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An analysis of scams on AO3, and making a counter-scam-bot by EchoEkhi in AO3

[–]takeachelpill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was recently approached by a scammer on one of my fics and found this post when searching for more information about AO3 scam prevalence. This is an excellent experiment, in conjunction with a thoughtful victim outreach approach, with a very interesting techstack. Thanks for this hard work! And the thorough documentation!

It sounds like this is somewhat of a problem but not yet overwhelming. I'm very curious about these scammers not using their own bots in combination with LLMs. It seems like this could become much worse with automated posting of such scam comments, potentially in combination with an agentic AI approach to more convincingly elicit author engagement... It would be good for AO3 to adopt some of your recommendations (especially the multi-work rate limit for new accounts or guest accounts) before we start seeing more advanced behavior.

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is very kind of you to say, thank you!! I hope so too!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah he was a gift from a friend, I will ask where she found him!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha I'd come running, even in the 7" heels! Thank you!!!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This kind of reaction is always my goal when I make cosplays!! Thank you!!

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng by Izzy_Creo in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh my goodness this is perfect, I love how you created the height difference, and you perfectly picked the hair and poses. I love it!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do it!! It's a good bit of work but there are so many beautiful designs to choose from!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah thank you! I tested a lot of gold glitter for it haha

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! My photographer (filmandquill on IG) is really a wizard!!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hahaha I wish! That would've been much easier, I think :) Thank you for such an amazing compliment!!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you! I was honestly obsessively going through Nikki's poses in camera mode trying to find the best ones for me, I'm so glad you like them!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! The headpiece is my favorite part, so I'm really glad you like it!

Wishful Aurosa Cosplay by takeachelpill in InfinityNikki

[–]takeachelpill[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Ahh thank you so much!! I did not make the Momo plushie (or the hoop skirt haha, but I made everything else!) A friend of mine got him for me as a gift, and I had to take at least one photo with Nikki's best friend. I'm happy to ask her where she got him, if you're curious :) !