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The release of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT triggered a moral panic within fandom communities. Fanfiction authors, whose work is often non-monetized and deeply personal, expressed outrage that their prose could be scraped to train corporate algorithms. Consequently, authors began "locking" their works (restricting viewing to registered users) or moving them to "exclusive" mirrors on platforms like Dreamwidth, Squidgeworld, or password-protected Tumblr blogs, perceived as safer havens from bots.

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We are moving away from the "Single Source of Truth" model. Fandom is realizing that putting all your words in one basket—even a basket as good as AO3—is dangerous. ao3 mirror exclusive

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