It’s not an okay thing to do- but this is the internet. Almost anything you’ve uploaded on the internet and if it is downloadable can be used however that person wants to use it. I’m sure since the start of ai people have downloaded fics and fed them into ai (whether a checker or for thier own benefit). If ai scrapping was a concern then keep your fic in a physical notebook. If people stealing your work is a concern- keep it in a physical notebook and don’t share it to a soul. It’s INCREDIBLY unfortunate, but in this day and age- that’s what you signed up for when you decide to upload/share any piece of creative work.
2026-11-01 05:14:10
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Lincanzando :
They were mostly already on Google drives before the arcive went down. I get what you are saying. I lock my fics down but I am also aware that my locked fics have been run through ai multiple times by scammers. If people want to share my fic that they went out of their way to download I am OK with that. I am also now posting my fics, still locked, to squidgeworld. There is a nuanced take to this but it also at the end of the day boils down to plagiarism is bad but distribution is fine.
2026-11-01 04:49:07
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⚓ :
it doesn't scrape private documents
2026-11-01 03:47:24
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i_am_sofa_king :
ao3 itself and the rest of the internet already gets scraped for ai by google and every other tech company
2026-10-31 18:11:31
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❄️💙𝕊𝕟𝕠𝕨∙𝔻𝕣𝕠𝕡💙❄️ :
So when you put a bunch of fanfiction into a Google Drive and start passing it around on social media, that gets uncomfortably close to being “mass distribution” which is against ao3’s TOS.
2026-10-31 21:31:41
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tsukisu :
hate to tell you this but like 90% of writers I know write their fics on Google docs and then run it through a separate grammar checking system. That shit has already been double scraped 😅
2026-10-31 18:56:14
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mystery :
ao3 has already been scrapped lol
2026-10-31 18:22:23
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dawn chorus :
what are you talking about 😭
2026-11-01 03:17:38
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Alcina Dimitrescu's Butch Wife :
Also stop uploading people's fics to other websites... Like what are we doing????
2026-10-31 14:05:27
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。‧˚ʚ Kitty ɞ˚‧。⋆ :
“AI has probably scrapped your work anyway who cares just let people share” and “guns already kill people so why do we need more gun laws? people will still get guns who cares” do you people hear the similarity?
2026-10-31 22:15:30
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user70184184175014 :
first, a lot of people don't know about AI scraping.
second, most people have Google drive as their primary.
2026-10-31 19:05:55
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butter 🥝🦇 :
Wait no you’re genuinely right?? And especially the people uploading OTHER PEOPLE’S fics???
2026-10-31 19:14:18
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𓏲 Rory ⋆ 🦇 :
Anyone got free alternate apps than Google doc s
2026-11-01 03:14:29
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꧁𓊈𒆜Luca𒆜𓊉꧂ :
it only does if you allow it or directly feed it Into it. this is done because while A03 is a archive, it goes down, so it's better to also make it own personal archive
2026-10-31 20:40:04
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monkey d zoë :
you can opt out of the ai
2026-10-31 17:32:23
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BreHammy :
I’m going to be honest, a lot of people aren’t aware. Especially new writer 😔
2026-10-31 15:03:37
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Onlyapapermoon :
you're right 👏👏👏 getting the authors consent is key!!
2026-10-31 23:07:47
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dawn chorus :
welcome to computer science brother
2026-11-01 03:18:02
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Sped Teacher 4 life :
Their browser extensions will allow you mass download from AO3. The Archive has been scraped multiple times. I don’t think it’s ethical if an author specifically says they don’t want it shared. I also don’t know that I would focus a lot of energy on this. If you’re adamant that you don’t want any reality where AI could touch your work. You probably need to hand write it and only share it in person.
2026-10-31 20:35:05
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dawn chorus :
welcome to computer science brother
2026-11-01 03:18:06
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L :
A03 should come out with the option not to allow people to download your work as well as an option not to allow people to copy said work. Sadly, writers cannot trust the readers not to steal their work.
2026-10-31 20:14:10
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_keke :
you realize people already used ai for ao3 right?
2026-10-31 16:44:14
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Mag Lemon :
people are taking fics from ao3 and uploading them into ai anyways, its almost impossible to protect from and theyve already hit most of the popular fandoms, its actually so depressing & genuinely discouraging fanfic authors from writing at all if their work is just gonna be stolen anyways
2026-10-31 17:50:35
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Airi Kozume :
y'all act like the AIs ain't scraping Ao3 anyway
2026-10-31 21:35:08
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