leaving AO3
I'm really sorry, dear fans, that I left AO3. It's a long story ...
I posted two challenges in the fanfic section because I couldn't find a challenge section, FAQ didn't show what I was searching for and so fanfic section it was. They are actually meant to be posted in "collections", but it never occured to me to look there. I couldn't remember the TOS either.
Someone ranted at my viewfinder challange and me, instead of telling me where to post it. By then about 30 people had read the challange (or more, I can't remember because the 2nd challenge in another fandom had at least 30 hits, too). Since nobody else had complained, I didn't understand what was wrong. So I got mad because the of the content of the rant (challenges are shit was used, not only regarding mine), and because it was posted anonymously (I hate that, ranters/flamers always post anonymously) and no word on where to post challenges. I ranted back.
I shouldn't have and I apologize for that.
We were both wrong in our conduct. Sadly, there was no mediator.
Someone else finally told me where they belonged, but ranted at me, too. So I deleted the challenges, the comments/ our bitching inlcuded.
In the end none of us were polite and it was bad behaviour on all 3 sides because neither of us could stay calm or stick to the facts. That's not what I'm looking for in an archive and it certainly is not behavior I want to show in someone else's archive.
I deleted my fics.
A day later I got a warning from AO3 abuse because I posted the challenge in the wrong place, though I had expected a warning or ban because of my bad conduct.
To me it seemed like posting in the wrong section is worse than bad behaviour, so I'm not sure if this archive is for me. I decided to leave AO3, at least as author. I couldn't get/didn't have the username I've been using as a writer for more than 10 years anyway.
But I think I'll keep the account so I can send reviews to other authors and make them as happy as my reviewers made me.
So a huge thank you goes out to all of you wonderful people who gave me such heartfelt feedback. You made my days.
And I'll keep on writing.
My fics, WiPs, wallpapers and fic recommendations can be found at my own site Hannahbee's Haven or here livejournal.
And as a result I'll overhaul the challenge section on my site.
I posted two challenges in the fanfic section because I couldn't find a challenge section, FAQ didn't show what I was searching for and so fanfic section it was. They are actually meant to be posted in "collections", but it never occured to me to look there. I couldn't remember the TOS either.
Someone ranted at my viewfinder challange and me, instead of telling me where to post it. By then about 30 people had read the challange (or more, I can't remember because the 2nd challenge in another fandom had at least 30 hits, too). Since nobody else had complained, I didn't understand what was wrong. So I got mad because the of the content of the rant (challenges are shit was used, not only regarding mine), and because it was posted anonymously (I hate that, ranters/flamers always post anonymously) and no word on where to post challenges. I ranted back.
I shouldn't have and I apologize for that.
We were both wrong in our conduct. Sadly, there was no mediator.
Someone else finally told me where they belonged, but ranted at me, too. So I deleted the challenges, the comments/ our bitching inlcuded.
In the end none of us were polite and it was bad behaviour on all 3 sides because neither of us could stay calm or stick to the facts. That's not what I'm looking for in an archive and it certainly is not behavior I want to show in someone else's archive.
I deleted my fics.
A day later I got a warning from AO3 abuse because I posted the challenge in the wrong place, though I had expected a warning or ban because of my bad conduct.
To me it seemed like posting in the wrong section is worse than bad behaviour, so I'm not sure if this archive is for me. I decided to leave AO3, at least as author. I couldn't get/didn't have the username I've been using as a writer for more than 10 years anyway.
But I think I'll keep the account so I can send reviews to other authors and make them as happy as my reviewers made me.
So a huge thank you goes out to all of you wonderful people who gave me such heartfelt feedback. You made my days.
And I'll keep on writing.
My fics, WiPs, wallpapers and fic recommendations can be found at my own site Hannahbee's Haven or here livejournal.
And as a result I'll overhaul the challenge section on my site.