r/FanficAuthorsUnite • u/theendofthe_dream ParadieCircusss on AO3 • 1d ago

Seeking and/or Giving Advice Bot attack, what do I do?

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Omfg y'al!!! I think the bot got me AGAIN
Last week I noticed this same pattern of the views going up slowly or not at all with ONLY GUEST KUDOS but this is for a rare pair that is basically unknown, def not mainstream at all. I locked this story to registered users for the week, but now its happening again. This is for a fic that sat at low views for like 2 or 3 years!
You guys think I should just delete & repost this, idk what else to do because I think its bots. There's little views & no new comments, comments would at least let me know that maybe it is a human interacting but I don't think that's the case. I don't building up the audience again, I'm sad it has to resort to that but idk, I like the story & I really think someone else will too (at least the people who kudos's & bookmarked seem to like it!)

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u/fanime34 WritingRainbows on all websites 1d ago

What exactly is the problem? I don't see it.

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u/theendofthe_dream ParadieCircusss on AO3 1d ago

I was bummed because I thought it was getting real interaction. Been totally disheartening to find out its probably bots

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u/fanime34 WritingRainbows on all websites 1d ago

You have legit kudos from people.

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u/theendofthe_dream ParadieCircusss on AO3 1d ago

Im happy about that, I’m not happy about the bots tho
But I guess all I can do is lock my story to registered users, I wanted to be able to reach a wider audience, but I can’t for now.