mouseinthecastle:

arahir:

bundibird:

frownyalfred:

Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):

- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue

- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS

- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria

- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!

- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better

- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag

- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag

- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes

- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later

- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users

- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing

- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic

- make sure that you tag your ships correctly, both romantic and platonic. Putting an “&” between a pair of names means that the ship is platonic. Putting a “/” between the characters means its romantic. For example: “Greg & Steve” = platonic. “Greg/Steve” = romantic. They are NOT interchangable.

- if your fic includes original character/s or reader insert or y/n or etc, then TAG THOSE IN THE CHARACTER TAGS. Not just in the relationship tags!! They are characters in the story, so include them in the character tags. Failing to do so means people who want to find fics with those tags won’t be able to, and people who want to exclude fics with those tags won’t be able to.

- NEVER EVER EVER ADD A LINK TO A PATREON OR KO-FEE ACCOUNT OR ETC. Ao3’s entire legal protection hinges on the fact that no one is making money from fics. If you start commissioning fics or linking to a monetary platform, you are in breach of the Ao3 terms, risking legal action, and risking ao3 as a whole. There are loads of authors/companies who WILL sue if they think you’re making money off their intellectual property.

- seconding what OP said about Dead Dove Do Not Eat. It doesn’t automatically mean “gore”; it just means “heed the tags.” It means “Hey yeah when I tagged this as [thing] I was NOT fucking around, ok? Only read this fic if you’re OK with reading [thing].”

additions from someone who has posted way too much on this site please listen to me:

  • there are no best times to post but generally sunday and monday are a good zone for traffic
  • you must double check and make sure the publication date matches the day a chapter is posted or it won’t show up on the first page of updates. sometimes you have to physically edit the posting date multiple times for this to be fixed.
  • on that note: artificially editing your publication date so your fic shows up at the top when you haven’t added a chapter is the dickest of moves and will make you a pariah. do not do this. yes everyone will notice.
  • editing existing chapters doesn’t count as updating a fic and won’t change the publication date.
  • ao3 usually adds weird spaces after italics if you copy and paste in your writing pre-formatted. it doesn’t add these until after you’ve saved a draft or posted so you have to re-edit.
  • check the “add space after paragraph” option in your word precessor of choice to avoid having to delete an extra space between all your paragraphs on ao3.
  • when you add a second chapter to a one chapter fic, your original start/end authors notes will now be appended onto the notes of every chapter unless you move them to the now extant first chapter notes sections. this is confusing, but you’ll see what i mean.
  • to post on anon: add your fic to the anonymous (anonymous) collection. it’ll take up to fifteen to minutes to show in the tag once posted. it’ll show up (to you) as AUTHOR NAME: fic title. no one else sees it this way. it will never show up on your own dashboard unless you go to your stats page. if you ever de-anon, all your subs will get an email about it as if it were just posted.
  • if you update multiple fics at once, ao3 will group the updates into one email.
  • to transfer a fic to a new ao3 account: make a new account, make the new account a co-author, remove the old account as co-author.
  • you cannot mention money changing hands for fic on ao3, ever. don’t say commissions. say a fic was requested if you must say anything. your fic can get taken down for this.
  • reply to comments or never complain about engagement in fandom.
  • per that: EVERY TIME YOU EDIT A COMMENT, THE AUTHOR GETS A NEW COPY OF YOUR COMMENT IN THEIR EMAIL. we can see all the edits. be aware.
  • tagging is both a warning and an enticement, do so accordingly. you really don’t need to tag things that fall outside that unless you want to.
  • on that note: please don’t do the “short fics for 300 different fandoms in one fic” thing. no one wants to scroll past that. i mean you can but it just makes it harder for people to find the thing you’ve written that they want to read.
  • if you are really bad at summaries just think of it as a movie tag line and don’t say you’re bad at summaries. don’t neg your own fic.
  • re all the questions i saw in replies: fic searches are people looking for specific fics. i don’t know what the fuck a placeholder fic is but these aren’t fanworks and you can’t post them. you can’t post discord links or rp requests or complaints about fandom. you can post fanart and meta essays. that’s allowed.

