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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers. The award was accepted by noted author Creator/NaomiNovik, a co-founder and past board member of the OTW, and herself a multiple Hugo nominee.

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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award UsefulNotes/HugoAward is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers. The award was accepted by noted author Creator/NaomiNovik, a co-founder and past board member of the OTW, and herself a multiple Hugo nominee.
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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Has its own tag]], with over 39,000 fics written as of November 2022.

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Has its own tag]], with over 39,000 40,000 fics written as of November 2022.
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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Has its own tag]], with over 32,000 fics written as of December 2021.

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Has its own tag]], with over 32,000 39,000 fics written as of December 2021.November 2022.



* FreakyFridayFlip: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Bodyswap/works Has its own tag]].

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* FreakyFridayFlip: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Bodyswap/works Has its own tag]].tag]], with over 8,000 fics under it as of November 2022.
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* {{MST}}: Unlike FF.net, this is allowed on the site and even has a legitimate tag dedicated to it.
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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of {{troll}}s purporting to be ''Series/ToCatchAPredator''-esque online vigilantes by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe are pederastic.) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization for Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanWorkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].

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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of {{troll}}s purporting to be ''Series/ToCatchAPredator''-esque online vigilantes by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe are pederastic.) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization for Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanWorkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].

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!!"Tropes Of Our Own":
* AdjustableCensorship: If you, as a reader, don't want to see certain content, archive warnings, ratings, or pairings, you can set the search to filter whatever you don't want to see from the results. It's one of the most comprehensive filtering systems of any fanfiction archive, making it easy to find whatever you're looking for even outside of triggering or sexual content, such as a specific pairing, characterization, or AU scenario.

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* AdjustableCensorship: If you, as a reader, you don't want to see certain content, archive warnings, ratings, or pairings, pairings as a reader, you can set the search to filter whatever you don't want to see from the results. It's one of the most comprehensive filtering systems of any fanfiction fan-fiction archive, making it easy to find whatever you're looking for even outside of triggering or sexual content, such as a specific pairing, characterization, or AU scenario.



* {{Bowdlerize}}: {{Averted|Trope}}. Unlike Website/FanFictionDotNet, the Archive has minimal content restrictions, allowing explicit sexual content.

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: {{Bowdlerise}}: {{Averted|Trope}}. Unlike Website/FanFictionDotNet, the Archive has minimal content restrictions, allowing explicit sexual content.



* FullNameBasis: The canonical character tags use that character's full name, nicknames and codenames included. For example, an ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}'' story might be tagged with "Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler" or "Jack 'Soldier:76' Morrison", or a ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Gravity Falls]]'' story might include "Jesús 'Soos' Alzamirano Ramirez". However, authors are allowed to tag their works however they like, and more minimalist tags like just "Mercy" and "Soos" can be redirected to the full canonical tag if they aren't ambiguous.

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* FullNameBasis: The canonical character tags use that character's full name, nicknames and codenames included. For example, an ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' story might be tagged with "Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler" or "Jack 'Soldier:76' Morrison", or a ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Gravity Falls]]'' ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' story might include "Jesús 'Soos' Alzamirano Ramirez". However, authors are allowed to tag their works however they like, and more minimalist tags like just "Mercy" and "Soos" can be redirected to the full canonical tag if they aren't ambiguous.
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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of {{troll}}s purporting to be ''Series/ToCatchAPredator''-esque online vigilantes by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe are pederastic.) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanWorkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].

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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of {{troll}}s purporting to be ''Series/ToCatchAPredator''-esque online vigilantes by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe are pederastic.) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of for Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanWorkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].
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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers. The award was accepted by noted author Naomi Novik, a co-founder and past board member of the OTW, and herself a multiple Hugo nominee.

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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers. The award was accepted by noted author Naomi Novik, Creator/NaomiNovik, a co-founder and past board member of the OTW, and herself a multiple Hugo nominee.
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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Has its own tag]], with over 31,000 hits as of October 2021.

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Has its own tag]], with over 31,000 hits 32,000 fics written as of October December 2021.

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It also has a ''much'' less restrictive Review system than Fanfiction.net--like [=LiveJournal=] or Reddit, it uses comments which may be edited and stacked on at your leisure, rather than having a single use for each chapter that can never be edited, replied to only privately.

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It also has a ''much'' less restrictive Review system than Fanfiction.net--like [=LiveJournal=] or Reddit, it uses comments which may be edited and stacked on at your leisure, rather than having a single use for each chapter that can never be edited, replied to only privately.
privately. Other than that, there are also some comment moderation settings: authors may accept all comments by default, only allow them to be shown publicly after approval, or simply turn them off altogether.



