A Tired But Hopeful Update
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rodo► After over six months, job searching really did a number on me, in part because the constant rejections and pressure on all sides is just not conductive to proper mental health, even if you aren’t predisposed to mental problems. It doesn’t help that it doesn’t seem as if the authorities take that into account at all, even though it’s going to pose a great hurdle to getting people into jobs. But of course, now that that might be on the verge of changing, my brain is basically playing Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now at me.
► I think I’ve lost my oldest friend to their executive dysfunction/whatever shit they’ve got going on. We’ve been at this point before until I sat them down to tell them the way they treated me wasn’t okay, and they got better after. But that was twenty years ago, and I’m no longer as patient as I used to be, plus I’ve got my own shit going on (see above). I can’t manage someone else’s life on top of it, especially when they live half a country away and do their level best to ignore anything that distracts from their hyperfocus of the day. Still, it’s kind of sad. We met when we were 14/13. That was almost thirty years ago.
► Spam on the AO3 is getting out of hand. It’s weird, but I think we might be getting to the point where, from an author’s perspective, ff.net might be more usable because all I have to do is click the Report button next to a spam comment and type a couple of sentences (or words, even), and after a couple of very dire months, reaction has become quite swift as well. AI truly has brought great technological advancement to the world – if you’re a spammer, at least. If things keep moving at this pace, the internet is slowly going to become completely unusable.
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fandomgiftbasket again – and hope to have a lot of fun. It’s happening late this year and I don’t know how much writing I can squeeze in between Yuletide and (hopefully) a new job, but since it’s not mandatory to create something, I decided to risk it. I still want to have fun, after all!
► I think I’ve lost my oldest friend to their executive dysfunction/whatever shit they’ve got going on. We’ve been at this point before until I sat them down to tell them the way they treated me wasn’t okay, and they got better after. But that was twenty years ago, and I’m no longer as patient as I used to be, plus I’ve got my own shit going on (see above). I can’t manage someone else’s life on top of it, especially when they live half a country away and do their level best to ignore anything that distracts from their hyperfocus of the day. Still, it’s kind of sad. We met when we were 14/13. That was almost thirty years ago.
► Spam on the AO3 is getting out of hand. It’s weird, but I think we might be getting to the point where, from an author’s perspective, ff.net might be more usable because all I have to do is click the Report button next to a spam comment and type a couple of sentences (or words, even), and after a couple of very dire months, reaction has become quite swift as well. AI truly has brought great technological advancement to the world – if you’re a spammer, at least. If things keep moving at this pace, the internet is slowly going to become completely unusable.
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fandomgiftbasket again – and hope to have a lot of fun. It’s happening late this year and I don’t know how much writing I can squeeze in between Yuletide and (hopefully) a new job, but since it’s not mandatory to create something, I decided to risk it. I still want to have fun, after all!
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Date: 2025-08-30 04:49 pm (UTC)I feel very lucky I haven't really been getting AO3 spam (I don't think I have this year?). I wonder if the bots work by fandom and just haven't hit mine yet 🤔
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Date: 2025-08-30 05:36 pm (UTC)I wouldn't even mind distance, if it was communicated. The thing is, they hate cancelling things, so their MO is ghosting. Which has been going on for two months at this point.
I wonder if the bots work by fandom and just haven't hit mine yet 🤔
I think it's in part newer stories. I got one on my most recent fic - for a tiny fandom. Maybe the high volume of new fic on the AO3 means some people get lucky and slip the net.
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Date: 2025-08-30 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
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