In the case of FF.Net, it's not just a case of massive spam from bots or constant harassment from scammers.
It's a whole active criminal scheme.
To give you an idea, one day I was in the comments section of a Harry Potter fanfic and there was an anonymous commenter explicitly offering child pornography in the comments, with a link and everything. I was so horrified that I didn't even want to read the fic anymore, out of sheer disgust.
FF.Net is on its deathbed at this point, since it's clear the site owners DGAF. I never experienced those criminal schemes, but Jesus Christ, that is vehemently horrifying. If you see a comment like that, ALWAYS report it to the online tiplines. Shit like that needs to get taken down ASAP. Praying that the spambots/predatory users don't start pulling that shit here, damn, you gave me a new fear! And what's even scarier is I've seen a predatory author on here, so it isn't like they don't exist. Holy shit!!!!
Omga, that is horrifying! ,:( Thankfully I usually have Explicit stories unavailable (makes me uncomfortable) and I haven't seen any comments like that on T or lower stories, but I can see how that can drop a lot of user interaction, even if that's not the case specifically.
I'm glad that FFNet is dying because that usually means the few people who remain tend to be pretty decent people, but it's gotten annoying how it's all bots now. I haven't read much on here yet since I'm still getting used to the site (and I have a bad habit of being too lazy to start reading a new story lol) but from what I have seen, those bots haven't really been around. I know they're still a problem and all, but really shows how AO3 takes better care of their site than FFNet.
Speaking of app negligence, I had to stop using CapCut for a similar reason. I had problems importing videos and tried all their suggestions but the app didn't fix and they refused to look into the problem and kept claiming it was my phone. Then they had the nerve to send me a "creator" invite afterwards when I said I couldn't get any work done of their app. `:[ Really displays how a lot of sites put profit over efficiency and I'm glad AO3 isn't at that point.
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