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I wish more ao3 users made their bookmarks public. Or maybe a lot of users don’t use bookmarks at all? Hard to tell. It used to be a great way to find new authors - go through the comments or even kudos of fics I liked, check out those users’ bookmarks. But I’m noticing a trend that a lot of people don’t have any public bookmarks anymore.

So I’m doing a poll. Please reblog for reach!

Do you use bookmarks on AO3?

Yes, and they are mostly public

Yes, but mostly or entirely private

No, I don’t use that feature

Voting ended onApr 12

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As an ao3 author, I can't overstate the impact of comments, but I feel like we don't talk about bookmark notes enough. Comments are usually addressed directly to the author, but most bookmark notes are either what the reader wants to remind themselves or what they want to tell other readers. And I think that can be so insightful and also hilarious. Here's a few of my favorites:

Bookmark note people deserve more recognition. You guys are amazing!

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Honestly I wish ppl on A03 wouldn't label fics as abandoned in their bookmarks when the author hasn't stated that they are abandoned. or no longer being updated.

Sometimes we're just slow...and it can be really disheartening to see that tbh ;-;

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THIS.

your public bookmarks are public, meaning anybody—including the author—can see what you put in a bookmark. and unless the author has specifically said the fic is abandoned, you (general you) don’t know if it’s abandoned or not. one of my favorite fic writers posted a new chapter of one of their fics after 13 years of no updates.

my point, you don’t know if a fic is abandoned just because it hasn’t been updated in years. you don’t know if the author will one day continue it. and saying “this is abandoned” just because it’s not updated regularly can be super discouraging to authors who write as their hobby and their gateway.

be respectful and considerate to fanfic writers who are kind enough to share their works with you to read for free.

How many of the 2 billion Ao3 bookmarks are personally yours?

0

up to 50

up to 100

up to 500

up to 1000

up to 2000

up to 5000

up to 10000

I have more than 10000 bookmarks

Voting ended onJul 12, 2025

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hey just for the record, if you’re on r/ao3 and keep running into these kinds of comments on bookmark related posts — it’s not a good take. calling someone’s writing “slop” and saying it deserves criticism for being bad BECAUSE it’s posted publicly might seem like a nuanced take, but I promise it isn’t.

yes, sometimes us writers get a little too obsessed over a cryptic comment or bookmark; no, that doesn’t actually mean the solution is to say whatever you want in them because authors “deserve” your honesty.

I know we’re in a touchy time for readers and writers, but comments like these are NOT kind, refreshing, or nuanced. they’re just kind of mean and discouraging.