I Think Another Problem With The Mindset Of Kudos/comments On AO3 Is Part Of Thestalking Culture On Instagram.

I think another problem with the mindset of kudos/comments on AO3 is part of the “stalking” culture on instagram. If you like a picture that is months old on instagram, its “insta-stalking” because you had to scroll through that person’s profile in order to find those months-old pictures. That is NOT how AO3 works. It’s not cringe or embarrassing to find a fic that was posted in 2012 and like it. It is there to read. 

Same for works on AO3. Sure, maybe some of us have some old works that aren’t up to our current standards of writing. But I, personally, am never going to look at a kudos email and think “ew omg I can’t believe someone found this fic from 2016 why are they liking it”. In fact, I am entirely going to go “nice! people are still reading some of my older works too, I’m glad they enjoyed it”. It’s an archive, it is meant to be a collection of transformative works, old and new, and you are meant to find them. 

In fact, if you find a work that is from five years ago and you really liked it? I bet the author would love a comment even then.

Stories are written to be read. 

Show some appreciation.

i truly cannot imagine what my life or personality would be like if i didn’t have the fangirl gene. like, when i meet people irl who have a lot of varied interests but don’t seem to be interested in attaching intensely to any one thing, i am baffled and tbh a little horrified. i don’t know how to engage! i can’t imagine your inner life!! like is there really nothing you love so ardently that just thinking about it makes you lose your goddamn MIND with happiness? what makes you light up inside? what gets your heart pounding out of your chest with crazy joy?? where do you get your ENDORPHINS???

Ok but why is this cat not named Dobby because that is Dobby the house elf if I ever saw him!

he honks when he want something! ___ (Doby Cat on youtube)

Is there anything better than watching millionaire skaters realizing that ice is, in fact, slippery? I think not

okay, sure, they get paid millions to play a sport…but i make videos of them falling over set to music for free, so who’s really contributing more to the sport, and society in general?

or, nhl players failing set to total eclipse of the heart.