Also Ao3 has a google docs posting script that makes life so much easier when copy+pasting to post !

underbite:

prohaloplayer:

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sorry if you didn’t know before now but mr beast is asking his fans to face his dumb fucking chocolate bars for him without a hint of irony or shame. like i know this is barely 5 minutes of work but like what is this call to action. people are fucking doing it in the replies too and i’m like 90% sure it’s just for the long shot chance that he’ll send them a thousand dollars for doing it “please please pretty please make my product look good 🥺 🥺 🥺 pwease?? for me ? 🥺 ”

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binary-byte:

maxknightley:

podplease:

maxknightley:

they should add polyamory to the game of life

What do you call this?


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enraptured by the concept of a polycule systematically adding and removing members in order to “migrate” from one end of the country to the other, all without actually moving. the relationship of theseus

We have received word: the Greater Seattle Polycule has begun it’s migration. Please check the current forecasted path and adjust your plans and living arrangements accordingly.

spongebobssquarepants:
“this needed to be a gif.
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spongebobssquarepants:
“this needed to be a gif.
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elicash:

what if there was a repressed blond man in love with a dark-haired maniac

rowenabean:

bigwordsandsharpedges2:

dangerbooze:

This guy is literally playing the violin on the accordion

he is NOT playing the violin on the accordion he is playing the WHOLE STRING ORCHESTRA on the violin this is one of my favourite classical music builds and I have no idea how he is doing it

sentada:

pissvortex:

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they invented queerbaiting for straight people

you know it smells crazy in there

effemimaniac:

sorry for the delay in responding to your message. I was walking around the house with unclear intentions

femkitten:

Bit of advice to anyone who is new to kink or even just sex: assume “no”, “stop”, “too much”, “wait” etc are safewords unless you specifically negotiate otherwise.

You can play with “no no it’s too much stop” type stuff being banter or dirty talk or whatever, but you shouldn’t assume they are. Yes even if you set a safeword and you or the other person isn’t using it.

Also: getting quiet or not very responsive is a reason to check in. Someone not being able to give you a clear “yes I’m having fun let’s keep going” or seeming a bit off is a reason to stop when you do check in, especially when they’re a new partner.. You can’t just assume things are fine bc they haven’t said the safeword.

Safewords should be extra measures to ensure ongoing consent, not the only measure.

vicholas:

A lot of the problems with the ND community in tumblr is that people are more concentrated on being validated than actually discussing ableism.

Which is why it’s so hard for the community at large to get on board with questioning ableism within the psychiatric field, because the second you begin to say “We should question the legitimacy of (X) disorder as a diagnosis”, you get people say “I have (X) disorder, are you saying my disorder isn’t real? Are you saying I am not mentally ill?”

vicholas:

Doctors could name a disorder “Whiny Bitch Disorder” and I assure you that the reaction in the ND community at large would not be “what the fuck is wrong with the psychiatric field and how they think of mentally ill people, we should not allow that name and diagnosis”, but rather “PSA: Please don’t use ‘whiny’ and 'bitch’ as insults, that’s ableist against people with Whiny Bitch Disorder!”

theprofessional-amateur:
“knitmeapony:
“scribblecate:
“ifellinlovewithjaneway:
“witchofprose:
“This is the FUNNIEST SHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN
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Reblogging for cultural enrichment
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bout time I brought back the Laurel and Hardy flex tape-
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theprofessional-amateur:

knitmeapony:

scribblecate:

ifellinlovewithjaneway:

witchofprose:

This is the FUNNIEST SHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN

Reblogging for cultural enrichment

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bout time I brought back the Laurel and Hardy flex tape-

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From The Killers, 1946. A Film Noir Classic

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I’m an archivist, behold my growing collection was of old photos mirroring timeless memes I’ve come across at various places I’ve worked.

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