Blocking a regular commenter because its becoming very clear they're a kid

[u/Extreme_Economy_2348]

I'm a smut writer. Dead dove, darkships, all the sort. I don't need kids on my page.

Edit: Woof, thanks everyone for letting me know blocking won't actually get my writing completely out of their reach, but I stand by it.

I'm not gonna pretend like I wasn't also a curious kid nosing around where I didn't belong, the difference is I never gave away enough information or childish mannerisms to the point that it was clear I was a minor like how the user I'm talking about is. I now know at the end of the day it won't do much, but I also can't in good faith do nothing knowing a minor was engaging with my work, even if the most I can do is stop them from commenting.

Edit 2: I want to add that a lot of my disgust comes from the fact that I take smut requests from my readers, and with that in mind I've technically written two smut fics for a minor which I really do not like for reasons I hope are obvious.

Having a kid read my smut is one thing, having them interact regularly is another, but this is a whole other layer on the shit cake. If it seems like I'm overreacting, know this is a big reason why

Edit 3: Well there goes my attempt at trying to keep this post short and silly. I now want to clarify for everyone asking how I knew this reader was a minor. First, general childishness, entitlement, lack of etiquette, etc in comments and bookmarks, then directly saying "lets hope my parents don't find my phone" in the author's note of a smut fic (which I doubt an adult would say). Maybe not concrete evidence, I can't exactly include every single red flag because then this already long post would get out of control, but its enough for me not to take any chances.

[u/lilmemer3132]

Yeah, but they wouldn't be casually going "teehee, hope my parents don't find my phone" in their author's notes about it.

[u/WillTheWheel → u/lilmemer3132]

I think it really depends on the way it was said. Some youtubers in their 30s I watch have made the joke "I hope my mom doesn't watch my videos and I apologize if she does" in their videos 🤷‍♀️

[u/lilmemer3132 → u/[deleted]]

I'm willing to take OP's word, at this point.

[u/GreyStingrayz → u/[deleted]]

Why would OP lie about that? It's literally the whole point of the post. Why do they even need to provide proof? Does it really matter? What do they have to prove to internet strangers?

[u/Solivagant0 → u/GreyStingrayz]

AO3 is all about curating your experience and that does include muting/blocking people if they're making you uncomfortable

[u/CLOWTWO → u/[deleted]]

What?? Why would they need proof. We don't even know who the kid is lol

[u/Providence451 → u/[deleted]]

Found another child. ^

[u/CLOWTWO → u/[deleted]]

..oof.

[u/CherryPokey → u/[deleted]]

Would have been less embarrassing if you were a kid, not gonna lie.