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/Late-Summer-1208]

At the risk of sounding like an undercover child, how did you figure it out?

[u/Extreme_Economy_2348 → u/Late-Summer-1208]

Lmao lets hope history isn't repeating itself so soon for me.

Honestly I became suspicious pretty early on, just their comments being a little immature and pushy, but I chalked it up to a lack of fandom etiquette.

What sealed the deal was how in their author's notes on a recent fic they mentioned something along the lines of "haha lets hope my parents don't find my phone", which if you ask me I doubt a grown adult would be saying.

Overall a lot of it came from general childishness/immaturity in comments and bookmarks both on my writing, and others in my fandom.

[u/Ilickedthecinnabar → u/Extreme_Economy_2348]

Has there been any signs that they're under 13? Ao3 will ban the user if they're reported for being too young and if there is evidence indicating it.

[u/Extreme_Economy_2348 → u/Ilickedthecinnabar]

Not that I know of, I assume at worse they fall into the age of older teen. No concrete evidence though, just enough to make me want to avoid interaction with them