i'm shining like fireworks over your sad empty town

[chicafrom3]

Question of the day: I know several people on my flist have AO3 accounts, so tell me, do you think it'd be worth it for me to sign up to get one?

I have been posting fic exclusively to LJ for so long that it seems weird to be considering joining an archive of this sort.

[Poll #1728775]


In other news, there is no other news. Sorry.

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[franzeska]

*wanders by from blogsearching*

I'm a firm believer in setting up accounts on everything ever, especially if it has a waitlist. Right now, the AO3 queue is probably somewhere in the 24-72 hour range, but during times like yuletide or major panics about FFN or LJ, it's been known to rise to a couple of weeks. And unlike DW, AO3 hasn't handed out very many invite codes. I think I've gotten around 3, and I had an account during closed beta. Better to have an account you don't really use than to suddenly want one and have to wait.

I got an LJ invite from a RL friend and didn't use my account for ages. Then, suddenly, I noticed how much fandom activity there was and *poof* I was using it all the time, and I was glad I didn't have to go looking for someone with codes. (At the time, fandom people I knew were mostly still on lists.)

It's not like it will hurt AO3 for people to have inactive accounts. :) I say, sign up, and if you don't end up liking it much, c'est la vie. (Also, there are some reader features like signed kudos instead of "X # of guests left kudos" that might be worth having if you ever do any reading there.)