Deceptive Comment Spam and Art Commission Solicitation on AO3
“I hate comment spam on AO3 from folks trying to get you to contact them on Discord or elsewhere (where they'll ask you for money in exchange for them making art for your fanfic). At first it was mildly annoying but now the comments sound more legit so I'll think "oh, someone liked this fic..." oh no”
Evidence details
Original wording
“I hate comment spam on AO3 from folks trying to get you to contact them on Discord or elsewhere (where they'll ask you for money in exchange for them making art for your fanfic). At first it was mildly annoying but now the comments sound more legit so I'll think "oh, someone liked this fic..." oh no”
CleanApp AI summary
Deceptive Comment Spam and Art Commission Solicitation on AO3: Accounts on Archive of Our Own (AO3) are posting deceptive comments with fake praise on fanfiction works to funnel authors to Discord or external platforms to solicit money for fan art.
- Source type
- Personal experience
- How received
- Imported
- Published
- Oct 14, 2026
- Added to CleanApp
- Oct 14, 2026
- Verification
- Unknown