#and it gets the point where they don't even need to SEE an editor log bc they read one sentence and just KNOW it's the other person
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I just spent an hour untangling some Radblr drama, so we're talking about anger again.
My credentials: I have no male friends because all of theme got into arguments with me where they thought I was over reacting, hysterical, or mean. Every time I spent about a week or more wracking my brain to find something I did wrong and found nothing.
So, you're feeling heated about something someone said on Tumblr. You feel like you've been wronged or that the person was stupid or cruel. What do you do?
Step 1: Take a deep breath. Nothing productive happens when you are reactionary. You want to act, not react.
Step 2: Did you read this in the kindest possible way? Was it still mean? If yes, then yes, you are right to be upset. If no, perhaps approaching this post/poster in a more generous light will lead to more understanding. Assume they had good intentions and ask questions to clarify what they meant.
Step 3: So they were being mean and you didn't find common ground. You can either choose to engage or disengage with the conversation. If you think you are going to loose your cool and do something you regret, disengage. You don't have to engage with online discourse that makes you uncomfortable. Just log off.
You chose to engage. Let's cover a few things NOT to do.
no slurs. None. Not even if you think they're justified. Slurs are never ever ever ok.
avoid sarcasm. we're online and it can be hard to pick up and it isn't productive.
act like something should be obvious. We're all at different levels here. Some of us don't speak English as a first language. Some of us are new to our sexualities or feminism. It might be obvious to you, but it isn't obvious to others.
You should explain clearly and calmly what you mean. That isn't to say you should never get heated or passionate, but if that passion overwhelms your ability to communicate your point, you need to take a step back. Spite is fun in memes and harmful in discussion.
You should treat questions as attempts to engage, not bad faith. There are obvious exceptions, but, again, being online, it is hard to show genuine confusion/curiosity, especially in heated situations where you might assume hostility.
You should know your audience. There comes a point where you know whether the person you're talking to is the person you are communicating with or if the standers-by are the people you are communicating with. Knowing the person you are debating with is not the person who needs to hear it can help you make better choices.
When to bow out: If at any time you want to let your anger take over, it's time to step out. You've made your points and going further with this person is only going to hurt you more. For me, going in circles with the conversation is what makes me livid, so I know that's where to call it. When you leave, it can be helpful to give a call to action like "do the research for yourself and see what I said is true" or "check out what x person had to say about it if you don't trust me".
Why is this important
There's been a lot of talk about infighting recently. Bad faith readings of what others had to say contributed to a lot of that. When someone says "I meant x", they probably did. Not everyone here is a perfect writer. We don't have editors or beta readers or anyone to tell us that something was unclear or misleading until we post the thing.
Radical Feminism is about women's liberation. Each of us likely have multiple axis of oppression, but we share female. Racism, ablism, and homophobia cannot be tolerated and need to be called out. Men will band together despite their prejudices to demean women and we need to make sure we don't alienate our sisters with slurs so that we can fight back. It doesn't sound fair, but life isn't fair and that's why we need radical feminism, female communities, and to work together.
If someone calls out your bad behavior, carefully consider the criticism. Don't react. Act. I've had to adjust my behavior several times because women I respect and follow made posts, not about me personally, but that did apply to me and I thought carefully and adjusted my behavior.
And you do have a right to prioritize different women in your life, but the moment you exclude any group of women from your liberation efforts, you aren't feminist. Again, prioritize is ok, exclusion is bad. I'm personally prioritizing women in my community because that's all I can handle with my mental health. Even though my efforts aren't focused on women in other countries, I'm not going to make them feel like I don't care about them. Does that make sense? I'm not going to post about how they're dumb for this or that. I'm not going to say they can fend for themselves or that I don't share sisterhood with them. My efforts can only reach so far, by they are my allies. I hope that makes sense.
I get why you're mad.
I really do. Lesbians have faced homophobia from OSA women in Radblr and that is hurtful and frustrating. SSA women are sometimes insensitive or even cruel to straight women (not the same as systematic oppression, but still unproductive and hurtful). The black, indigenous, and brown women on Radblr have faced racism. Women will use ableist slurs and not see that it is completely unacceptable, even if the woman you are arguing with seems bigoted to you. We see a lot of people who claim to be radfem but seem more just gender critical, which muddies things. We see women on here who insist that their man is different. It is all very frustrating.
