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[m0rkl]

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[toskarin]

I'll always talk up internet radio stations because I don't think the average person is aware that they're free, can run in your browser (or in any program that can connect to them), work on your phone, run better than a youtube tab, and give you a much better selection of music than you could get from a general algorithmic playlist

(also lots of them have live shows which you can tune into for free)

[toskarin]

"oughh I follow this blog for weeb stuff not internet radio promo" here. gensokyo radio.

[toskarin]

oh and also I have to plug yggdrasil. it's cute.

[windcalling]

if u like folk and/or roots music: wumb.org !!! it is AD-FREE it has ZERO MORNING TALK SHOWS it is on air at 91.9 FM in the BOSTON AREA but streams WORLDWIDE on the WEB it is perfect.

[andmaybegayer]

big fan of soma.fm's selection, dozens of themed stations covering ambient, jazz, soul, punk, and a lot of electronica

[emmavoid]

Also if you search for student radio stations at almost any university you can listen to all sorts of crazy stuff for free!

[uisce-portaigh]

Maybe niche but for any Irish speakers or learners out there, Radio na Gaeltachta streams online and is a great way to listen to some Gaeilge without YouTube.

[kevin-ar-tuathal]

All of these resources are fantastic, but I wanna give a specific shoutout to Raidió na Gaeltachta streaming online - and I say this as a person who works in Irish-language visual media - if you wanna gainna better grasp of spoken Irish and how the language is used in casual settings, Raidió na Gaeltachta is the way to go, not visual media 😬📻😁

[uncuteartist]

I recommend Radio Garden! It has an interactive map of internet radio stations. It's a lot of fun to explore radio stations from all over.

Radio Garden

Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

[systlin]

purge of 2002? of 2012? what ARE those?

Oh, how quickly the past is forgotten. 

They are part of the reason A03 is a thing now. Not the whole reason, but part of it. 

The Great Purges of 2002 and 2012 are when ff.net got a wild hair up their ass about THINK OF THE CHILDREN and nuked any fic posted on there that was explicit. Thousands upon thousands of nc-17 smutfics were lost.

It’s what led to the creation of alternate hosting sites for smutty fic…AdultFanfiction was the one I went to…but thousands of fics would never be recovered. 

[systlin]

Shit like the Great Purges and the Strikethrough of Livejournal eventually led to fans banding together to create A03, which I would have absolutely KILLED for when I was 15.

[persephonebooklover]

Back up ao3 was created by fans?

[systlin]

It’s…right on the main page. 

[fanfictionanthology]

I love this because I will bet you that persefv has read that bit we are all so inundated with hyperbole and advertising that says that the consumer is somehow in charge of whatever product they are shilling that we all just assumed this was another sales tactic.

[naryrising]

But we’re not even… selling anything…  *quiet sobs*

[wrangletangle]

No ads. No subscriptions. No data selling.

We are the definition of “what it says on the tin.”

[elfwreck]

Is there any way to spread this info? 

THE OTW WAS CREATED BY FANS SO WE’D HAVE AN ARCHIVE THAT WASN’T SUBJECT TO CORPORATE REVIEW. 

Nonprofit, so that nobody could ever say, “this isn’t making enough money; it’s getting shut down.” (See: Geocities, Quizilla, Figment, G+.) With lawyers involved and a firm awareness of the legalities of fanfic, so nobody would decide “we’ve gotten a nasty letter from a megacorporation with lawyers, so we’re hiding because we can’t afford to face a lawsuit. (Jedi Hurtaholics, Trevizo’s Millennium site.) With teams, so that an argument between co-mods didn’t result in the destruction of a whole archive. (Gryffindor Tower, Detention.)

AO3 IS OUR SITE.

It is by fans, for fans. Fans do all the coding. All the legal paperwork. All the abuse/tos violation complaints. Fans make all the choices about policies. Fans decide how to run the fundraisers. Fans write the blog posts. All the volunteer staff are fans; all the people who train them are fans. Fans wrangle all the tags. 

