An AO3 Query

[kariye]

Guys, how do you find fic on AO3? Both you personally and other methods you are aware of

Comments

[poshlil]

I don't subscribe at all, I search by pairing. It sorts by date as a default (newest to oldest), so I can always see what the latest is by looking at what's been uploaded after the last title I read. I'm guessing this probably only works well if you belong to a really tiny fandom/ship though.

[kariye]

Oh, yes, this method would be utter chaos in a fandom like TW because it's so big. *g* But I can see how it would work for a really small fandom.

I love the subscription thing. I get stuff I don't want, other fandoms by a writer, but it works well as a whole.

[poshlil]

I'm kind of anti-subscriptions to everything :P I basically like to get comment notifications and that's it. Life is an endless cycle of saying yes to shopkeepers asking if I have email (because I'm sick of telling them no constantly) and then unsubscribing from the stuff they send. And as you say, for small fandoms, tags work well. I've found a lot of the fics I like are by writers like me, who do one or two fics per fandom and are content to lurk for the rest of the time.

[kariye]

Oh, no, I like to smile my sweetest smile and refuse to give the stores any information. Except that somehow they get it anyway! Scary - I think they mine credit card info. Like today. I got a coupon in the mail, addressed me at my address, from a store. Yes, they do have my email but I've never given them anything else. But I shop there. I can only think they got it from my debit card info. Ack.

[poshlil]

I should do that, but they always look very confused and ask why I don't have email, and then I have to explain that I don't *not* have an email, it's that I don't want eleven billion offers sent to me on a daily basis.

That's super creepy. O_O I'm pretty sure my last phone provider sold my number to a telemarketing company, because it's been unlisted since I got it in 2001 and I never give it to anyone except doctors, friends, and family. But a few months ago I had people calling on a daily basis to sell me insurance, new curtains, internet services, and I was like "a) how did you even get this number? and b) no, I'm not interested, remove me from your lists at once." I was so furious. Now I screen all calls unless they're a listed contact.

[kariye]

oh, yeah, I never answer my phone unless it's someone in my contacts. Not even then, half the time. *g* It's all totally out of hand, the way info is distributed. I just this week finally broke down after four years of my old phone and got a smart phone as the old one was finally going. But it's a droid and it wanted gmail and I have gmail, but only my fandom account. So I had to make a new one. But I do want to put fandom stuff on there, only I'm afraid of accidentally mixing up the accounts and crossing my worlds over. ARGH.

[demarafis]

"it's a droid and it wanted gmail and I have gmail, but only my fandom account. So I had to make a new one. But I do want to put fandom stuff on there, only I'm afraid of accidentally mixing up the accounts and crossing my worlds over. ARGH."

Same problem, or almost the same, as I have more than one fannish gmail account and none of those accounts are ones I want associated with my number. I've resorted to using my smartphone for the occasional emergency internet browsing, phoning, texting and OMGPICTURETEXTSARETEHBESTTHINGEVER ILOVEDATAPLANS and my iPod for everything else. Except my friends are playing Puzzle and Dragon and for some stupidarse reason I can't download it from the apple store because it's "not available for your region" and I don't want to get another gmail account just for the stupid phone just so I can play with my friends why is this so complicated? DDDDDD:

[kariye]

yeah, I gave in when I was in the city over the weekend. I ended up putting my fannish gmail on the phone - we'll see how it goes. Google knows all anyway so it's not like I'm able to keep secrets from them anyway. Double ugh.