#ao3 poll

[lunamugetsu]

Ao3 is down for maintenance. Which one are you?

Oh my darling ao3 is off to war! How shall I cope without their presence?

It's not what it looks like! ( in bed with Wattpad)

surviving on the rations of fics you downloaded in advance

rocking back and forth while muttering incomprehensible words

being a productive person and working on any work in progress fics

Be strong my comrades! We must endure!

I survived the great DDoS attack of 2023, this is nothing.

Voting ended onJan 15, 2025

reblog to see what else people say.

[icemav86]

how many ao3 bookmarks do you have?

0 - I intentionally don’t use bookmarks

0 - I didn’t know you can bookmark fic

0 - I don’t have an ao3 acct

1- 50

51- 200

201- 500

501- 1000

1001- 2000

2001- 4000

4000+

Voting ended onJan 26

[quillthrillswriting]

i am very curious about this because i only remembered this is an option like yesterday so i have to ask

how often do you, as an ao3 user, use the "download" feature of the site to read fics?

i, an ao3 user, use it almost every time i want to read a fic

i, an ao3 user, have maybe used it once or twice, but not very often

i, an ao3 user, have never used this feature/ literally had no idea we had it

i, a tumblr user, don't have an ao3 acc/ have never used the site/ want results

Voting ended onJun 7, 2024

[polls-about-fandom]

Fancreators who never plan to use AI: what is your primary reason?

I think AI is plagarism

I think AI is bad for the environment

I think AI would do a worse job than I could

I don't want people to judge me

I like writing/drawing too much to let AI do it for me

Other

Not a fancreator/ I do use AI/ see results

Fancreators who never plan to use AI: what is your primary reason?

I think AI is plagiarism

I think AI is bad for the environment

I think AI would do a worse job than I could

I don't want people to judge me

I like writing/drawing too much to let AI do it for me

Other

Not a fancreator/ I do use AI/ see results

Voting ended onApr 9, 2025

[apolladay]

AO3 commenters: when are you most likely to comment?

on a specific chapter

at the end of the fic

both

results

Voting ended onJun 3

i purposely did not put a "dont comment" answer, this poll is asking specifically people who do comment. This poll is also presuming this is on a multi chapter fic.

[shichidikai]

which of these is most likely to make you reblog a fanfiction post?

a screenshot from ao3 that includes basic fic info (rating, summary, tags, etc.)

some sort of visual aside from an ao3 screenshot (not fanart)*

fanart (either drawn by the author or commissioned for the fic)

an excerpt from the fic + basic info

the entirety of the work being in the post itself (no external/ao3 link)**

i don't reblog fic posts (please explain why in replies or tags!)

more than one of these/other (please also mention in replies/tags!)

Voting ended onJan 19, 2025

PEOPLE OF TUMBLR! i am crazy curious to know what makes you (or stops you from) reblogging posts from writers that advertise their fics!

fanart still gets notes, shitposts still get notes, but a writer can put up an ao3 link to some of the most amazing words you'll ever read and it'll end up with 3 reblogs and 9 likes on a very good day; therefore i am begging to know what would actually make you reblog (yes reblog specifically, because likes are wonderful but they don't spread the word!) an author's post about their fic!

little things for clarification:

* second option: does not include fanart (either author-drawn or commissoned); this would include things like moodboards, other photos or graphics, etc.

** fifth option: includes things like oneshots posted directly to tumblr, x reader posts, etc.

[blackbird-brewster]

Curious author wants to know: Do you have a registered AO3 account?

No, I read and comment as a guest

Yes, I am a registered user

Voting ended onMay 8, 2025

Because of the recent AI data scrape, I have changed all my fic visibility settings to registered users only. I am wondering how many readers this might affect.

[ao3polls]

Have you ever written and/or read a fic that is solely based on a Video Game?

YES MANY TIMES

A few or just once

No

No and I probably Never will

Something else ???

See Results

Voting ended onSep 26, 2025