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Not to bring a post from the hell site but re: AO3 being down There's always this huge energy whenever Ao3 has to go down or they can't access it for some reason even if its up, but then absolutely refuses to engage with people's work at all

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mxliv-oftheendless: When AO3 comes back up yall who read but don't leave kudos or comments better start engaging with fics more

nocompromise-noregrets: yall can't keep crawling out of the woodwork freaking out when AO3 is down and then not bring that energy back to AO3 when its up. No you're not bothering us. No you're not being cringe. Yes we love your comments. Yes we want more of them. Let us writers know you love our stuff!! it'll motivate us to give you more!!

OP's tags definitely worth carrying onwards here. Genuine engagement has dropped through the floor the last few years and it's honestly so discouraging. If you miss the fic while it's gone, communicate with the authors when its back.

I’m tired. I really am. I wish creating didn’t feel miserable but it does. I despise feeling like a goddamn bot to appease people who don’t even respect the art form I use. I stopped publishing works in like… 2021. I’m still writing shit, it just stays on my computer where no one can steal it