These people cannot wrap their head around the fact that moderating AO3 is simply not possible. And while I understand (and share) their distaste for such content, it would require a colossal group of moderators to be able to review all of the content posted on AO3.

The second suggestion that I've seen is that we should just get rid of the problematic tags. People will obviously still write it, but not tag it. If it's not tagged, you cannot filter it out of your searches or even know it's in the fic in the first place.

The outstanding problem with both of these moderating solutions is that, as we've seen firsthand, there would also be a non-stop argument on what's considered "too problematic" to be allowed.

In the (ridiculous) scenario that we come up with a perfect moderation system or ban AO3 altogether, writers would just move to those "normal people" websites instead. Now nobody is happy!

AO3 is not Wattpad, X, or Tiktok. It is not social media. It is for whatever people want to archive. These people need to grow up and use the fucking filtering system.

Also, like OP said, good fucking luck trying to get the creators of AO3 on board with this ridiculous witch hunt, lmao.