[ SECRET POST #4126 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4126 ⌋

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Comments

Not the OP, but...

[(Anonymous)]

How quickly can you orphan a fic? Like does it have to be posted under your username first before you can orphan it? I'm wondering if it's possible for someone to see it's mine if they happen to be looking at the right time or if they remember what username it was originally posted under.

Re: Not the OP, but...

[(Anonymous)]

DA

There was a fic I needed to orphan like RIGHT away, so what I did was hit post under my own handle, and then immediately went to orphan it.

AO3 never sent any alerts out, as far as I know, so I'm safe :P

Re: Not the OP, but...

[tabaqui]

I do not know. Probably fairly quickly. I'd just read up on how to orphan (and ask if you don't get it, the AO3 people get back to you fast) and then go for it. The people who *would* see would be the people who are subscribed to you.

I would, personally, if it's that much of an issue - make an AO3 account, post everything locked so nobody can see it, then orphan it all at the same time.

Re: Not the OP, but...

[(Anonymous)]

SA as orphaner

I think there is a delay before AO3's alerts go out. I once had to change the handle of a person I was collabing with a fic on, and the alerts went out under the new handle, not the old one.

Re: Not the OP, but...

[(Anonymous)]

The risk of notifications going out before I could orphan the fic makes me nervous. I don't think it's for me. My original plan was just to create a separate ao3 username for stuff I don't want linked to my old account.

Re: Not the OP, but...

[tabaqui]

Well, that works.

I'm pretty sure you can lock everything, though, and post it private so nobody sees, and then you could orphan...but who knows? A new account would be easier, and you could always orphan that if you really wanted to, too.

Re: Not the OP, but...

[(Anonymous)]

If you wish you can post it to an anon collection (like this one: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/anonymous) and it will never even show up under your username. Everyone else will see the author as "Anonymous" but you see your own work as “Anonymous [Your Username]". As long as it is not a part of a series there will be no way to trace it back to you. You will still get comment notifications in your inbox and if you reply to them it'll be as "Anonymous Creator."

However, if you wish, after it is published as a part of the anon collection you can go back in and orphan it, totally separating it from your account and control.

Re: Not the OP, but...

[tabaqui]

Neat!

Re: Not the OP, but...

[(Anonymous)]

This sounds like a better option, thanks! I'd like to reply to comments and stuff, I just don't want to have my name on it.

Re: Not the OP, but...

[(Anonymous)]

You could create an anon collection and post your fics to it, so they'd show up as anonymous and then orphan from there if you didn't want your username to show att