Clip of Lucy Dacus on the Las Culturistas podcast.
Reblog if you will never. Ever. Use AI in your writing.
Absolutely never.
you relapsed on yearning again didn’t you
It's me, I'm sickos
“what are you, four different dogs” is literally the greatest most potent most cutting insult anyone has ever volleyed. followed so shortly by “a white family’s fleet of dogs” my god. you simply got her, beardsley. you got her
reblog to claim your “never finishing my multi-chapter fics” award 🥇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
BOTS AND SCAM COMMENTS ON AO3
WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO SPOT THEM
okay, I thought I should make this post since there has been an influx of scammers plaguing AO3 comments section and people are falling victims to them. so here it is;
WHAT THEY ARE
so far, there are three main types of these scam bots
- bots that tell you AO3 is deleting works, and that you should delete the works yourself because your entire account will be affected if your works get deleted by AO3
- bots that tell you your works are terrible
- bots that tell you they want to draw comic panels from your works
ALL OF THESE ARE SCAM WITH MALICE INTENTIONS
- bots that tell you AO3 is deleting works, and that you should delete the works yourself because your entire account will be affected if your works get deleted by AO3 are just trying to get you to delete your works, most certainly because they want to steal and/or use your works to train their AI and, once you delete your works, it becomes extremely difficult, almost impossible for you to claim ownership of your works when the original works have been deleted. AO3 IS NOT DELETING ANY WORKS.
- bots that tell you your works are terrible are also just trying to get you to delete your works, most certainly because they want to steal and/or use your works to train their AI and, once you delete your works, it becomes extremely difficult, almost impossible for you to claim ownership of your works when the original works have been deleted.
- bots that tell you they want to draw comic panels from your works are trying to hack your password, personal data and credit card information (they will say they see potentials in your work and are interested in drawing comic panels from it, and then they will ask you to discuss this with them on discord where you will have to pay/commission them for the “comics” you will never get, but you will get your password hacked, personal data and credit card information breached and stolen instead, do not fall for them).
HOW TO SPOT THEM
what all these 3 types of bots have in common is that;
- most of them (keyword, most, not all) are guest users or empty accounts that have just been recently created.
- their comments are all the same copied and pasted scripts that they mass leave on lots of authors’ works at random.
- their comments are all vague, in the sense that there will be no mention of any specific characters’ names, no mention of any specific scenes or events from your works (granted, they need to be vague because they are bots, they never actually read your works, and they have to be able to use the same comments on other writers’ works too).
EDIT: I’ve been told they got “smarter” and are now mentioning characters by names and also specific scenes from the story. Most definitely because they ran your fic through AI and let AI write comments for them. So basically, if a comment, from someone you don’t know, ends in something along the lines of “I’d like to draw a comic panel about this”, “can we chat on discord (or anywhere outside of ao3)” or anything that’d require your email or other personal information, always assume that it’s 90% a scam.
report them for spam then delete their comments when/if you get them.
please spread this if you can. us writers gotta look out for each other. stay safe, everybody ♡
EDIT (Dec 10, 2025): NEW TYPE OF BOTS
It sucks so bad being an angry cryer. no one talks about this. makes me so mad. which makes me cry more
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ive seen you post a little about mending so i figured i'd ask you, and if you don't know maybe you could direct me to someone who does -
i have a few pairs of jeans that are wearing through along the crotch seam and i'd like to repair them if possible because other than those thin spots they're good jeans with at least a year of life left in them, more if i keep on top of mending. the issue is its not the seam itself thats wearing but the fabric next to it, and i'm unsure how to go about a repair, as i'm newer to higher-level mending like this (most of what i've done is running stitches to hold seams together and a couple patches over weak spots in pockets). would a patch work? how should i go about working around the seam?
any advice at all would be greatly appreciated! thank you in advance
If your jeans have spandex in them, you can only mend them so much before they shred beyond repair.
Your best bet is to put a large patch (100% cotton denim or canvas) on the inside, stitch around it to tack it in, and then cover the entire patched area in multiple directions with sashiko (hand done with embroidery thread) or machine stitches.
Photos from:
More info on both methods:
For a sashiko stitch, crosses like these are pretty easy for beginners. Use chalk to draw guidelines. They’re just running stitches – do the vertical, then all the horizontal.
For the future, keep your eyes peeled for 100% cotton jeans (they’re getting harder to thrift) – both to wear and to act as a source for future patches.
Good luck - this is an annoying repair, but most of it will be hidden from view.
guys, i'm (not) sorry to say, but torsewell is just destiel in a different font
when the trope is “would they get together? Probably not, but it would be SO fucking funny to me.”
This would have had me crucified on tumblr 10 years ago but maybe we are ready for this conversation now:
If you are a socially anxious person, you have to socialize. Your panic/anxiety attacks will only get worse and trigger more frequently if you constantly avoid contact with The Public. Not saying that you need to be a social butterfly- but there is a genuine problem with not being able to order your own meal at a restaurant. And it cannot be solved by always having someone else do it for you.
This is a PSA to about 3/4s of the Portland Youth populace
