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What if it bites me and it dies?
that means you’re poisonous. jesus christ, nate, learn to read.
What if it bites itself and I die?
It’s voodoo.
What if it bites me and someone else dies?
That’s correlation, not causation.
what if we bite each other and neither of us die
that’s kinky
oh my god
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always reblog for educational purposes
2012-13 AO3 was a beautiful fever dream.
Since, in true Celtic fashion, I’m gonna start saying “it’s too hot” today, here’s the perfect poll…
When is it "too hot" to you (& where are you from)?
15°C (59°F) or higher
20°C (68°F) or higher
22°C (71°F) or higher
25°C (77°F) or higher
27°C (80°F) or higher
30°C (86°F) or higher
32°C (89°F) or higher
35°C (95°F) or higher
38°C (100°F) or higher
Other
Reblog & put your answers in the tags because I’m curious and need to know I’m not suffering alone
I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.
(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)
The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.
So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.
I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.
First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?
And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:
Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.
Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.
I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!
Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.
Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).
Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.
So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.
They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.
I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.
Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.
Saw my first post with someone admitting they used chatGPT to ‘write a fic’ which they then shared here on tumblr and on Ao3.
To be clear, using AI to churn out a piece of fiction is not writing.
Using a bot (possibly one that was trained using a scrape of Ao3, that is to say, the theft of work from every writer who has posted their work on Ao3) is NOT WRITING.
It is theft. It isn’t creation. It’s a regurgitation of the consumed collective work and effort and heart and time of every writer who has shared their work on Ao3.
‘I’m not a good writer’ is no excuse.
Want to be a writer? Put in the time everyone else does to practice.
Don’t feel confident in your work? Open yourself up to the same vulnerability and risk that the rest of us do.
You don’t get to use a fucking bot to vomit out an approximation of a story and pretend you’ve got skin in the game.
The sad thing? This bot-assembled fic wasn’t bad. It was bland, but it had internal logic, some passing context to character and canon. It wasn’t like those early AI art pieces that had surreal compositions and extra fingers. It wasn’t immediately obvious it was made by a bot.
In this instance the person who posted it admitted they had used a bot. Which, actually, I have some respect for. But it probably isn’t the first and it won’t be the last.
I don’t know that there’s a solution to this, but it is both hurting my heart and enraging me.
Just wanted to add to this really important post. (Thank you sm @shealwaysreads)
I think part of the issue here is that people who do this think of fic as an end product. As a thing to be consumed. As content.
That's not fanfic.
Fic, in its essence, is the act of creation, of transformation. It is critically analyzing characters, exploring ideas, relationships, societal values, the dynamics of love and sexuality... the list goes on. Fic is a process that encapsulates all of this, the effort to make something that means something. That says something about what it means to be human (yes, kinky smut included). That takes vulnerability and guts and love to put out into the world.
If you think of fic as content that is there to be consumed, then yeah, it makes sense to find a quick and easy way to produce it. If the point for you is getting attention (kudos, reblogs, etc) with little to no work, using AI is tempting. But that's a capitalistic mindset that entirely negates what fanfic is.
If we instead think of fanfic as a creative process, then AI fic is not fanfic at all. Call it something else.
WGA has called for people to ban bots and AI in writing and we should ALL look at why.
You arent drawing if you use AI to do it and you arent writing if you use AI to do it. You are allowed to be bad at something humanly until you improve.
This is relevant once again. I apologize if you are a real human getting blocked/reported.
^^^
I’m giving some of you the benefit of the doubt because I see your Likes are filled with fandom posts and maybe you’re new here and still figuring it out but I am begging you to start Reblogging stuff. It’s how this website works, content dies with only Likes and this is not fucking Instagram or Tik Tok, there is no cringe here and most of us are anonymous anyway. If you like something and you want to see more of it reblog it, leave a comment, engage with the people who create the stuff you want to see. I can not stress how important that last part is.
Okay Tumblr, what is your sexuality?