* AlanSmithee: If authors want to disassociate themselves from a work but don't want to take it down, they can choose to orphan the work. All orphaned works are moved to "orphan_account". [[invoked]]

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* AlanSmithee: If authors want to disassociate themselves from a work but don't want to take it down, they can choose to orphan the work. All orphaned works are moved to "orphan_account". Users who still want to retain some degree of control and be able to reply to new comments are advised to either add the works to the 'anonymous' collection[[note]]which is modified such that any mentions of the author's username are replaced with "Anonymous" and the work isn't shown on their profile anymore[[/note]], or transfer ownership to a throwaway account using the "co-author" property. [[invoked]]


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* FanWebcomics: The archive allows you to share fan art and comics on it, although the images themselves cannot be hosted on the site and need to be embedded via external links.
* FanTranslation: The archive allows you to publish translations of fanfiction and has a few settings available that makes it easier to give the original authors credit.[[invoked]]
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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Nearly more than 30,000 of them.]]

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Nearly more than 30,000 Has its own tag]], with over 31,000 hits as of them.]] October 2021.
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* StartMyOwn: Essentially the reason for the site's existence, with a dash of deliberately learning from history. The site is entirely funded by donations (no ads means no dealing with advertizer content policies), retains legal counsel (just having a lawyer on speed dial is often enough to fend off spurious legal threats to legitimately transformative works), and has a broad, clearly defined leadership structure with conflict resolution procedures (to prevent a site leadership implosion from taking the whole thing down from the top). All of these are lessons learned the hard way from other fandom sites.

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* StartMyOwn: Essentially the reason for the site's existence, with a dash of deliberately learning from history. The site is entirely funded by donations (no ads means no dealing with advertizer advertiser content policies), retains legal counsel (just having a lawyer on speed dial is often enough to fend off spurious legal threats to legitimately transformative works), and has a broad, clearly defined leadership structure with conflict resolution procedures (to prevent a site leadership implosion from taking the whole thing down from the top). All of these are lessons learned the hard way from other fandom sites.

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Nearly than 30,000 of them.]]

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Nearly more than 30,000 of them.]]]]
* FreakyFridayFlip: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Bodyswap/works Has its own tag]].
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) has been running since late 2008, gaining widespread popularity from 2011 onward. It almost exclusively hosts [[{{Fanfic}} fanfiction]].

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known (most commonly abbreviated as [=AO3=]) has been running since late 2008, gaining widespread popularity from 2011 onward. It almost exclusively hosts [[{{Fanfic}} fanfiction]].
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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works More than 20,000 of them.]]

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works More Nearly than 20,000 30,000 of them.]]
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* FullNameBasis: The character tags for each story use that character's full name, nicknames and codenames included. For example, an ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}'' story might be tagged with "Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler" or "Jack 'Soldier:76' Morrison", or a ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Gravity Falls]]'' story might include "Jesús 'Soos' Alzamirano Ramirez".

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* FullNameBasis: The canonical character tags for each story use that character's full name, nicknames and codenames included. For example, an ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}'' story might be tagged with "Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler" or "Jack 'Soldier:76' Morrison", or a ''[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Gravity Falls]]'' story might include "Jesús 'Soos' Alzamirano Ramirez". However, authors are allowed to tag their works however they like, and more minimalist tags like just "Mercy" and "Soos" can be redirected to the full canonical tag if they aren't ambiguous.
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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of {{troll}}s purporting to be ''Series/ToCatchAPredator''-esque online vigilantes by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe are pederastic.) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanworkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].

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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of {{troll}}s purporting to be ''Series/ToCatchAPredator''-esque online vigilantes by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe are pederastic.) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanworkBan [[FanWorkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].
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* RealPersonFic: Unlike Website/FanFictionDotNet, these are allowed on the Archive.
* ScriptFic: Unlike Website/FanFictionDotNet, these are allowed on the Archive.

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* RealPersonFic: Unlike Website/FanFictionDotNet, these fics involving real people are allowed on the Archive.
* ScriptFic: Unlike Website/FanFictionDotNet, these fics that use script instead of prose format are allowed on the Archive.
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* StartMyOwn: Essentially the reason for the site's existence, with a dash of deliberately learning from history. The site is entirely funded by donations (no ads means no dealing with advertizer content policies), retains legal counsel (just having a lawyer on speed dial is often enough to fend off spurious legal threats to legitimately transformative works), and has a broad, clearly defined leadership structure with conflict resolution procedures (to prevent a site leadership implosion from taking the whole thing down from the top). All of these are lessons learned the hard way from other fandom sites.
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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.

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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.
volunteers. The award was accepted by noted author Naomi Novik, a co-founder and past board member of the OTW, and herself a multiple Hugo nominee.
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To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth Website/FanFictionDotNet (which started in 1998), [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on the same day.

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To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth Website/FanFictionDotNet (which started in 1998), [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on as of the same day.
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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of trolls purporting to be online vigilantes hunting paedophilic content by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals.(Particularly affecting ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe must be "child porn".) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanworkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].

