[ SECRET POST #5865 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5865 ⌋

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Comments

AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

So I thought that whenever a fic was updated, the date changed to when it was updated? At least I feel like that's how it's always been in the past. But there's a WIP in my fandom that's fairly frequently updated, but the date has never changed from the date it was originally posted. Did this change recently? Or is there something specific the author is doing to make the date not update?

I know, it doesn't really matter, I'm just curious about how it works!

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

I believe that the date is something you can just change?

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, ok, thanks!

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

If the publication date has been Backdated (ie. the date manually changed in the editing page) then adding new chapters won't change the date - you have to edit it by hand after that.

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, ok. I wonder why would some want to backdate it, I can't think of a reason for that.

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

Porting in an old fic they wrote from before A03 was a thing. Writing styles have DEF changed, and it makes more sense to have a fic from the 90s have the correct round-about date.

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

That would make sense, but the date's fairly recent, like within the last month...I think it might've been the date it was first posted. But I guess they could've backdated the second chapter, and then that would keep the rest from automatically updating, right? Maybe they just want it to keep the same date it was first posted for some reason.

I don't know, I'm putting way too much thought into this lol.

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

If you've got a lot of fic you're uploading from somewhere else, or if you're uploading pre-Ao3 old fic, you might not want the dates on it being the current ones. More of an archive function.

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

As someone else in the thread said, it could have been ported in from another site.

Also - if something was originally posted in a Gift Exchange, and didn't get revealed 'til the Exchange opened, it would be way, way, way down in the feed by the time anyone could look at it. It's considered acceptable to redate a fic to the time the Exchange opens (or, some people wait until it's off anon).

I would strongly advise *against* redating a fic outside of adding a new chapter or the above situations, though.

Re: AO3 Question

[(Anonymous)]

In addition to the things already stated, someone might just not want their fic to show up at the top of the most recent fics for a given pairing?

Re: AO3 Question

[tabaqui]

Usually, a fic shows the post date, and then the update date. So - two dates. Like - I had a fic I first started posting in 2014, finished in 2018, it says 'Published 2014' and 'Completed - 2018'. And as i posted chapters (but didn't complete), it would say 'published 2014' and then 'updated 2015' or whatever.