Dontā Like, Donāt Read
You are responsible for curating your own online experience.
If something upsets you, makes you angry or queasy or triggers you, stop reading/looking at it. Avoid things that might make you feel that way.
Learn to use the Sort and Filter function on AO3, especially the Exclude tools.
On social media, block and mute accounts / tags / words when necessary.
If you hated something, you donāt need to tell that to the creator or start pointing fingers at them publicly.
The Back button is free. Use it.
Yes, for this to work, creators need to tag their works accordingly, so that people know what sort of content they are about to engage with and can nope out if necessary.
I will probably make another PSA about the importance of proper tagging later.
You are allowed to ship whatever you want.
Everyone else is also allowed to ship whatever they want.
You are entitled to dislike or even hate a ship. If you want to do this online, in public, donāt use the ship tags for hate posts.
If you see someone posting about a ship they like and you donāt, there is no need for you to start arguing with them in their replies / comments / QRTs / reblogs. Donāt throw your hate in their face.
Do not harass fan creators or fans for shipping something you disapprove.
All of this also applies to liking / disliking an individual character.
āI agree with this, except whenā¦ā
No, then you are NOT agreeing with this.
Let me make this VERY clear. There are NO exceptions. None.
You donāt EVER harass real people over pixels.
If you disagree with this, kindly block and move on.
The longer version is āYour Kink Is Not My Kink And Thatās Okayā.
People have different tastes. Not everything is for everybody.
Even if you donāt like a specific kink, other people are still allowed to use it in their creations.
You are entitled to dislike kinky content and think that itās āweirdā.
Donāt kink shame or judge people based on their kinks.
This goes both ways: your kink is not someone elseās kink, so donāt push it onto those who are not into it.
Focus on the things you like instead of the things you hate.
Create and unite instead of destroying and dividing.
Donāt harass real people over fictional things.
Stop stirring up petty drama just to get some attention on social media.
Stop trying to āwinā. Fandom is not a competition.
Remember that your own experiences arenāt universally shared. Your perception of things can differ from someone elseās, but that doesnāt mean either of you is necessarily wrong.
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