[ SECRET POST #4057 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4057 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This is why I love AO3.

It's not set up to protect you, the reader. It's set up to protect us, the writers. And we can use that system as it best benefits and protects us, regardless of how you feel it should be used.

The tag "choose not to warn" is used exactly as it was intended - as a warning itself. Partly because the idea of whether or not "there's anything to warn for" is highly subjective.

[(Anonymous)]

Just because ITT I'm addressing one of the issues some fic readers have, doesn't mean that's my only hat. I also write fic. I was even prevailed upon to add a tag to one of my fics, once, and while I didn't wholly agree with the reader's assessment at the time, I added the tag anyway, because why not? The tag didn't harm my fic, and it stood the possibility of providing a better experience for readers, so I added it.

And honestly? I would say I love AO3 more as a reader than as a writer, so I'm not sure where you'e coming from.

Secondly, I recall quite a few conversations that happened on LJ, back in the days shortly before AO3 got up and running, about the functionality of warning tags. It may not have been universally agreed upon that "Chose not to warn" was a necessary middle ground between explicit warnings and no warnings, but it was a very popular way of understanding, and later, using the tag.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure where you'e coming from

You're complaining about your reading experience.

It may not have been universally agreed upon that "Chose not to warn" was a necessary middle ground between explicit warnings and no warnings

How could anyone agree it was a middle ground? "Choose not to warn" literally means "no warnings are being given." That is its literal meaning.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my god. I have- you don't- nope. Nope. I have explained this like six times in this comments thread already. I'm done with this one. Cheers.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

So your argument is that "diluting" the alleged implicit meaning of CNTW by using it on totally inoffensive fics is bad because it makes it harder for readers to distinguish between unlabeled fics that may contain actually objectionable content and unlabeled fics that are completely benign, yet you add tags to your fic that you feel misrepresent your fic just because a reader pestered you into it.

[tabaqui]

All of this.