Oh, hey! It's ysabetwordsmith! I feel like I see you everywhere on Dreamwidth (tone: positive!).
I knew there was a huge pop-up whenever you access AO3 without an account, but I'm so experienced in the art of checking "I have read the so-and-so" without actually reading it, that I didn't think about how many problems that would cause for people who do value knowing what rules they're meant to be following.
And oh god, the YouTube thing. I'm so annoyed by their latest bullshit that I'm trying to avoid using it when I can, though properly boycotting it is nearly impossible for me, as someone whose latest obsession is object shows, a genre of indie animation that exists nearly entirely on YouTube. (As you can imagine, watching a lot of animated videos with a fandom that skews young gives me a vested interest in doing something about this bullshit!) I use Invidious whenever I can, and my casual YouTube browsing has dropped a lot. Hopefully I have at least contributed to their numbers going down.
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Date: 2025-10-06 01:55 pm (UTC)I knew there was a huge pop-up whenever you access AO3 without an account, but I'm so experienced in the art of checking "I have read the so-and-so" without actually reading it, that I didn't think about how many problems that would cause for people who do value knowing what rules they're meant to be following.
And oh god, the YouTube thing. I'm so annoyed by their latest bullshit that I'm trying to avoid using it when I can, though properly boycotting it is nearly impossible for me, as someone whose latest obsession is object shows, a genre of indie animation that exists nearly entirely on YouTube. (As you can imagine, watching a lot of animated videos with a fandom that skews young gives me a vested interest in doing something about this bullshit!) I use Invidious whenever I can, and my casual YouTube browsing has dropped a lot. Hopefully I have at least contributed to their numbers going down.
Hadn't heard about the AI thing. Jesus.