Just a heads up, AO3 deleted one of my original works because someone reported it for “not being fanwork” despite original work being a “fandom” with over 35k fics.
“Under Section IV. of the Terms of Service, which you agreed to when opening your account, prompt requests, prompt lists, squee posts, notices about meetups, non–fanwork fiction or nonfiction, fic searches, rec lists, letters to other users, reactions to episodes, blog or Tumblr-appropriate posts, and other ephemeral content (i.e. content meant to be temporary), are not allowed to be uploaded on the Archive of Our Own.”
If you have multiple original works on AO3, you very well could be permanently suspended for violating the terms of service.
Be careful.
I have no fucking clue, especially since they hired people to wrangle the tags, meaning that they’re well aware that original work is an option
IS this true? D: AO3 what the heck?
Here’s the email I got, so yeah, it is true
Can everyone reblog this? AO3 has been dealing with a lot of abuse in their invite system, and if they’re cracking down on other areas like original works, this could affect a lot of writers.
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