I will say I always smile when someone says to me "They will steal your bank details and take your money"
Anyone look in my bank account and would cry for wasting their time because its empty😂
Think thats whats pissed me off so much. I contacted blk and just got their automated "It's been removed" when clearly hadn't, and then these ones getting people to sign up, basically handing over their data and info. the whole website stuff just feel a little icky..
ao3 dot life stole and sold everyone's fics for money and even sold them as ai generated audiobooks.
the blk archive insisted everyone was of color on the site.. including me. I tried to ask them some questions and recieved no answers.
Source: xitter.cf/ziradavine/status/2118…
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PoppyLocks retweeted
Once you realise the beauty of epubs you will never again download a fic as a pdf
Okay but lets be real, in Ao3 downtime, this is where having fandom friends who RP is absolute golden because you basically get real-time updates on a story😂
PoppyLocks retweeted
Now repeat after me:
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
✨ao3 will be back in one week✨
(I don’t want to wait 3 more weeks 😭)
PoppyLocks retweeted
One thing this AO3 outage has taught me - I should never try to be organized again. I usually have a ton of already loaded tabs of fic open on a browser on my laptop at all times and the ONE time I decide to just clear it all out cause "they're bookmarked I can find them later"
YO WAIT UP Ao3 WAS AT LONDON COMIC CON??? AW MAN IF KNEW THAT I'D HAVE MADE A DAYTRIP NOT BEEN IN YEARS
In October’s newsletter, #AO3 introduced translated notification emails, #OTW volunteers tabled at #MCMComicConLondon, and the Membership Drive ended with 7,623 members renewing or starting membership and US$314,000 raised. Check our news post for details: otw-news.org/bndc82u9
Well crap... you know what's worse than wanting to find a fic you cant remember the name of that was recced to you?
Wanting to find a fic you cant remember the name of that was recced to you FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FANDOM so you have no way to pinpoint it 👻
Okay people be tweaking about their bookmarks...I'm absolutely raged with myself that I can't remember any of the fics I marked for later and therefore can't see if they're on the wayback machine
PoppyLocks retweeted
when ao3 first went down i was like “okay i’m gonna try really hard to have this fic finished to post right when it’s back up” but now i’m just so discouraged i haven’t been able to write all week 😮💨 i’m gonna keep trying but woof, it’s hard rn lol
You know the authors who I feel most sorry for in this whole Ao3 stuff? Those who posted original works
I know Tapas authors are having a hard time because of the shutdown and are locked in to contracts and other who want to publish but can't because their works have been scraped
'our original return time estimate remains accurate' that feels like a blessing and a curse in just seven words.
In all seriousness though sending all the love to the team!! And thank you for your hard work!!
While #AO3 remains down, we wanted to share that work to restore AO3 and make changes to prevent future incidents is ongoing and proceeding well. We believe that our original return time estimate remains accurate. Learn more at otwstatus.org/incidents/g12j…
PoppyLocks retweeted
While #AO3 remains down, we wanted to share that work to restore AO3 and make changes to prevent future incidents is ongoing and proceeding well. We believe that our original return time estimate remains accurate. Learn more at otwstatus.org/incidents/g12j…
Earlier today, we detected evidence of a security incident on #AO3. We are still in the early stages of investigating. No AO3 data has been deleted. All your works, bookmarks, kudos, etc., are safe. Learn more at otwstatus.org/incidents/g12j…




