But it comes back to the post I made about venting. If your discussion with self ided radfems becomes a back and forth vent, that's not productive. Taking actual action is productive. Calling out ableism, homophobia, and racism is productive. Asking for clarification on what seem like incendiary posts is productive. Discussing difference of opinion in respectful ways is productive.
The whole point of radblr is to have a community so we can be productive. We need to put more effort into getting along. It seems unfair, but that's what we have to do in order to make progress.
Quick obligatory disclaimer that there are limits to trying to get along. There is a point where just blocking and moving on is fine. I think we all know this.
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
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Despite years of knowing it exists, I am still a SCP Foundation newbie who primarily obtains SCP knowledge through animated story-telling YouTube channels. So bear with me I guess. But I want to actually make a post in-tag talking about the woman from this SCP-978 log of SCP-106 here:
Almost every post I've seen that talked about it claimed the old woman to be SCP-106's wife. I think that's a reasonable prediction, only IF it ignores all of the popular theories of SCP-106's origins linked in his page. Of course, the beauty of SCP lore is that as a fan you get to decide what canon to believe and not to believe yourself. That also means that this log should have no effects on how people view SCP-106, but I want to discuss what I believe who this woman that the editor who added this log(http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/metheguy12) intended to be, since uh, I'm getting the idea that people are largely believing the woman to be SCP-106's spouse DUE to "Until Death" and "The Young Man" suggesting SCP-106 to be once human... despite how this seems unlikely when you consider the context of both stories.
So, firstly- "Until Death", the only story where SCP-106 as Robert Scranton is clearly stated to have a wife, Anna Lang wouldn't fit this narrative because if the woman was her, the Foundation would be able to identify at least how the woman "appears to be her". From that we can simply cross out the possibility of this log being about Robert Scranton-106 completely. If the SCP-106 MeTheGuy12 had in mind when adding this log followed the tale of "Until Death", there is NO FUCKING WAY that woman wasn't Anna. Or maybe it was. Maybe it was and the Foundation just decided not to name, not even mention the possibility of that woman being her. Maybe that's it. That's the whole mystery solved and by posting this on tumblr dot com MeTheGuy12 would find this post and prove me wrong and stupid, but that's so unlikely to happen haha have you even considered the real-godzekiel lore, the MeTheGuy12 lore and the tumblr dot com lore?????????? 😹😁💀
As for "The Young Man", if Corporal Lawrence had a wife, she would be 20-40 years old during the war because despite a few exceptions, there is a maximum age range. This means if the woman was his wife, it'd be her about 20 to 40 years after his "Incident", about year 1940 to 1960. Why's that, that century egg Lawrence would desire, specifically, to be with the 20-to-40-years-after-WW1-and-last-seeing-her and likely 40-to-70-years-before-the-time-this-log-was-written version of his wife? That doesn't make sense. (Or maybe. Okay. Okay maybe he and she just had a 20-40 age gap but that's fucking weird and I don't like it. ) Here's a list of who the woman could be that does make sense to me:
That woman's not a person that SCP-106 ever knew, but by desiring to be welcomed by her, it shows how despite his sadistic bloodlust and anomalous properties, he still desire the basic human need for acceptance and normalcy. If that's the case, the fact that the woman is old would be really interesting. Either that she must be as far off from the 10-25 age bracket as possible to not trigger violent tendencies or that the Old Man really just wanted an Old Woman to be with. I have no clue what I'm talking about.
That woman's meant to represent SCP-106 memory of a maternal figure or older relative. It's his mom, let's say. If he was 20-40 when he went to war, her mother being in her 60s definitely makes sense. If the woman was his mother, it'll also suggest that the place that he most desires to be in is the farm he grew up in. That's pretty sad I think, if you can't find untainted happiness in anywhere but childhood. I think.
Ok, last thing to point out: SCP-106's appearance does not change in his photo. The text does not point out any differences that SCP-106 has in the photo compared to him in reality, despite probably his corrosive touch if nothing in this log suggests the wheat field to be affected by it. Something something wanting to be understood for who he is and not just someone that he once was something something.
Jesus Christ what was I on.
#might add to this later#scp#scp foundation#scp fandom#scp community#scp 106#scp-106#scp 978#scp-978#long post
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14 & 15 for the ask game? 🦕
What is your favorite part of the writing/editing/posting process?
Researching. I love falling into research rabbit holes
Figuring out an absolutely brilliant plot point that came out of the blue. Reinvigorates a story for me every time.
When I write a piece of description/dialogue/etc that makes me go "holy crap that's so good".
