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  • Spotlight on Omegas at AO3

    Published: Tue 31 Mar 2026 11:27PM UTC Comments: 1213

    Omegas are the glue that holds us all together, providing the essential social lubricant needed for our society to function—and yet they are often maligned and treated as lesser-than. This April, we are changing part of our logo to highlight omegas as part of our commitment to the inclusion and wellbeing of our omega volunteers and users.

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  • SlasHeaven is Moving to AO3!

    Published: Wed 25 Mar 2026 08:00PM UTC Comments: 147

    SlasHeaven, a Spanish-language slash fanfiction and fanart archive, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3).

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  • Updates to "No Fandom" Additional Tags, March 2026

    Published: Mon 23 Mar 2026 04:39PM UTC Comments: 98

    AO3 Tag Wranglers continue to test processes for wrangling canonical additional tags (tags that appear in the auto-complete) which don't belong to any particular fandom (also known as "No Fandom" tags). This post overviews some of these upcoming changes.

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