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual
Pansexual
Demisexual
Asexual
Other
See, this is how we know tumblr can't give you a representative sample. I mean, the results so far are clearly...
bi-aced
okay so, for an essay for my writing class, i’m writing about how fanfiction is a positive influence for writers! please vote in the poll below and reblog so i can get a large sample size with diverse fandoms and people!
click an option below!
between ages 16-20 and writing fanfiction has had a positive impact
between ages 16-20 and writing fanfiction has had a negative impact
between ages 21-25 and writing fanfiction has had a positive impact
between ages 21-25 and writing fanfiction has had a negative impact
between ages 26-35 and writing fanfiction has had a positive impact
between ages 26-35 and writing fanfiction has had a negative impact
between ages 35-50 and writing fanfiction has had a positive impact
between ages 35-50 and writing fanfiction has had a negative impact
over 51, writing fanfiction has had a positive impact
over 51, writing fanfiction has had a negative impact
if you aren’t a writer, please just reblog! do not vote!!! i want this to be as accurate as possible. thank you<3
Okay, now I'm feeling vindictive
This is worse, in its way, than the pornbots.
Here's something that turned up in my ask box just now.
...So. You've all seen these. Some of them are genuine. Lots aren't.
Here's where their message leads:
...Okay. The first warning sign: this account is about 3 days old.
But the second: searching on the details of the plea for help via Google, what do we find but...
...Poor Macaroni has repeatedly been hit by cars, and has repeatedly suffered busted femurs, since 2015.
"This," as the saying goes, "starts to look like carelessness." :/
Taking advantage of the kindness of strangers this way is vile... and plainly there's no shortage of people willing to indulge.
So: yeah, I'll be delighted to help the OP get some more traction on this! You betcha. By:
Blocking. Reporting. Reporting to PayPal as well. And dropping @staff a note, when I have a moment. Because allowing this stuff to prosper here just invites more people to try it on. :/
...Pass the news around, friends. ("And call it Macaroni.")
Reblog if you write fan fiction
Doesn’t matter if you write in a frequent basis, or once in a blue moon, just how many of us are there?
reblog if your blog is actually safe for bi people.
reblog if you believe bi people deserve to have a space and voice.
reblog if you recognize the specific struggles that no people go through.
reblog if you know bi people are more than “half gay, half straight”.
reblog if you believe bi rights and representation aren’t just “catering to straight people.”
reblog if you see us.
reblog if you know we are safe on your blog.
Please reblog this if fanfiction has been beneficial to your mental health.
Can you please reblog if your blog is a safe place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, aromantic, pansexual, non binary, demisexual or any other kind of queer or questioning people? Because mine is.
This is why I don’t tell 99% people im bisexual
I love how gay people do it too. Just… really? You’re literally saying the same shit to bisexuals that straight people say to you, and you don’t see the hypocrisy?
If youre biphobic or hate bisexuals, fucking unfollow me, for serious.
If youre biphobic or hate bisexuals, fucking unfollow me, for serious.
Why is this a thing like really? Homosextual people of ALL beings should understand that you like what you like and if the answer multiple choice then that’s just more love to go around non?
BY REBLOGGING THIS YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOUR BLOG IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTING OF BI FOLKS!!! BISEXUAL PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY AND IF YOU DISAGREE, PLEASE UNFOLLOW ME
BISEXUAL INDIVIDUALS ARE VALID AND LOVED ON THIS BLOG, PASS IT ON!
BY REBLOGGING THIS YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOUR BLOG IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTING OF BI FOLKS!!! BISEXUAL PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY AND IF YOU DISAGREE, PLEASE UNFOLLOW ME
I WILL ALWAYS ACCEPT BISEXUAL PEOPLE!!!!
I can’t believe this is a Fucking thing if your like this don’t follow me. I was having a genuinely good day until I say this post, thus ruining my day. I’m bisexual and if you have problem fuck off
BI PRIDE
bi baby !!!!!!!!!
ALL GENDERS AND ALL SEXUALITIES WELCOME HERE!! That is all. ✌️
If you’re biphobic, fuck off.
YEEEEEEEEE
dude what the fuck is wrong with these people
as a bi person, biphobes fuck off. we dont want you here.
I don’t think I can ever understand why people hate bisexual so much. It’s literally just bisexual, if anything I personally think it’s pretty unique (which goes the same with other sexualities as well). They probably dealt with a toxic bi once (or twice)(or dealt with a fraud that tries to take advantage of them, etc) and now hating the entire bisexual community.. sad honestly..
Its called lgbtq+ community for a reason
Reblog if you’ve made amazing friends online and are grateful for their existence
Reblog if you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, transgender or a supporter.
This should be reblogged by everyone. Even if you’re straight, you should be a supporter.
