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[yuripuppy]

New Wave of Smut Censorship on Wattpad & Google Docs

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

people complaining about ao3 site “not looking aesthetically pretty” is so funny to me because it’s super clear these people are used to wattpad and other social media platforms where you can have aesthetic layouts, but what they fail to understand is that ao3 is an archive. it’s a library with the purpose of keeping/storing/archiving fanworks. it’s not a social media.

also, you can technically make your ao3 page look aesthetically pretty by applying your own customized skin/layouts on your own ao3 page. according to people who use their own customized skins, it’s easy once you learn how to do it (I personally don’t know how to do it because I’m not interested in learning or applying any fancy skin, and I just use dark mode there) it may not be as easy as decorating twitter or wattpad layout, but that’s because the purpose of ao3 is to archive fanworks, not to be a place for users to show their aesthetic layouts.

once again, ao3 is a non-profit organization, an anti-censorship archive/library that welcomes all kinds of fanfics/fanworks. it doesn’t prioritize “looking aesthetically pretty” because looking aesthetically pretty like a social media platform has never been relevant to its purpose.

here’s the list of things you need to know if you’re new to ao3

[fuckyeahladybug]

Open Thread: Wattpad Refugees

With the recent rumblings about censorship and work deletions on Wattpad, many users are considering posting to AO3 for the first time. If that describes you, you may have questions.

This post is a collection of resources you can use to start finding the answers to these questions. If you don’t find what you’re looking for at the links below or you have something more specific to ask, please feel welcome to post questions in the reblogs and comments here.

If you’re an AO3 pro answering questions in these notes, be kind. We were all new once, and other fans helped us then. It’s time to pay it forward.

Resources (under the cut)

How does AO3 work? What is and isn’t allowed?

My first recommendation for new users is always to skim the Terms of Service FAQ. It explains what AO3 allows and why in plain, straightforward terms. AO3 does not allow placeholder works, commercial content such as commissions links, or “work search” posts.

How can I change the look of the site?

The appearance of AO3 is very customizable! If you just want a basic dark mode, scroll down to the bottom of any page and click “Reversi” under the Customize menu. For more advanced customizations, I can’t recommend @ao3commentoftheday enough. They have so many gorgeous tutorials for everything from site skins to making the site’s content filters do whatever you want.

Wattpad users may especially appreciate the Floating Comment Box extension, which makes commenting on AO3 work slightly more like Wattpad.

How does AO3 search work?

This handy guide by @backofthebookshelf covers the basics. Here is a cheatsheet with more advanced searching tricks.

I’m ready to post my own works. How do I add [specific thing]?

With a little bit of HTML, you can do some incredibly neat things in an AO3 work. Here’s the website running Doom. Here is a very comprehensive guide to Limited HTML on AO3. It may look intimidating at first, but you can get a lot done by copying and pasting and paying attention to the results. As a fun bonus, check out the rest of the series, which includes step by step instructions for making your fic look like text messages on a phone screen, newspaper articles, sticky notes, and more.

Why is Wattpad doing this now? Have similar things happened before?

Fandom creatives have been outrunning purges and legal threats for a long time. Here is a comprehensive timeline of fandom purges and legal actions taken against fanworks, from 1977 to the present day. Here is another timeline written by @olderthannetfic, with associated commentary from other fans.

Purges on LiveJournal and other sites circa 2007 influenced the founding of AO3. You can read in detail about the circumstances of its founding and the construction of the policies it abides by today here.

If you read this far, I’m proud of you. Migrating to a new site is always hard, and there’s so much grief when archives purge content without warning. Welcome to AO3. We’re glad to have you. 🤝

[the-pen-pot]

It looks like Wattpad has tightened up their content polices to exclude what they deem to be "pornographic" material. I don't post there anyway, but if you do and you think your fics might fall afoul of this change, now is a good time to make sure you've got backups.

I'd love to believe that they wouldn't wipe out a huge slew of fics, but it's happened multiple times before on other sites.

[astoryofpauline]

Quick update

So.... I already have a few chapters ready for a new Levi fic ✨ It will be much darker and angstier than my previous one. I want to write a few more chapters in before I start posting it (probably in September/October) but I am. so. EXCITED. about. it!!

In the meantime, though... I started playing Fields of Mistria over the past couple of days and now I'm thinking I might do a quick one for my beloved March 👀

A question: will I ever get rid of my never-ending, unhinged obsession for sullen and broody men??

Probably not 🤭

[aeffctions]

Better Than His Son Series

Falling for his son's girlfriend was never part of the plan, but when his idiot son knocked up another woman, Leon recognizes it as his chance to finally get the girl of his dreams—you.

What started as quiet admiration from afar soon devolved into mapping out your social media, collecting your photos, and learning every detail of your life.

That opening spiraled into a secret, irresistible affair with a woman who was 30 years younger than him. With Leon being an older man who knows exactly what he wants and isn't afraid to do what it takes to keep you, Leon's consuming devotion clouds his mind.

Series Paring: obsessive dilf leon kennedy x fem reader

Series Themes: ex-boyfriend's dad. age gap (everyone 18+ OFC), dark romance, stalker, morally grey Leon, secret/taboo relationship, manipulative dynamics, explicit smut. MDNI.

Chapters:

1: Better Than His Son

2: Paper Trails

[depraveddame]

all these kids migrating over from wattpad talking about reporting fics on ao3… open the schools and learn your history while the rest of us get a whole lot weirder and nastier!