(And the other OTW projects, too. Fans manage the entries at Fanlore. Fans run the Open Doors project. Fans publish Transformative Works and Cultures.)

EVERYONE WORKING FOR THE OTW LOVES FANDOM. Wants it to survive. Wants it to be awesome for everyone.

(Knows that it can’t be awesome for everyone; some approaches to fandom just clash hard. But they strive to minimize those clashes as much as possible, because they love fandom.) 

AO3 is not some company that decided, “we’ll make a site for fanfic and then…” I don’t know what people are thinking is the reason. Money? Data harvesting? Tax shelter? Amusement and pity?

Nope; AO3 was fans saying, “Livejournal sucks; we’re tired of this fucked-up ‘rebuild every three years’ garbage; WE NEED TO OWN THE DAMN SERVERS.”

That’s the “of our own” part of the name. OTW isn’t a “them” running the site “for us.” It’s “us” making places for “us” to share what we love with others of “us.” 

[cacodaemonia]

Okay, you know what? After reading this post, I jokingly said we should all just make a pact to reblog it five times a day forever. So I'm gonna do this louder for the people in the back:

AO3 WAS CREATED BY FANS, FOR FANS

AO3 IS RUN BY FANS (VOLUNTEERS, NO LESS)

AO3 IS PART OF THE NON-PROFIT, ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS

AO3 IS NOT OWNED BY ANY COMPANIES AND DOES NOT EARN REVENUE

AO3 OPERATES ON DONATIONS FROM FANS

again:

AO3 WAS CREATED BY FANS, FOR FANS

[rhapsodyinalto]

Ao3 is like the one space left where I don’t feel like I’m drowning in capitalism. There’s no membership fee to access, I’m not assaulted by clickbait ads covering every inch of my screen. Writers are generously gifting their stories. They aren’t beholden to anyone’s schedule but their own, there’s no algorithm to feed or jump through hoops for. They write about the fandoms that inspire them, expanding on worlds or deep diving into character studies. They experiment with tropes and language and style and genre, no matter how “marketable” it is.

In a world where everything is increasingly commodified and regulated and restricted I cherish this little corner of the internet more fiercely.

[marinaintherosettastone]

You guys I just found something that’s pretty cool if you’re interested in practicing listening in your target language (and learning something new altogether at the same time!)

Khan Academy has a bunch of videos in foreign languages and apparently it’s called Khan Academy International (here’s a link to their tumblr).

They have content in quite a few languages, and while some of them have mostly math and science stuff, there are a lot of channels that delve into a lot of the other content that Khan Academy English does, like art history, world history, etc.

So far I’ve found their Youtube channels in these languages (I’m sure there are more though, and if you find any feel free to add them to this post!):

Russian: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyRussian

French: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyFrancais/

Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyEspanol/

Danish: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyDansk/

Norwegian: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyNorsk/

Turkish: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyTurkce

Polish: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyPolski

Italian: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyItaliano

German: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyDeutsch

Mandarin: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyMandarin

Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyJapanese

Hindi: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyHindi

Bulgarian: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyBulgarian

Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyPortugues

Korean: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyKorean

Serbian: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademySerbian

Mongolian: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyMongolian

Thai: https://www.youtube.com/user/KhanAcademyThai

[hakuteeth]

Not to offer advice nobody asked for but fixing ur sleep schedule is life changing

[hakuteeth]

Things that actually work if u try at them:

Drinking water

No longer making self deprecating jokes

Making sure to take time out of the day to relax and take a breather

Lighting candles

Counting ur breaths in and out if ur having a panic attack

Getting up and trying to do one thing even if u can’t do everything maybe brushing ur teeth but not having the energy to shower

[justummsomeguy]

Taking a shower if you can, putting clean clothes on if you can’t, even just a clean set of pjs. Washing your face.

[o-lanterns]

A couple weeks ago I was in a major depressive slump and was feeling really detached from reality. I was trying so hard to fight it but nothing I tried worked until I realized I hadn’t listened to any happy music in almost a week.

