Comment on September 2025 Newsletter, Volume 204

1. Forested_Woodlands Mon 06 Oct 2025 04:48AM UTC

   

   Rant works are very common. A lrge amount of Ao3's userbase is teens, and teens, well, they suffer. A simple search could find hundreds, if not thousands, or such works, all of which goes against the TOS

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2. 1. SarkyLittleMonster Tue 07 Oct 2025 08:10AM UTC

      

      Wait, what is a rant work? And why are they against the TOS? /gen /nf

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   2. 1. Forested_Woodlands Tue 07 Oct 2025 02:07PM UTC

         

         A rant work is against the tos because this site is made fanfic, and writngg fics to complain isnt fanfic

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      2. p0ppys33dmuff1n Tue 07 Oct 2025 02:32PM UTC

         

         Elaborating a bit on Forested_Woodlands' comment, AO3 is an archive for transformative fan content, which can also allow original works since it's up to the author to decide if their original work is transformative. But by posting a rant work (or anything other type of non-fanwork the teens on here upload), you are not transforming anything, you're just talking about real-life events.

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      3. 1. SarkyLittleMonster Tue 07 Oct 2025 06:02PM UTC

            

            Ohh, I see. I confused rant work with meta, which I've seen people archive here. Ty ^-^

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