(TW?? idk how these things work)
maybe I need to get off of the internet but I've been seeing a lot of discourse from the quote great Wattpad migration in quote people are migrating a03 in protest of wattpads new community guidelinesAnd have found that 803 is a culture shock with the censorship there isn't any censorship on A03. original A03 users are complaining basically saying that Wattpad users are too sensitive and too uptight and Puritan while Wattpad users are saying A03 users are complete deprived freaks and P3dos. now this threw me for a loop when I heard this and then I finally looked at both sides of the discourse and normally I try to look at it from both angles and hear both sides out but on one side I'm hearing ‘oh this is too much’ ‘What if a child comes across this’ ‘ we need stricter censorship’ and on the other side I'm hearing ‘ it's not it's not CP if it's fictional’ ‘ a predatory relationship 30 year old man and a 7 year old little girl is fine because it's not hurting any real people’ ‘ let people like what they like’ l and honestly I was trying to hear the people on a03 out but I can't I genuinely cannot and I hope this is just a minor extremely vocal minority of people that think it's okay to read media depicting children being assaulted by adults but then turn around and saying it's okay because it's not real kids ??? I've seen people say Oh these Wattpad users I have gone so far left they've turned right’ oh it's a radical take to not want to see to hopefully rid the internet of pedophilic content ???
But my verdict is Wattpad users need to stop complaining about the harsh censorship if they're just going to turn around and go someplace else with a looser censorship and then complain about minor things like step siblings and monsters, but A03 users need to tighten the fuck up cuz y'all are looking like people I don't want to leave my children around it's also what I'm saying I feel like there can be a middle ground here. But at the end of the day it's probably hopefully a small vocal minority of each group coming to the Limelight and we all need to go outside touchgrass and talk to real people because remember nothing on the Internet is real.
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I don't know what Wattpad users are like, even when generalised, so I can't speak about them. Based on what you said, though, I do think they need to understand that the Internet is the Internet. Unfortunately, Rule 34 is a thing. As much as they freak out, sites like AO3 will exist. That doesn't mean that's a good thing, but it happens nonetheless.
Really, though, AO3 concerns me. The site claims to be an archive, but I see it more as a posting platform. You don't see people uploading new works to the Internet Archive because an archive isn't designed to store new things. It preserves the old. I also doubt the Internet Archive would allow the shit AO3 does. Even museums that showcase these things have the basic tact to say, "This is history, but it is fucked up." AO3 users post because they don't see it as fucked up in the first place.
unfortunately there's a lot of nuance to this convo, and people fucking hate that on the internet. you're right that it is a v small minority of both communities tho, most of us don't have any actual issues besides a small joke here and there
That's just my take though o(*￣︶￣*)o
Just as a tip if you dont want to see such because ao3 censorship is likely never going to happen, immediately filter out everything you dont want to see. Saves your eyes from intense amounts of bleach.