Finishing. Finishing is a great feeling. The longer the story, the better the feeling.
Comments! Kudos will always be lovely but I grew up in the days where fanfic communities really came together with comments and there's still a bit of serotonin rush when I get a comment email. If I open it and the comment's over a couple lines long, the serotonin rush comes again before I've even registered what it says. (I know that comments take energy and effort that I don't always have myself so it's nothing I demand -- but because I know it takes work, I suppose it makes seeing the comment even sweeter.)
What is your least favorite part of the writing/editing/posting process?
I luckily enjoy the majority of the process, including the editing (of at least my own writing; I am less good at being a consistent editor for others, and I'm very slow at editing RP logs haha). I'd say the worst part of it is when you want to write but something in life is making it difficult to write due to the lack of energy.
In the cleanup/polishing process (after the first or even second draft of a scene is done), going back in to the less interesting parts in a long fic (like over 10k) and beefing those parts up so quality remains consistent can be a bit of a chore sometimes. My beta (@coolnemmythings) is invaluable here at finding the parts I can strengthen and I try until my heart's no longer into it. Then it's "done" and up it goes.
Note for anyone who betas: see if the writer you're betaing for is comfortable with such suggestions. It goes beyond finding misspellings and cleaning up weird sentence structure and goes into poking into pacing, character motivation, pointing out where you may need more physical description or "showing not telling". It's very much the "next step" in the writing process and not all fic writers will be comfortable with this because it is 100% a type of criticism in the very technical sense, but I've 100% grown as a writer and my stories would not be where they are today without this invaluable assistance. I have grown as a writer because of her help.
PS. We're meeting IRL later this year and I cannot tell you how excited that makes me. Ugh she's so great.
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Don’t believe the Kotaku article PLEASE, KOTAKU is very problematic on how they handle their journalism. I'd take that article with a hefty bag of salt, not just because it's Kotaku but because the article repeats entire paragraphs multiple times and is entirely he-said she said- with no clear sources. Plus I feel that someone like... Nate Purkeypile, who worked on it and is an independent dev now, would have brought this up before. This isn't the first time KOTAKU did this One of the writers got *massive flack* for comparing Bioshock Audio-logs to the diary of Anne frank in a 37 long thread on Twitter, I won't deny that fallout 76 had a very bad launch. But incorrect journalism will hurt just as much and hurt innocent people as well. Kotaku is begging for another ratio right before the Bethesda showcase. We already established the development of 76 was a rough as Hell but do we really need another rehashing of old information in the desperate attempt to get that ratio.
Okay, I'll take this one bit by bit, anon: Long response ahead.
KOTAKU is very problematic on how they handle their journalism
Agreed, I'm not a fan.
the article repeats entire paragraphs multiple times
I've read this twice now and I didn't see any repeating paragraphs? Unsure if you mean the quote boxes that are scattered throughout or not... I personally don't like that formatting, but it's a copyediting choice that some sites use to grab attention. If I'm missing something, I'm sorry about that, but I don't think I did.
and is entirely he-said she said- with no clear sources
No, there wouldn't be clear sources because the contributors chose to remain anonymous. Sources can choose to remain anonymous for a lot of reasons, but I think the obvious reason here is that these people want to work again. They want to stay in the industry, and they're worried that if their names are attached, they'll be blacklisted. Now, whether you believe the sources or not, whether you think Kotaku made it up, that's an argument I won't partake in. I choose to believe the sources - I've had to make the tough call of going to print with an anonymous source, or scrapping an entire story because your source won't say anything with their name attached. Journalists don't make it lightly, seeing as you can absolutely be sued if you put something like this out there and the target you took aim at is displeased. I did some digging into reporter Sisi Jiang too, and they don't seem to have a history of putting out unreliable information, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
I feel that someone like… Nate Purkeypile, who worked on it and is an independent dev now, would have brought this up before
Nate Purkeypile worked in the art department, correct? I read his interview in NYU's Washington Square News where he mentions playtesting, but it seems like he was focused more on the artistic side of Fallout 76. Kudos to Nate, the game's pretty. QA works with the art department somewhat, but it's a different beast. Also, see my previous point about wanting to remain in the industry after leaving the studio.
