Thinking About That Post Of People Assuming Ao3 Has An Algorithm And Also About How Bonkers Persistent

thinking about that post of people assuming ao3 has an algorithm and also about how bonkers persistent the view is that ao3 is social media lite. like with startling regularity I get comments saying something along the lines of "it's probably weird to comment on a fic this old--" no it isn't!!!! this is an archive I am literally just assuming you searched for a selection of specific tags or sorted by kudos or looked back on my pseud or any other number of completely normal ways to use an archive site ?? kill the tiktok ghost in your brain and comment on old stuff it's NOT weird

NO ONE TALK TO ME LOOK AT THIS CUTIE PIE

Ah yes, the 3 genders. Male, female, and “what the fuck are you, a cop?”

if you want an author to update a fic, here's an idea: leave a comment showing your support, saying you're enjoying the fic, what you love most about it, what it makes you feel, and that you hope the author is doing alright and that you're eager to read more of their writing

here's what not to do: demand an update, ask "update when?" say "it's been so long since you updated. did you abandon this fic?" say anything along the lines of "when are you gonna update" especially if you can't be bothered to say a single nice thing when demanding more content

This is me. Kinda jealous of all the writers who can write quickly because I can't.

You are not unlovable

you are not broken

you are not a failure

your brain chemicals are just messed up. you're doing amazing, don't let the dark thoughts possess you.