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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of trolls {{troll}}s purporting to be ''Series/ToCatchAPredator''-esque online vigilantes hunting paedophilic content by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals.journals. (Particularly affecting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe must be "child porn".are pederastic.) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanworkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].
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* BannedInChina: A literal example. As of February 2020, Archive of Our Own has apparently been banned in China. On 29 Feb, Archive staff responded to reports from Chinese users that the site was inaccessible. They said the matter had been investigated and the problem was not on their end.[[https://www.vox.com/2020/3/1/21159275/china-ao3-archive-of-our-own-banned-censorship There have been some rumors]] that this was due to complaints by one of the actors in the Chinese drama, ''Series/TheUntamed'', over the portrayals of his character in fandom, especially ones involving queer content. This makes the situation quite ironic if the rumors are true, as ''The Untamed'' is adapted from a popular Boys Love web novel, ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi''.
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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of trolls purporting to be online vigilantes hunting paedophilic content by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe must be "child porn".) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanworkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].

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The inception of the Archive started after the decline of Website/LiveJournal as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where [=LiveJournal=] responded to threats from a group of trolls purporting to be online vigilantes hunting paedophilic content by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe must be "child porn".) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organization of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or [[FanworkBan aggressive copyright enforcers]].
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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Nearly 20,000 of them.]]

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* FakeRelationship: [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Fake*s*Pretend%20Relationship/works Nearly More than 20,000 of them.]]

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* BannedinChina: A literal example. As of February 2020, Archive of Our Own has apparently been banned in China. On 29 Feb, Archive staff responded to reports from Chinese users that the site was inaccessible. They said the matter had been investigated and the problem was not on their end.[[https://www.vox.com/2020/3/1/21159275/china-ao3-archive-of-our-own-banned-censorship There have been some rumors]] that this was due to complaints by one of the actors in the Chinese drama, ''Series/TheUntamed'', over the portrayals of his character in fandom, especially ones involving queer content. This makes the situation quite ironic if the rumors are true, as ''The Untamed'' is adapted from a popular Boys Love web novel, ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi''.

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* BannedinChina: BannedInChina: A literal example. As of February 2020, Archive of Our Own has apparently been banned in China. On 29 Feb, Archive staff responded to reports from Chinese users that the site was inaccessible. They said the matter had been investigated and the problem was not on their end.[[https://www.vox.com/2020/3/1/21159275/china-ao3-archive-of-our-own-banned-censorship There have been some rumors]] that this was due to complaints by one of the actors in the Chinese drama, ''Series/TheUntamed'', over the portrayals of his character in fandom, especially ones involving queer content. This makes the situation quite ironic if the rumors are true, as ''The Untamed'' is adapted from a popular Boys Love web novel, ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi''.



** ScriptFic: The same applies to these.

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** * ScriptFic: The same applies to these.Unlike Website/FanFictionDotNet, these are allowed on the Archive.
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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-workthe entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.

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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-workthe com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.
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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work. [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.

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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, the entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work. [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work]] com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-workthe entire website was first nominated and then awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work.]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.



* BannedinChina: A literal example. As of February 2020, Archive of Our Own has apparently been banned in China. On 29 Feb, Archive staff responded to reports from Chinese users that the site was inaccessible. They said the matter had been investigated and the problem was not on their end.[[https://www.vox.com/2020/3/1/21159275/china-ao3-archive-of-our-own-banned-censorship]] There have been some rumors that this was due to complaints by one of the actors in the Chinese drama, Series/TheUntamed, over the portrayals of his character in fandom, especially ones involving queer content. This makes the situation quite ironic if the rumors are true. The Untamed is adapted from a popular Boys Love web novel, Literature/MoDaoZuShi.

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* BannedinChina: A literal example. As of February 2020, Archive of Our Own has apparently been banned in China. On 29 Feb, Archive staff responded to reports from Chinese users that the site was inaccessible. They said the matter had been investigated and the problem was not on their end.[[https://www.vox.com/2020/3/1/21159275/china-ao3-archive-of-our-own-banned-censorship]] com/2020/3/1/21159275/china-ao3-archive-of-our-own-banned-censorship There have been some rumors rumors]] that this was due to complaints by one of the actors in the Chinese drama, Series/TheUntamed, ''Series/TheUntamed'', over the portrayals of his character in fandom, especially ones involving queer content. This makes the situation quite ironic if the rumors are true. The Untamed true, as ''The Untamed'' is adapted from a popular Boys Love web novel, Literature/MoDaoZuShi.''Literature/MoDaoZuShi''.
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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, the entire website was first nominated and then award the Hugo award for Best Related Work. [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.

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The impressive usability and lack of censorship on [=AO3=] has led to a massive and devoted group of users. So devoted that, in 2019, the entire website was first nominated and then award awarded the Hugo award for Best Related Work. [[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18292419/archive-of-our-own-wins-hugo-award-best-related-work]] The Hugo award is considered by many to be the premier honor in science-fiction, so just being nominated was an impressive for a website built and staffed mostly by volunteers.

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