One of the writers got massive flack for comparing Bioshock Audio-logs to the diary of Anne frank in a 37 long thread on Twitter
I fail to see how a very bad personal joke tweet by a completely different reporter automatically condemns this entire report, and for that matter, the entirety of Kotaku. Again, I'm not a Kotaku fan, I'm not defending their questionable journalistic integrity or their shitty staff, but that's a big leap. Also, Twitter is just... fucking terrible with the whole "guilt-by-association" thing. Even if Jason Schreier had a hand in getting this story off the ground, it was Jiang's story at the end of the day, and theirs and their editor's call to publish it.
I won't deny that fallout 76 had a very bad launch. But incorrect journalism will hurt just as much and hurt innocent people as well
Alright, coming at this from the angle of being a fan of Fallout 76, and of the studio's other creations, despite... everything. Fallout 76 had a colossally bad launch, in a series of failings in nearly every department, on every level of management, and on nearly every aspect of the game itself. You're right, we've re-hashed that a lot, here on Tumblr and everywhere else. I am just as tired of seeing the takes about broken games and bugs and tote bags as you, anon. I play the game regularly, I complete the SCOREBOARDs religiously, I've met several lifelong friends on its servers and I will buy Starfield and probably The Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout 5 when they eventually come out. Hell, I'd even welcome a new Obsidian project partnership, although I think Fallout New Vegas 2 is a mythical creature. But this does not smell like "incorrect journalism" to me. There are a lot of points in this report that make problems we already knew about the game make a lot more sense, like the decision to use the Creation Engine despite it not being ready for anything beyond single-player games, or the sporadic visits from Todd Howard that tore up the design team's ideas. There is also more detail on the horrendous crunch that the studio forced its QA teams into, something that is meticulously documented across the AAA gaming industry in studios with far better and far worse reputations than Zenimax - detail I am inclined to believe, given what we know about game development as a whole. Above everything else, this article is aiming its criticisms at management, and that is the right place to aim them. The innocent people I assume you are worried about are the devs, the people hard at work on Fallout 76 and Starfield and beyond, and yes, I understand that you're worried that they'll be abused, docked pay or even fired. But the people doing the abusing, the withdrawal of funding, the firing and studio closures, they are the ones at fault here. They are the ones brought to task in Jiang's story. And if they don't want bad press, or devs quitting because they're developing symptoms of PTSD, there is a very simple fix - treating their people better.
Kotaku is begging for another ratio right before the Bethesda showcase
Assuming that everything Kotaku published in this story is true, it is not the journalist's fault that Bethesda and Zenimax mishandled their own team and their own game. There is no one to blame here but management. Time and time again, I see people blame journalists and news outlets for publishing a damaging story right before something big happens for their target, and I'm so tired of listening to discourse about whether "this was an inopportune moment" or "this was the exact right time to release this." It just depends on what perspective you're coming in with. Personally, I don't think Bethesda's showcase will suffer because of this article's release - if anything, they might get more eyeballs on it, since people love a good controversy. As far as increased scrutiny goes, I welcome it. I want Bethesda and Zenimax and the entire AAA game studio circus to improve. If they're scrambling last-minute to change their image and slap something showcase-worthy together, then they are doing something wrong. If they aren't listening to their game devs and QA team and are steamrolling any suggestions to delay or undergo big fixes, they are doing something wrong. If they aren't getting ahead of their own failures by preventing them from happening in the first place, they are doing something wrong.
do we really need another rehashing of old information in the desperate attempt to get that ratio
Ugh, I'm old. I had to look up the term "ratio" just to make sure I was understanding you right, anon. I am reading this as you accusing Kotaku of attempting to remain relevant and better-liked in the eyes of the masses, compared to the brow-beaten Bethesda. Bethesda isn't powerless. Kotaku isn't an underdog. The two do certainly have a history of back-and-forth, and Bethesda has told its staff not to talk to Kotaku at all since, what, 2015? If anything, that just strengthens my earlier point about the anonymous staff members being scared of punishment - it might even be in their contracts/NDAs not to speak to Kotaku, or to any reporters, ever. To your statements, Kotaku could also be desperate to get something, anything, they can use against the studio, and are thus willing to move forward with a story that contains solely-anonymous sources and a scathing indictment of toxic workplace culture that they did not personally witness. There are a ton of personal biases, grudges, possibly even vendettas in play here, and you are right to be skeptical of Kotaku's intentions. You are right to question your news sources, do not lose that impulse.
But when the day ends, the pageantry of the continued Kotaku vs. Bethesda feud boils down to the fact that Kotaku made some decisions to run stories that Bethesda disapproved of, and Bethesda has a history of making bad choices with their IPs, their launches, and their people. One of those is far more harmful, far more reprehensible, and far more preventable than the other. Also, sadly, super common in the AAA gaming industry.
