One does wonder

Jun 04, 2012 02:57

So AO3 has been up and down for the past few days. Their Twitter says it'll take a few weeks to sort it out? Hm ( Read more... )

what the actual fuck?, i trawl twitter, mucking the stables, stuff

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merkuria June 3 2012, 23:09:43 UTC
Last week I completed Advanced Open Water Diver course in Dahab. And now I'm trying to get out of the worst lurking spell I've ever experienced. Also, might take up embroidery. That last is a bit of WTF for me, but the thought won't leave me so I will probably yield.

Silly comment is silly :)

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kianspo June 3 2012, 23:14:04 UTC
Actually, the words that stand out here are 'lurking spell.' Lurking spell?

Hm. Embroidery. I always wondered why people do that... :)

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rotrude June 3 2012, 23:17:09 UTC
Uhm, some Friday night dining out & Sunday shopping. Pretty run of the mill. I'm actually saving a bit so I can be more splurge-y on holiday later this month.

I like the A03 but I'm not very fond of their colour scheme. When I'm reading I want to have background colours that don't strain my eyes, and that red header thingy does it.

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kianspo June 3 2012, 23:24:24 UTC
Aww, your weekend sounds lovely. :D

Hm. I must admit I never paid much attention to the header, considering it goes away when scrolling down... There is that, probably. But I like that you can upload texts of any length, the simple font, and general air. Posting is a bitch sometimes in some aspects, but the end result usually works for me.

They aren't perfect, of course, but from all the archives I used, they're pretty good.

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rotrude June 3 2012, 23:37:20 UTC
Must be because I do read those headers carefully ;P
I love that you can download fic but I'd love it if they changed the search feature a bit because only the most recent uploads appear (50 pages) now.

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kianspo June 3 2012, 23:41:11 UTC
That's true. That bothers me a bit, too.

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marguerite_26 June 3 2012, 23:26:47 UTC
I'm pretty sure it's the massive surge of Avengers fic. that is fandom seems very on A03 based. It's being going on since the movie came out and the squee started but it's only gotten really bad in the last couple weeks.

But I think they actually came out and said it was because of Avengers. I'm not surprised, seeing as some Avengers fics are getting insane amounts of hits and have only been posted for a couple weeks.

Though the mess at ff.net is likely just adding to it.

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kianspo June 3 2012, 23:29:41 UTC
Huh. I knew I didn't like comic books for a reason... Okay, so that's not the reason, but that's not helping. :D

Wow, really? Well, I do hope Avengers won't bring them down. Too good a thing to lose.

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kianspo June 3 2012, 23:48:03 UTC
Wow. Sounds like they need a tag 'I blame Avengers.' :D

That's the thing, the fics are stored in a few other places, those I want to keep anyway. But there'll be no redirect or anything. I'm mulling...

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kianspo June 3 2012, 23:57:23 UTC
LOL. I don't think I'll ever get it, but what the hell, good for them. :D

Yes, except for the stories I wouldn't keep, because well, shame. *winces* It's some kind of weird curse that the stories I personally consider garbage are the ones people get most attached to. I think I just need the time to drop the axe.

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hiddenfacade June 4 2012, 02:46:05 UTC
I'm not a comic book person either, but I am a Joss Whedon person, so . . . ANYTHING HE TOUCHES IS GOLD, I am telling you. >.<

Anyway, yes, there is a reason FF.Net is called the pit of voles, but you can occasionally find a diamond in there. (It's just a pain in the ass to find them.)

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kianspo June 4 2012, 09:29:02 UTC
LOL. Okay. ;)

Oh yes, I know. I was there for quite a while, so I'm not speaking out of snobbism. There are good stories there occasionally and I met my best friend there. All the same, I'd rather not go back to that and those drifting accounts make me wonder what to do with them... >.<

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hiddenfacade June 4 2012, 12:31:17 UTC
Yeah, I have experienced that problem (I have at least four accounts there, if not more).

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