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Vibe-coded AO3 clone knocked offline by mass takedown notices
Original: Who actually thought this was a good idea? Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Take
A newly launched fanfiction site built largely with AI coding tools has gone offline after Archive of Our Own authors filed roughly 2,000 takedown notices against it in a single day. The clone had apparently scraped or mirrored writers' work without permission, prompting a coordinated backlash from the fanfic community, which has a long history of defending its works from unauthorized reposting. Commenters are mocking the project, asking how anyone thought it was a good idea, and framing the swift collapse as a warning to similar AI-built scraper sites.
Why now: The fanfiction community mobilized against unauthorized scraping of their work and took the site down within a day, making it a flashpoint in ongoing tensions over AI-built content clones.
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- Who actually thought this was a good idea? Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day https://www. 404media.co/vibe-coded-ao3-clo… · majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com · 1
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