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AO3 has posted about staff getting harassed. I'd seen some scuttlebutt about this before the announcement came out.
For a long time, a big drain on AO3 resources has been people trying to fuck with them:
* Mass reporting fics for BS reasons to strike out against authors
* People joining and getting trained up because they think being staff means they'll be listened to about how they think AO3 needs to change, or to try to carry out petty vendettas against authors
* Other assorted BS, like certain bad faith arguments by people trying ot grind engagement on twitter
Anyway, sounds like someone got an internal email list and is using to harass staffers. Did someone join just to get a hold of an email list? Who knows? Anyway, this BS is why it can take weeks or months to get a clear cut case of plagiarism seen to. And now it's just gotten a lot worse.
I hate people
For a long time, a big drain on AO3 resources has been people trying to fuck with them:
* Mass reporting fics for BS reasons to strike out against authors
* People joining and getting trained up because they think being staff means they'll be listened to about how they think AO3 needs to change, or to try to carry out petty vendettas against authors
* Other assorted BS, like certain bad faith arguments by people trying ot grind engagement on twitter
Anyway, sounds like someone got an internal email list and is using to harass staffers. Did someone join just to get a hold of an email list? Who knows? Anyway, this BS is why it can take weeks or months to get a clear cut case of plagiarism seen to. And now it's just gotten a lot worse.
I hate people
