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hindsightseeing) wrote2026-02-10 02:15 pm
hindsightseeing) wrote2026-02-10 02:15 pm
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Here we go again.
A bit late on this one, I think, but for those who may not have heard about it:
The spambots messing around with AO3 are, once again, upping their game.
The longer this goes on, the more grateful I am that, when I went scorched earth on my old AO3 account and made my new one, the default comment settings was 'Archive Users Only' and I never bothered to change it. I suspect this is probably why I've thus far remained spam-free.
I keep thinking I should probably bite the bullet and lock down all my stuff like most others are doing... but I'd like to avoid that for as long as possible. When you're basically the only one still writing for a thing, you want to keep as much of the joy for that thing as public as possible, you know?
The spambots messing around with AO3 are, once again, upping their game.
The longer this goes on, the more grateful I am that, when I went scorched earth on my old AO3 account and made my new one, the default comment settings was 'Archive Users Only' and I never bothered to change it. I suspect this is probably why I've thus far remained spam-free.
I keep thinking I should probably bite the bullet and lock down all my stuff like most others are doing... but I'd like to avoid that for as long as possible. When you're basically the only one still writing for a thing, you want to keep as much of the joy for that thing as public as possible, you know?
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That is the perfect summary of what fanworks are! Exactly. They are not 'content.'
This is the best resistance indeed. Keep trying to be human and connecting with other humans and fight off the bots and heartlessness.
😊