I didn’t feel like listening to anything at all but I put on my favorite playlist anyway. Take On Me started and I finger stimmed to the keyboard riff and hummed along and by the end of the song I was smiling. A few more songs and I was fully singing along and feeling more present than I had in days.

Even if it seems small and trivial, like putting on your favorite socks or looking up pictures of kittens, it might be something you need. Of course the music didn’t solve any of the problems I was upset about, but it did help me feel like I was a person again.

[drtief]

This isn’t one of those “must be good to be neurotypical” posts btw, these are small and accessible steps that can really help.

[silicon-based-life]

update on my latest knitting project…

colorwork in stockinette is so evil but hopefully it will be worth it? i WILL be learning to steek before i knit another vest though

[silicon-based-life]

the long awaited update: i finished it! for notes and things, you can see the project on ravelry here!

and thanks so much to everyone being so nice about this project in the notes!! y’all have motivated me to finally get this vest done 😅

[void-milf]

fyi the point of fucking up your data patterns isnt to avoid suspicion. it’s to make EVERYONE suspicious. same logic as the bloc, pals.  protect your comrades, be suspicious. ESPECIALLY if you aren’t doing anything likely to get you arrested.

[void-milf]

the state is less omniscient and significantly more incompetent than you’d think. overextend their resources at every possible opportunity.  make them cry wolf repeatedly. run their data analysis agents fucking ragged.  and strike. attack.

[37womenwieldingknives]

YES i’m a postgrad statistics researcher and i can tell you that the state honestly has NO IDEA what to do with the data it collects, it has an obsession with big data but it’s almost impossible to work with in practice. the traditional statistical approaches that are used can’t be scaled up, the adapted approaches are substantially weakened, and the machine learning approaches have the same problems and often tell them nothing. data scientists are only just coming around to these issues too, most still just push on with it anyway - incompetence is the word. above all this though, like you say, the biggest issue for the state is at the point of data collection. they will NEVER get anything useful if they’re collecting shitty messy data. they will eventually figure out that the real solution is working how to collect accurate and meaningful data, we should make it as difficult as possible for them to do that

[afraidofamericans]

This makes me think that we need WAAAY more apps that generate junk data

[queeranarchism]

Apps that generate junk data? tell me moooore.

[anarchopuppy]

Ooh I know this one!

Ad Nauseum is an adblocker that stores the ads it blocks and continuously generates fake clicks, fucking with analytics and costing the ad companies money

TrackMeNot automatically does randomly generated searches on a variety of search engines to obscure your real searches and fuck with analytics, and you can set it up to work with anything that has a search bar (including facebook, twitter, amazon, youtube, etc)

WhatCampaign replaces analytics parameters in links with the string “FuckOff”. I thought there was a similar extension that used random strings, but I can’t seem to find it

Privacy Possum is a fork of Privacy Badger with a focus on costing tracking companies as much money as possible, and idk if my limited tech knowledge is enough to understand what it does but the description does say it falsifies some data so that’s good enough for me

@afraidofamericans

[mayflower-gal]

Boy it SURE would be a SHAME if this were SPREAD AROUND for everyone TO SEE

[dreamsy990]

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

[dreamsy990]

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

[dreamsy990]

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem

what common file types are

some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)

how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private

how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)

what a cookie actually is

internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl

basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)

common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)

how to not get a virus while pirating something

what a temporary email is and when to use one

red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)

what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls

[dreamsy990]

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous

a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps

a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)

some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

The art of mindless embroidery.

by @ toolbburs (no pronouns in bio).

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[froggiethelesbian]

I found a guide for a no tape, easy to unwrap wrapping tutorial to make Christmas a little more accessible, wish I just found it sooner

[dat-physics-gal]

Could i not have seen that before Christmas? Anyway, queueing this for next december to save a life.