If it comes out in the next few weeks that Jiang made the whole thing up, that the anonymous sources are fake or lying or whatever, I will retract this entire post and admit I was wrong. I'm human, I have biases too, and as a former journalist, I've had to admit my own mistakes before. It sucks, it hurts my ego, but it's good for me. Still, it's much more likely that the article is correct, people will laud it for a few days, and everyone will forget about the Kotaku article come Sunday when Todd Howard wears another leather jacket and shows some bomb game footage of Starfield that gets their fans excited all over again. Nothing will change, and the innocent people will go on at the mercy of management that cares about them only as much as they affect the bottom line.
#fallout#fallout 76#fo76#kotaku#sorry this one's so long#I just have some relevant experience for once#also please don't harass anon#bethesda#zenimax
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It feels like every time I log into Twitter someone in the Writing Community has a new hot take about a whole group of words that shouldn’t be used because they are offensive for various reasons (reasons that I don’t see the validity in) and I’m just wondering if agents and editors are keeping track of all these banned words because I’m becoming increasingly concerned that I’m going to use one unknowingly and get canceled for it. A recent example: don’t ever use the word crazy
A version of your feelings happened to me some years ago when I used the word that-is-a-slur-for-Romany-people in a passing tweet, like as a way to say "vagabond." Somebody on twitter called me out. I was like "ok but that's ridiculous, everyone knows this word means vagabond" -- I was HEATED about it! I got SO MAD! I blocked them!
And then I realized - oh. Actually. wait. If people are telling me this is a slur, maybe they are trying to HELP me, not attack me. Maybe I should do some research and try to look at it from their point of view. Maybe I don't need to use that word anymore. So that's the decision I made.
IS this word actually eradicated from the English language? No. Is it in common parlance, so much so that brands of clothing and aesthetic looks and adorable pets are named it routinely? Yes. Is it likely to go away? No! Will you be sent to jail or "cancelled" if you use it? No, you truly will not.
But -- will I potentially hurt somebody's feelings? Maybe. Will it hurt me or even inconvenience me to be thoughtful and find a different word? No. Should I attempt to do that? Yeah, on balance, probably so.
Lots of words and phrases that were acceptable and in common parlance say, 50 or 100 years ago or whatever, are now inappropriate, or slurs. And when you hear the old version, it's like, well, YIKES. "It was a different time!" is what I always find myself saying.
The thing is -- there was a transition period, where lots of people still used the old term, and some people were using the new term, and the old people were like "what's up with these youths and their ridiculous new words, I hate them!" and the young people were like "ugh, old people with their old words are cringe" -- well, that's you vs twitter right now.
A lot of the "new" terms probably vanished into the mists of time. Some ended up becoming adopted and are in use today. Some of them evolved even further, and so that 50-years-ago New Term now seems outdated. This is how language works, babe.
BUT ANYWAY:
I think we can agree that it's best practices - as a species, as a community, etc - to not intentionally hurt other people. Right?
Now, sometimes, people are bullies and assholes. THOSE people probably DO like to intentionally hurt other people. We'd rather not be that kind of person, though, right?
So here's a scenario.
Somebody tells you that a word you are using is offensive or hurtful. Wait - but you aren't sure why! You didn't mean anything by it! Why are they attacking you over an innocent word??! Nobody ELSE has ever been offended by it! And it's a word or phrase you like and use all the time! And IT'S FUN FOR YOU TO SAY, so whatever! Maybe they are snowflake who needs to GET OVER IT!!!! -All that flashes immediately and directly into your noggin -- because you are in fight/flight mode, and you are being defensive.
*STOP*
*do not let that response come out of your mouth or be typed by your fingertips*
*STOP!*
*you sound like a bully and an asshole*
STOP. REWIND.
Somebody tells you a word you are using is offensive or hurtful. You aren't sure why, but you accept that probably somebody wouldn't have said that unless they thought you ought to know, and they weren't attacking you by letting you know, they were trying to HELP you.
You do a little research and think about it. You realize that, oh yeah, this could potentially be offensive and hurtful. Maybe there are better words to use. You go ahead and do better.
Or, you know - you don't.
Honestly the world isn't going to end if you keep using certain words. But -- you might be hurting people. And if you KNOW you are hurting people, and you are choosing to do it anyway, well. You know what that seems like, right? Not a great look tbh. So maybe cool your jets.
