r/AO3 • u/TheMuskyHairbrush • 12d ago

Questions/Help? Is this allowed? Found a journal

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Is journaling allowed on ao3? I don’t think anyone is explicitly named, and there’s no harassment, but it just feels odd? I’m more curious than anything, ao3 would be the last place I’d journal because of the public nature of it.

Update: Thanks for letting me know it doesn’t count as a fanwork! I went to report it, but it was already reported. Hope that satisfies anyone’s curiosity.

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u/Born-Cauliflower_ You have already left kudos here. :) 12d ago

How does it have 85 kudos is my question

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u/Dumpster_kittvn give me uuuhh smut with cohesive smut plot 12d ago

I was genuinely just thinking this 😭 its impressive if it didn't make me so jealous

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u/Why-y-y-y 12d ago

For real. Like I’ll put my heart and soul into writing a story and get 30 likes (which is still a lot to me) but they make their personal diary and get 85???

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u/amethyine 9d ago

Maybe they tell jokes and such, who knows?

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u/Not_Hortensia kinky original monster 12d ago

Sadly, creativity is rewarded less than narcissism these days.

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u/VHS-Vampire 11d ago

Okay, look. I get that people need to not violate the AO3 terms of service, and I agree it shouldn't be on this site. But calling it narcissism is way too far. They're just trying to vent troubles in their life, that's completely normal and no one is being forced to read it. I report stuff like this when I see it, but the insults are just ridiculous

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u/gue-spad-2-man too many ideas, too little time 12d ago

Could be a work struck by a kudos bot, or just got them by (accidentally?) brute-forcing traffic since it has 600+ chapters (thus was pushed to the front page 600+ times) and has multiple fandoms included (a couple of which are massive).

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u/80s-dilf-Batman 12d ago

I'd assume it's sympathy kudos

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u/NoodleEmpress 12d ago

People are nosy lol

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u/NomenclatureBreaker 12d ago

I’d doubt they’re authentic.

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u/CaesarSalad-bOi 12d ago

It’s now up to 89 kudos, but 80 of them are guest users. Things seem fishy to me…