[onceuponatimeinerebor]

This is how they wrap surgical sets before sterilizing them (in a cloth not paper...god I wosh the cloth is a pain in the ass) except when they tuck the last bit in, they fold it over so the end is poking out of the box (like a pull tab).

[galacticneighbor]

not to vague anyone but switching from spotify to youtube music is not raging against the machine <3

[galacticneighbor]

I saw the "youtube music is raging against the machine" post again so instead of ripping someone's throat out with my teeth here is Arthur's Official Media Privacy For Dummies Post <3

My credentials are that I have 700 songs I didn't pay for on a refurbished ipod from 2007 and it's AWESOME. (PS backmarket.com for refurbished tech they have lots of old ipods if you're into that. But also phones and laptops and shit for cheap.)

First off. Reddit.com/r/piracy forever and ever. Go through their masterpost they have literally anything you could ever want. You will never pay for media of any sort again. The people of reddit are smarter than me.

If you currently use Spotify and wish to stop, here is where I would start:

1. Bandcamp!! If you want to financially support your favorite artists it's Bandcamp.

Plug your playlists into merch table they will do the hard work for you here <3

2. Spotidownloader

Put your playlists in they will spit a download link out it's so easy. All the metadata is there and everything.

They can only do 100 songs at a time so it's not ideal for a bigger library but it works fine for what it is.

3. Lucida

Awesome for full albums or individual songs if you're just looking for a few things and not transferring a whole library.

3. Newpipe

https://spotalike.com/en

A handy youtube clone that's good for streaming or downloading music and videos.

And finally, this isn't piracy advice but you don't need daily curated playlists and you definitely don't need yearly listening stats. Listen to the bands your friends listen to. Keep a list of songs people recommend to you. Try to find a local radio show or a college radio channel. Go to local shows. Be curious about genres and new bands. Put effort into curating and owning your music library, it's worth it.

[andromedasummer]

i dropped by my favourite secondhand bookstore and found what is possibly the most incredible knitting book iver ever seen. that teaches you how to knit little gardens and sew them into a massive quilt 3d. the photos i took are atrocious and do NOT do this book justice

thats a PRIORY GARDEN WITH MONKS

IT EVEN TEACHES YOU HOW TO MAKE ALL THE TOOLS ABD BASKETS AND POTS AND PLANTS

LOOK AT THE SOME OF THE FOLIAGE

i have never been more upset to not have $30 ready to buy this. its incredible. i have to find it online somewhere. i knew the moment i saw this i had to share it with EVERYONE

[holyknuckled]

not sure if anyone else has dropped this link, but it's on the internet archive !!

[berryshallbe]

KatekyouHitmanReborn BookmarkFICS:

[PART1], & there’s [PART2]

#SKULL CENTRIC:

Target Aqcuired: Wicked Jester by poorasdirt

A Family Reunion by poorasdirt [Oneshots]

End All by northpeach, wolfsrainrules [apocalypse!AU]

Exploring the Homosphere by peppymint [Drabbles]

Nobody Sees Me Wishing by nariai [SI!fem!skull]

#ONESHOTS:

Some things last beyond a lifetime by cywscross [timetrav]

Does your Amber Heart Bleed Purple Gold by Adel Mortescryche (Mortescryche) [twin!fic, cloudy!27, varia!27]

The Bloody Boys by Luki [dark!27, varia!27, non-decimo!27]

See Boys, Don’t You See Them Bones by Adel Mortescryche (Mortescryche) [varia hospitality]

Guidelines by HeavenlyDusk [DC!27]

Family Kitchen by Dear Cat [varia!fam] !!!