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hi! so i just made an archive of our own account and i don't know what to post first. do you have any tips or advice for posting on ao3? do you have any tips for ao3 in general? thank you!
Hi there anon! Thank you for your question!
First things first: I think to a certain extent, what to post first is going to be entirely up to you. Whatever you feel like writing, whatever format it’s in, you should write it up and post it! Or, depending on how long you’ve been using the site as a guest, you can look through other people’s content to pay attention to tagging, author’s notes, formatting – that kind of thing. AO3 is user-friendly in most ways, and you’ll grasp it pretty quickly.
But, I do have a couple tips to help you out on your first run-through (and actually some helpful tricks I think some more familiar users may not know, as well)!
BTW since we’re on the topic, if you use the subscribe function on AO3!!! Did you know about the different ways to subscribe to an author, a series, or an individual work?
You can only subscribe to an author from their dashboard or their profile page! If you are in the middle of reading a particular fic, and you hit the subscribe button at the top of the page, you will only subscribe to updates for that fic. Same deal if you want to subscribe to a series, you must be on the series page. Subscribing to a fic within that series will only subscribe you to that specific fic – you will get updates if that story is updated/chapters are added, but not if a new work is added to the series.
I suspect some people are unaware of this, due to the frequent amount of subscriptions I get on one-shots! (But, idk… maybe there’s just some really hopeful people out there laijefliajelsjf)
Anyway, now, onto the rest of this textbook (it got long)!
NEW WORK vs DRAFTINGWhen you go to post your very first work on AO3, you’ll go to Post > New Work at the very top to open up AO3′s drafting tool. From here, you can go through and copy over a work from Word or Google docs or whatever writing program you use, or just write up your fic in the post box itself!
Either way you choose, you can then decide to post your work right then and there (Post Without Preview), or if you are still editing it, you can choose the Preview option. This will take you to the work as it will appear once posted; from there you can go back to the editing page, which will now have a Save Without Posting option. Use this if you would just like to save your work and come back to it later. Note: drafts are saved for one month only.
HTML vs RICH TEXTWhen you open your drafts/start a new work, the main field for your text has two options: HTML or Rich Text. HTML just shows you all HTML codes in your work. Rich Text is probably what you want to work in while editing, because you’ll only see this bar in that format:
However, sometimes you will want to use the HTML section in order to copy over text from another source that allows HTML format; for instance, Tumblr! I always copy the HTML from my tumblr fics over to AO3 when posting, because it is the easiest/fastest way to ensure the formatting stays intact. Here’s where to find that:
AVOID BACKDATED DRAFTSThis is a pitfall I encountered with my first fic I ever posted. When you create a draft, the date of posting defaults to the date you first saved the draft. So if you are like me and you draft fics way in advance of posting, you need to make sure to update the post date before you actually hit post, or it will backdate your fic – this happened with This Place in the Sky, and it was several hours before I realized it had backdated by a week, and no one was seeing it T.T Learn from my mistakes, younglings
(And if you want to backdate a draft, then you would go in here to alter the date.)
ITALICS ISSUESome people have noticed an issue with AO3 that causes fics to have odd spaces after punctuation (periods, quotation marks, dashes). This is a glitch related to italicizing when you transfer over fics from another source. To avoid having to search your entire fic for those spaces, always italicize the punctuation that precedes/follows your italicized words. For instance:
“No!” – quotations/exclamation not italicized, glitch makes it show up as:
“No!” – all punctuation italicized, now shows up as:
:D It’s just less of a headache to have to comb through and find all the random spaces, I find, when you just italicize beforehand! A preemptive strike.
PARAGRAPH SPACINGLet’s look at the variations of line spacing in a posted fic:
And here’s what this looks like in AO3′s Rich Text editor:
Sorry that is so tiny, but notice the clear difference in spaces between paragraphs while editing! There’s no actual correct way to do this, but! The “regular” option of spacing is the most common on AO3, and also the easiest to read. Avoid the no spacing option at all costs! It can be a huge headache to read, unless you are indenting paragraphs (less common on AO3, but acceptable). I tend to dislike the double spacing option as well because I feel like it breaks up the flow of wording, but that’s just personal preference.
HOW TO AVOID DOUBLE SPACING BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS
Frequent posters may also have noticed a thing AO3 does where it will insert double spaces at random intervals, often for large sections of the fic at a time, for no discernible reason. This happens often when you copy your work over from another source. But there’s an easy fix!
