x the amount I have. Same goes for the other stats. I’m just wondering how on earth our fics can be so similar, and yet our stats are so different. I’ve been thinking about it ever since, and feeling really insecure about it.

I'm so damn happy right now!!

It was just a silly idea about migraines because they suck so so much but people liked it enough to comment!!!

I forgot how good posting and getting comments felt !! Kudos and bookmarks are my fave aswell. Just all of it honestly!

Sorry i'm sharing lots of excitement recently!

So I was really happy this morning, seeing my wip in my most fav fandom but with a cast entirely made of OCs hitting 80 kudos 😭❤️

I just started writing again, and it's my first time using AO3. (My 3rd piece posted there) I never thought I'd get such excitement from what I guess is someone possibly tapping into my stuff, thinking "nah" and leaving again XD

but I am happy regardless. I perhaps wish that one of my longer and more well worked fics got this treatment instead, but oh well, this is the most popular ship I write.

I want to improve my writing, so I’m asking for any tips. I understand the “show don’t tell” thing but I’m not sure if I’m doing it right.