End of the Road by cywscross [apocalypse!AU]

That Sawada Group by Reavv

X27:

Teenage Experiences by DearCat

Out of Spite by DearCat

The Thrill by DearCat [NSFW]

Scarily Attractive by Hweianime [Oneshots, Siblings!fic, baker!27]

On Courting Severely Scarred Assassin Organisation Bosses by Adel Mortescryche (Mortescryche) [NSFW]

1827:

Marry Me? by Lady Hellen [Oneshots, non-decimo!27]

Blood on my hands (to cradle you close) by CreepingSoul [a/b/o dynamic!AU]

Iridescent Cloud by Elena_Parker [timetrav, child!fic, 18centric]

The Third Hewaijima Brother by LucyHeart32 [durararaXover, twin!fic,non-decimo!27]

Chasing Trails by HeavenlyDusk [pa!R]

Aeolian by Tsume Yuki [fem!27]

Coping Mechanism by sakurademonalchemist [genderfluid!27] !!!

Come Together by mhwright [sibling!fic, DC!27] !!!

A Different Cloud in the Sky by cherryvoid [SI!fem!18]

Sound of Flames by sakurademonalchemist [fem!27] !!!

R27:

Relative Free Falling by ShamelessDilettante [timetrav, Twoshots]

Sacrifice by cywscross

Nip thy Affection (in the bloome); by esquitor [quasi-immortal!R, timeloop?]

ARCO27: guardians

Bandaged Hands by Jorie2127 (Flight_orFight) [timetrav]

Desiderium by Little Miss Bunny [spirits!AU]

So is this a you wanna sleep with me thing or a Sky thing because really, you're not being very specific by Foxtron !!!

Welkin by Shivani [dimenstrav, slight!Daemon27] !!!

Cookie Prediction by cywscross [Oneshots]

Yugen by Little Miss Bunny [dimenstrav, doctor!27]

Supernova by Elena_Parker [dimenstrav, bountyhunter!27]

#NARUTOXOVER:

Light Up the Sky by Countess Millarca [Nart-is-Tsuna] !!!

RE: Flames of Resolve by Dareagon [Tsuna-is-Nart]

Uchicha Kyoya by Tsume Yuki [Kyoya-SI!uchicha]

Demon Skylark by sakurademonalchemist [Kyoya-is-Nart]

Holiday (A Ninja is Never Off Duty) by Elena_Parker [Nart-is-Colonnello, dimenstrav, twoshots]

Ruminant by AlunaGrey [Kyoya-SI!Nara]

Of Organized Crime and Schizophrenia by AshGopal [Tsunade-is-Tsunayoshi, Sannin!reincarnates]

Ambiguity by STLHero [Nart-is-Tsuna’s cousin, Rfem!naru]

Ripples by STLHero [18fem!naru]

No One’s Here To Sleep by mokona-pyuh [Gaara-is-Skull] !!!

With all due respect, sir (meaning none) by Nobodystormcrow [SI!nartOC-is-Basil, triple reincarnated] !!!

Karmic Balance by Sanjuno [kakaobi] !!!

#HPXOVER:

Black Sky by Umei no Mai [Xfem!Hari] !!!

Bakin’s Magic by ValloryRussups

Harry’s Housekeeping by Wolven_Spirits [Teddy-is-Skull, Drabbles]

Raison d’Etre by cywscross

Life After Death by ryulabird [RHari]

Dusk to Dawn by Reighost [RHari, Hari-is-Tsuna]

Igneous by apathyinreverie [RHari] !!!

Hisui by Shivani [RHari]

Colonnello’s Terrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day by LadyHallen [Rfem!Hari]

Cloudy, with a Chance of Freedom by sakurademonalchemist [timetrav, Hari-is-Skull]

Sunshine by sakurademonalchemist [Rfem!Hari]

Hexe Dragon by sakurademonalchemist [Xfem!Hari] !!!

Transcending Time and Space by SakuraDemonAlchemist [Hari-is-Fran, Belfem!Hari|Fran]

Forgotten Familgila by sakurademonalchemist

Up the long, delirious, burning blue by ThatOnePlatypus [Hari-is-Skull, Colcentric]

#MISCELLANEOUS:

Hidden Sky Series by Sefiru [Main6927, All27?] !!!

Sidelines by esama [timetrav]

Winning Smile by Gothickprincess [SI!77]

Game Over and Over Again by Writing_Frenzy [dark!27, twin!fic, gamer!AU] !!!

