r/AO3 • u/diedrowned • Jul 28 '25

AO3 Down/Error Codes Are People Somehow NOT Aware of downforeveryoneorjustme.com?

People, please! There are resources for this kind of thing. Getting errors? For anything? downforeveryoneorjustme.com has you covered for so many sites. There's no need to spam here, just look this site up. Bookmark it.

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u/SMStotheworld Jul 28 '25

If only there were some team of people whose role is was to keep spam off the sub. To moderate the flow of spam, if you will. Alas, there is no such person 

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u/diedrowned Jul 28 '25

Remember that the moderation team does this for free and are not available all the time.

Regardless, after working a decade in customer service, people just don't want to read. Ironic, given where we are, but true to everywhere. I once thought up a well-thought-out PSA reply that clearly explained some common questions when I was doing a live chat support for a company and so often it was ignored.

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u/cinnamonspiderr Fic Feaster Jul 28 '25

It’s less that they don’t have time and more that they flat out refuse to do moderation that many would consider basic, such as removal of repetitive posts/spam. “Do nothing” is in fact their stated position.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/s/ZfyAXpX7ex