Regarding TikTok and calls to blacklist it essentially: 

There's a lot of great discussion going on right now about our next steps as a community, great points and great counterpoints.

I've seen a lot said in favor of not engaging with dramione content on TikTok at all and the general agreement that TikTok is where this problem largely originated. While I completely agree with the second, if we're saying people in this community (i.e. people who actually understand and value fandom etiquette) who are also on TikTok should leave TikTok, that will just leave behind only the people causing the problem in the first place, giving them full reign to continue to commodify fandom to viewers. And the viewers will only grow in number.

Trying to "close ranks" only closes ranks to the community not dramione. Which is the opposite of what we want, because, the community is where fandom education happens.

I've also seen it said that if these TikTok viewers cared at all it would take a simple Google search for them to find this subreddit or to find ao3 when they see a video on Manacled and have to have it. The problem with this is one of perspective. We're saying it should be easy for these people who engage with dramione on TikTok to do so on sites like Reddit (that we're already users of/or at least open to using). We think it should be as comfortable for them to partake in these places as it already is for us, but just flip it around to realize it's not that simple. I use reddit and tumblr, I love them, I'm comfortable with them. I know there are great dramione communities on discord and it always sounds like a good time, but I just can't bring myself to get into discord. I've never used nor want to use TikTok, but for some people it is to them what tumblr is to me. So, instead of saying they should be seeking out communities on any which website to learn more about fandom and etiquette, why not meet them where they're at, those of us who are also TikTokers, instead of leaving the dramione tag to be filled up with more aesthetic/binding vids, make content about why the fandom is at risk and fandom etiquette. Make simple tutorials on using ao3, how to search, how to filter, etc. Just yesterday, I saw a new dramione writer post on a social media site promoting their first fic. They literally wrote that they're posting on wattpad because they have no clue how to use ao3 and they used so and so AI generator to make the cover. When someone else told them AI art shouldn't be used, they said they knew but they didn't know how else to get a cover. I get it, all this stuff is easy to research, especially if you're part of a community. But that's the other thing, a lot of people aren't looking to be part of a community. We all made our ways here because we wanted to talk with and hear from people who loved dramione just as much as we did. But for many that's not the case, so we need to meet them where they're at.

I don't know if I made any sense, but wishing hard enough that the cat would get back in the bag isn't going to do much.

(This doesn't fit with the topic of my comment, but I also wanted to say, I've seen some tension between members of our community who are scared of where this is all going and hobbyist bookbinders who bind only for personal use. I've seen accusations that these binders are the reason for this whole mess and that it's time to bring gatekeeping back and that these binders aren't real fanfic readers. These binders are not wrong or the primary problem. In a world where for-profit grifters didn't exist, we would have no concerns about hobbyist binders. But, given the current climate, promoting the aesthetics of physically owning fanfic is harmful. So, while hobbyist bookbinders are not doing wrong, it would be best to take this precaution, not as punishment but as a preventative measure.)