Grapes of Wrath by WOFWorker [varia!27, ghostlykinda!X]

Kou’s Guidelines for Organized Crime by wyrvel [fem!27]

Dead Eyed Tsuna by wyrvel [DC!27]

Sincerely, Scattered Shards by You_Light_The_Sky

Divinity in his veins by HeavenlyDusk [seer!27]

A Murder of Crows by Reavv

Something Small (with Teeth) by Reavv [timetrav]

Odd Job Tsuna by ShamelessDilettante [non-decimo!27] !!!

To That Faraway Sky by cywscross [twin!fic]

Birthright by Morcai [timetrav]

Mia Tempesta by YunaYamiMouto [sky secondary!R, RFon, Slowburn, NoArcobalenoCurse!AU, Domestic!Arco, 18 was raised by the Arco!AU] !!!

Keeping Your Character by Insanity-Red [SI!fem!Lambo]

Seiryu by petrichor (findingkairos) [SI/OC]

Russian Roulette by Vixen Tail [SI/OC] !!!

The Tempest Temptation by Luki [timetrav]

Generation Cross by Luki [timetrav, Tsuna-is-Nana]

It Takes A Village by Seito [child!fic] !!!

Overcast Skies by Ocearna [cloudysky!27]

World-Wide Happiness by Enigmatree [child!fic]

The (Somewhat) Inevitable Harem of One Tsunayoshi Sawada by FruitPastilles [All27] !!!

Heaven’s Garden by RenegadeWarrior [gardener!27]

Strawberry Kisses! by LeftNotRight [SI!bird]

To Live and Breathe and Live Again by FruitPastilles [Revived!27, timeloop?] !!!

Scorched by RenegadeWarrior [phoenixpartner!27]

Parallel axis of Sawada Tsunayoshi by Fantasy-Magician [twin!fic, kaichou!27, dimenstrav?] !!!

Not Quite Myths by Falia7 !!!

[this could’ve been] a villain’s origin story by petroltogo [superheroes/supervillains!AU]

A Collector's Guide To Caring For Your Pets by Ourliazo [child!fic, 18centric]

Rewound by Sakhyu [timetrav, Tsuna-is-Giotto]

When the Truth isn't Believable by Dominique_Icefall [Where Everyone Believes anyone associated w/ Tsuna is in the Mafia, where in totality they’re not!AU] !!!

[funny-tik-toks]

[puirell-deactivated20221122]

i love this old man and his cat (ID in alt)

[olderthannetfic]

A few of these are probably referring to the date posting bug thing, but AAAAAAAAAAAH!

[laikaflash]

I beg of all the younger folks on Ao3 to understand two things:

There is no algorithm on that site.

Unlearn the attention-hungry bullshit that social media has taught you.

[icemankazansky]

Do not repost the same work multiple times on AO3, or change the date/time to put you back at the top of the list, to boost your stats. Do not post new chapters of a chaptered work as individual stories. These things are extremely rude and people who are angry at you will not want to read your stories.

DO REBLOG everything on tumblr because that is the only way this site functions. On tumblr, YOU are choosing what your followers see. They see what you reblog. They don’t see what you like. There’s also no algorithm robot AI whatever seeing what you like and showing you related comment. NOTHING HAPPENS to likes that affects what content ANYONE on this website sees.

DO SHARE stories you like on AO3 with others, perhaps by sharing them with your Tumblr followers. AO3 has features specifically for this purpose. Fic recs are a wonderful way for fanfiction to get more attention, because, as we’ve discussed, there is no algorithm on AO3. AO3 is the opposite of TikTok.

[redwingedwhump]

KIDS-

This site and many others from Earlier Internet have no algorithms.

The SOCIAL part of Original Social Media here and elsewhere

 isn’t a competition for Algorithm Momentum

 it’s a Sharing Web. You have to SHARE STUFF.

I promise it’s super fun to get to know other people this way, just give us a chance to show you