![]() ![]() (“Can you leave crit in comments” has been a debate as long as I’ve been in fandom, but 20 years ago the argument was “I’m helping the writer improve!” and not “I am a consumer with a right to complain.” Fandom has gotten more creepily capitalistic over the decades but jerks are evergreen, I guess. Sure, you can do it, but it’s rude as hell and they are probably not going to invite you to dinner again. It’s like going to a friend’s house when they’ve cooked a meal and telling them all the things that are wrong with the food. Leaving un-asked-for criticism in AO3 comments isn’t like reviewing a product you were disappointed with. But fanworks are not products and you didn’t pay money for them. I saw someone compare leaving a comment on AO3 to reviewing a product on Amazon - if you didn’t like the product, you’re going to say so. What you’re not understanding is that fandom is not a service, it’s a community. To the people in the notes who are insisting that they have the right to leave negative feedback on AO3: People are so entitled in the comments damn like no you writer don’t have to put up with you being rude they wrote you entertainment for free As we got out of the car, she bent over the hood in our driveway, pulled up her dress and said 'I dare you. We got home around 1:30 in the morning and my slightly drunk, sexy wife, surprised me one last time. I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don’t berate. After cleaning up we stayed at the club, drinking and fucking together two more times. I KNOW there’s plenty more I missed but I’m trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with. No essays on your insights or theories please. ![]() This is a creative fanfiction archive.Avoid deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - orphan it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to you anymore.No one cares what’s the most recent, only what fits their tag needs. Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite).You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases. So it’s considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they “complete” a story.Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience. This is an implicit rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Character A&Character B is PLANTONIC, like friendship or family. ![]() Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind.I don’t care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. ![]() you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc.
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