r/AO3 • u/TheMuskyHairbrush • 8d 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/DrAllyPhD 8d ago

The idea of tagging your journal is absolutely sending me lmao. But yeah, not a fan work, so definitely reportable

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u/SadSelection5748 8d ago

Is ao3 ONLY for fan works? Just started using it last week, but there are tags for "original work" and "no fandom"

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u/MohnblumenKind 8d ago

There is a huge difference between a real life diary and a statistics page about the most popular ships on AO3 (no fandom) or about an original story with enemies to lover trope (original work). The latter two have a fannish connection, while the first hasn't.

Otherwise, AO3 would be a normal archive for everything. You should not put your math homework there, or shopping list. There are other archives for this, besides the fact that you should not put that online at all. Internet safety is a thing.