>> That used to be an option, but after the rules change last year, you have to be a current member to read things. <<
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but what did AO3 itself change? I've been using it regularly and haven't noticed any differences in engagement by people posting comments on my fics as Guests and leaving anonymous kudos. I thought the main issue was that a lot of people were starting to manually lock their works due to the AI scraping issue, which unfortunately would have the same frustrating effect for a lot of people.
And while I entirely get why people are doing it, I don't know how much good it would do to lock your works when they've already been scraped, hence why I'm choosing not to punish my readers by locking mine. The main fandom I write for has too many people who read and kudos and comment without an account due to fear of backlash, so I'd hate to take it out on them.
Re: Thank you!
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but what did AO3 itself change? I've been using it regularly and haven't noticed any differences in engagement by people posting comments on my fics as Guests and leaving anonymous kudos. I thought the main issue was that a lot of people were starting to manually lock their works due to the AI scraping issue, which unfortunately would have the same frustrating effect for a lot of people.
And while I entirely get why people are doing it, I don't know how much good it would do to lock your works when they've already been scraped, hence why I'm choosing not to punish my readers by locking mine. The main fandom I write for has too many people who read and kudos and comment without an account due to fear of backlash, so I'd hate to take it out on them.