aph-japan reblogged
Basically, I realized that when people recommend fics, they are often tagging the author's Tumblr as well.
I haven't been doing this (I do tag the author in the actual tags, though) because frankly it's often hard to track down what the Tumblr handle is if it's not identical to the ao3 username (and they might not be active or take it as spamming). So I was wondering whether authors have a preference. (Based on my blog, I am primarily interested in writers who publish codywan fics, but anyone can vote!)
Please feel free to elaborate on your answers in the replies/reblogs!
#poll#a: im a writer and im indifferent#a: various#(because while I would like to be 'alerted' I'd more like that to be 'privately {or in a message or Ask somewhere}')#tumblr#tumblr culture#tumblr tagging#tagging#recs#fic recs#(if its genuinely to make a rec of my own work {ANY work INCLUDING AMVs+RP+former COSPLAY etcetc} I dont necessarily mind)#fanworks recs#(I'd really appreciate if you could reach out first to ASK Me though)#(like I'd prefer it at this rate)#(On one hand I'd really LOVE TO know if I'm being rec'd)#(I don't appreciate being tagged by strangers or mostly strangers who are not offering any sort of constructive thoughts whatsoever)#(and are trying to tell me *how to write or work on my own things* or {demanding more in negative ways} which has *also happened*)#(but thats kind of a different thing too {I dont mind tags from lurkers who are *kind* but})#(People who reach out privately to ask me first are generally the ones I SAY 'yes this is ok' to MUCH Quicker)#(Also because Ive had others here {Adv+02 fandom} take certain works out of context to {'share'} them for a different side of the fanbase)#(both intentionally+accidentally {i.e my Sorato sets shared to antitris} while I appreciate apologies from ANYONE who did that accidentally#(Probably one of most ANNOYING instances was when someone stole+used one of my JOUSHIRO gifs out of context on a ''humorous'' poll with Jou#({Its a ship I still have huge softspot for too} The other most annoying instance were Meiko gif reposters who literally never apologized)#(&the 1st major instance was when my 2020 Sorato gifs got shared & near *every* active Anti Tri + Meiko Hater bloggers were 'sharing' it)#(when I actually intended those as QUEER Sorato + MSPEC Sorato which can VERY MUCH include Meiko in polyships)#(I'm just glad when people *respect* what sides of the fan base my works were *originally* made for)#(*and dont reblog my work to hateblogs ever or ill just autoblock I mean??!!*)#({IF I dont know you well enough to know you are respectful when talking+analyzing the media with other fans})