On MS Word and Google docs, find the “Add space after paragraph” option, and enable it for every fic you write. When you hit Enter (ONCE) to go to a new paragraph, it will autospace for you (meaning, you should not need to double tap the Enter key).
Now when you copy this over to AO3, it will read ONE SPACE reliably, giving you that regular spacing option up above. Cool news: if you copy your HTML from Tumblr to HTML on AO3, you don’t even need to worry about this. HTML be chill like that
QUICK HTML CODESAnother thing I see people asking is how to add hyperlinks! But also, did you know you can add links, bolded, and italicized text to your summary/notes as well? You just have to put them in HTML, and this:
ItalicsBoldHyperlink
will show up as:
You can easily bold/italicize/add links in the Rich Text editor, but summary/notes are HTML only and you will have to use the above. These are the most useful/common options you’ll need, I think. Try to preview before posting to make sure you got it right (and haven’t bolded your entire summary and the world with it on accident).
LINK BACK TO TUMBLRThere’s an easy way to link your stories to Tumblr (or Twitter) that automatically includes your title, tags, summary, and all other relevant information right in the post! Just hit this button at the top of your fic, once it’s posted – it’ll take you to the Tumblr log-in screen, so log-in and from there you can edit the post. This is what I use to make all my AO3 fic posts on Tumblr \o/
TAGS/SYNOPSISFinally, more of a stylistic note! Be thoughtful when tagging your fic/writing a synopsis. In general, try to be clear and concise, so people can see what they’re getting into at a glance. Tag what’s important to the theme and tone of your fic. This really varies from person to person… maybe you want to tag every single thing your fic encompasses! I find really long tags to be overwhelming when browsing AO3, and prefer simple ones. I tend to overtag more for smut-heavy/PWP than I do for longer, plot driven fics.
Your summary should also be clear and to the point, and describe the content of the fic. You can put any other thoughts in your beginning and end notes; if you are leaning towards saying anything like “sorry this sucks this is my first fic/I am bad at summaries/etc” just leave that out! If you don’t like summaries, use a quote from the fic. You don’t have to apologize for posting, even if you don’t think it’s a Shakespearean masterpiece. You still wrote a fic, and that’s awesome!
This is everything I could think of for the time being…I hope it’s helpful!!
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Today on our top 5, we are sharing 5 very useful apps you don't know about.
1. Shazam
Shazam is one of the world’s most popular apps, used by hundreds of millions of people each month to instantly identify music that’s playing and see what others are discovering. All for free.
And that’s just the beginning: One-tap access to video clips, song lyrics, related tracks and streaming services, where you can listen to your Shazams in full or buy them.
Top artists like Wizkid, Davido, Adele, Kendrick Lamar, Efe (of course I love him) Demi Lovato, are using Shazam to find new music, and you can follow them to share in the thrill of discovery.
What's interesting about shazam
MUSIC DISCOVERY
• Identify music with one tap
• Sing along to songs with music lyrics, or watch their videos
• Preview songs and add them to Spotify playlists**
• Shazam Offline: Identify music even when you’re not connected!*
• Check out recommended tracks to find new music
• Stay in the loop with Shazam’s real-time charts
• Simply log in to sync all your Shazams across all devices
• Launch Pandora radio based on artists you Shazam**
• Buy your Shazamed songs in Google Play Music with just one tap
CONNECT & SHARE
• See what your friends are Shazaming when you connect your Facebook account
• Follow your favourite artists to see what they’re Shazaming
• Share your discoveries through Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Google+ and more…
MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR
• Shazam visual recognition: Tap the camera icon to Shazam posters, magazines, books and so much more! Use it anywhere where you see the Shazam camera logo
• Visual recognition also works as a QR code reader
• Launch Shazam on your Android Wear smartwatch to see the artist and song appear.
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2. Zoto
ZotoPartner app helps you in getting extra income from your customers and growing your business easier than before. By allowing business in Nigeria to recharge airtime for their customers ( Airtel, Etisalat, Glo, MTN) every day, ZotoPartner is successfully helping businesses to provide extra services to their customers.
Recharge airtime 24x7, in less than 5 seconds. Get commissions instantly and attractive rewards with every recharge. Fast. Safe. Secure. Use Your Own Phone. It’s free to download on your own Android device
How it Works?
Switch on the ZotoPartner app whenever you want to recharge airtime for your customers.
