Archive of Our Own is down due to a DDoS attack

[just444]

Archive of Our Own is down due to a DDoS attack https://t.co/IihtOxgbms pic.twitter.com/8rh2ja0g65
- Polygon (@Polygon) July 10, 2023

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for the not fanficton readers, Archive of Our Own (Ao3) is the site for fanfics

Comments

[artemisofluna]

I hope they get it back up soon, where else am I supposed to read my faves fucking?

[slaygalthessily]

I got home from work, saw it was down and just crawled into bed and slept. Like what else is there to do - but it’s me avoiding all the adulting stuff I should be doing instead. I didn’t realize how much I was on it until yesterday.

[kawaiiairbender]

Going to have to read books I've bought and are just sitting on my bookshelf unread :(

[looneyboy83]

fanfiction.net

[celja]

Damn I thought it was fixed because it was up again last night. Leave my fics alone!

[disarmingdevil]

It's probably a bunch of incels who think fan fiction presents unrealistic expectations of relationships when in actuality no one wants to go to Red Lobster with a sweaty neckbeard talking about Trump all night.

Although my favourite trope is enemies to friends to lovers...

[mcdork]

Same on the fave trope. 🤣

[nutella_forever]

I hope they get it back soon, what am I supposed to read, books where I have to get to know the characters?

By the time I am emotionally invested in them the story is already over

[amor143x]

omg thank u for explaining to me why I can read a million fics but not a single book lmao

[a_way_of_sin]

honestly, this

[kjesta]

fanfic is like comfort food or hanging out with old friends that you can just silently sit next to on the couch without saying a word. going out and meeting new people is great and exciting too, but can just take so much energy and effort and commitment to something new, whereas your old buddies are always reliable sources of a good time.

[noodlecookie]

I know everyone is making jokes about the Library of Alexandria but seriously, how many works are on there? How many readers? Sure, it’s not Cheltenham Literary Festival up in there all the time, but it’s free and it’s fun. Free spaces like these need to be protected better.

[misandrylmao]

Mte. People can get so fucking snobby about what others read lol like I’m sure it’s a genuinely important site for people, creatively and just as readers too and that’s perfectly legit.

[slaughtermatic]

They have things archived from dead websites. I will throw a fucking fit.

[merel_93]

Agreed. Not everyone who writes for fun wants to publish, create their own original work or is talented enough to do so, but doesn´t mean there can´t be a place to share ayway.