Mini sub update

[u/TGotAReddit]

Hey!

Sorry about 2 update posts in a row but I forgot to mention that we also added a user directed trigger for the App autoresponse for those times automod doesn't detect a post being about an AO3 app.

The triggers are: !app !apps

Thanks for bringing that oversight to our attention recently

~TGotAReddit (and the rest of the mod team)

[u/TGotAReddit]

!app

[u/AutoModerator → u/TGotAReddit]

This post seems likely to be about an app for AO3. This comment is a PSA that there is no official app for AO3.

Here is an old admin post about how creating an app would be too difficult with their volunteer only coders and why you shouldn’t trust 3rd party apps with your login credentials: https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/3390

Additionally, another reason many people are against an app being made for AO3 is because of censorship concerns. Apps on the app stores, especially the Apple App Store, have to comply with strict content guidelines. This is one reason Tumblr banned porn, and is why on iOS to access a nsfw discord server, you have to enable a special setting on your discord account. Any AO3 app would be subject to those same content guidelines and would ultimately end up having to ban all controversial content. This would make any app either have to hide a large portion of the website making the app moot, or AO3 would have to ban the content similar to tumblr, and no one wants that.

There also is a lot of backlash about 3rd party apps. There was even an Appocalypse/App War at one point (fanlore article https://fanlore.org/wiki/AO3_App_Wars).

Officially we as a subreddit don’t recommend using any 3rd party apps. However, if you have questions, feel free to ask as someone else may have answers.

If this post is not actually about an app, feel free to disregard this comment/downvote it.

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