Just enter the mobile number and amount to recharge and get recharge done in less than 5 seconds.
Get paid / earn commission instantly for airtime recharge.
How to get started?
- Download the app on your phone and fill in the details required to start the registration process.
- One of our super quick agents will contact you in the next 1 hour after your registration process.
- Once you are registered and approved, recharge and earn commissions whenever you want.
KEY FEATURES
- 100% Secure: ZotoPartner is PCI-DSS certified and one of the few secure recharge applications. All your transactions are 128 bit SSL secured with trust seal from industry leaders such as VeriSign
- Great customer support to handle any kind of unexpected issues. We promise to get back to you within 24 hours.
- The app is small size, fast and light on your mobile phone and network. Works very well on slow data connections as well.
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3. WPS Office
WPS Office is the smallest size (less than 35MB) and all-in-one complete free office suite on Android mobile and tablets, integrates all office word processor functions: Word, PDF, Presentation, Spreadsheet , Memo and Docs Scanner in one application, and fully compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Doc and Adobe PDF format.
The aim of WPS Office is to provide you one-stop working solution since 1989. Various of office tools and unique and intuitive UI design ensures you enjoy the best mobile office experience. You could easy to do all office word processing on-the-go on phone, tablet and other portable devices. WPS Office allows you can create, view, edit and share office word documents and homework as handy as you need while out of office, in class,traveling, before bedtime or whenever and wherever you want.
【WPS Office Features】
All-in-one Complete Free Office Suite App
• Integrate with Memo, Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation and PDF
• Fully compatibility with Microsoft Office( Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Txt), Google Docs, Sheets, Slide, Adobe PDF and OpenOffice.
Free PDF Converter, PDF Reader and PDF Editor
• Convert all office docs ( word, text, excel, PowerPoint,doc ) to PDFs
• Scan paper docs to PDFs/images using mobile camera
• Support PDFs viewing, Add bookmarks and Annotations Viewing
• Support PDF Signature,PDF Extract/Split, PDF Merge, PDF to Word
Make Presentations on-the-go
• Dozens of new Presentation layouts, animation and transition effects
• Make presentations using WIFI, NFC, DLNA and Miracast
• Touch controlled laser pointer, Ink feature lets you draw on slides while in presentation mode
Easy to Use and Powerful Spreadsheets
• Complete predefined formulas makes you do basic data and digital operation more conveniently
Connect to Cloud Drive
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• Easily access and edit office documents directly from any devices
Documents Encryption&Recovery
• Support documents encryption, keep your office documents &data safe
• Easily recover deleted documents in 30 days as you want
Easy to Share/Transfer Documents
• Easy to share office documents via WIFI, NFC, DLNA, Email, Instant Messaging, Whatsapp, Telegram, Facebook and Twitter
Fully supports Multi-window mode
• Allows you easy to deal with different tasks at the same time
Unique and Intuitive Mobile Office Experience
• Special Night Mode and Mobile View mode for Documents viewing and PDFs reading
Supports 51 languages and All Office File Formats
• File Formats: doc, docx, wpt,dotm,docm, dot, dotx / xls, xlsx, xlt, xltx, csv, xml , et, ett / PDF / ppt, pot, dps, dpt, pptx, potx, ppsx / txt / log, lrc, c, cpp, h, asm, s, java, asp, bat, bas, prg, cmd, Zip
Ensure Hardware Device’s Power Saving
• The unique software coding promises never lagging the operation of your mobile operating system.
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4. Google Classroom
Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profit organsations and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect with one another – inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate and stay organised.
Google Classroom Features
There are many benefits of using Classroom:
• Easy to set up – Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just a few minutes to set up.
• Saves time – The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review and mark assignments quickly, all in one place.
• Improves organisation – Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, while all class materials (e.g. documents, photos, videos) are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive.
• Enhances communication – Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with one another or provide answers to questions on the stream.
• Affordable and secure – Like the rest of G Suite for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes, and is free.
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5. Photomath
Simply point your camera toward a math problem and Photomath will magically show the result with a detailed step-by-step instructions.
Photomath provides:
∙ Camera calculator
∙ Handwriting recognition (NEW)
∙ Step-by-step instructions
∙ Smart calculator
∙ Graphs (NEW)
Photomath supports arithmetics, integers, fractions, decimal numbers, roots, algebraic expressions, linear equations/inequalities, quadratic equations/inequalities, absolute equations/inequalities, systems of equations, logarithms, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions, derivatives and integrals.
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