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Who else wishes ao3 should have a section to ask for recs?
Basically, I love how you can ask the community on here or novelupdates for recs.
Sometimes i find myself wishing that ao3 has the same function, it can even be expanded. Like imagine on the homepage or perhaps make an entirely new section where you can ask for recs and add fandom/tags the same way but it wldnt be like posting a fic to the site.
Or if you're looking for a fic n you cant seem to find a fic (either because you forgot the tags used/the author didn't properly tagged/the author deleted their fics and acct), you can post a message and ask the community abt a fic.
So many times I'm trying to find a fic from years ago only to find the author kamikaze-d. Like I had a fave dkbk author called MilkCreamTea and wanted to go down memory lane, and after many sleepless nights searching, found out that they deleted their ao3, twitter, socials and only found their works cuz some angel posted a google drive on reddit.
Plus I have no clue on how to give a suggestion like this to ao3.
Such a feature would probably never be added to ao3 because that's not what it was built for. It's meant to function primarily as an archive, not a social platform. It was built with the expectation that the socializing parts of fandom would take place in other spaces. There are existing functions that allow people to make what are basically curate...... reply
Never thought abt it but you're so right, sometimes i want to read very specific stuff and theres no way in hell to put that into a tag, I be just hoping and praying the next fic I click on somehow has it
Going to social media to ask for ao3 reccs is also so annoying sometimes bc people would be just replying with their thoughts instead of answerin...... reply
