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  • Collection Tags and Improvements to Collection Filters

    Published: Fri 26 Sep 2025 01:51PM UTC Comments: 200

    We've just given the code for collection browsing and filtering a much-needed overhaul! In addition to some long overdue performance improvements, this update introduces collection tags — a new way to find collections featuring the fandoms, relationships, tropes, and other topics you enjoy.

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  • Protect Your Contact Information From Scammers

    Published: Tue 23 Sep 2025 04:14PM UTC Comments: 332

    In the last year, AO3 has seen a rise in "art commission" spambot comments. The bots leaving these comments pretend to be artists who want to make comics or illustrations for a fan's fic. After convincing their targets to contact them off AO3, they scam their targets into paying for that art. Fans have reported that after sending payment, they either received AI-generated art or nothing at all.

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  • The Pinky and the Brain Page is Moving to the AO3

    Published: Sun 21 Sep 2025 06:03PM UTC Comments: 125

    The Pinky and the Brain Page, a Pinky and the Brain fanfiction and fanart archive, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3).

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