yeah, I remember AO3 being complicated for the first... week or so? But after I learned the lay of the land and posted a couple of chapters it was all fine.

But AO3 was built in web 1.0, over a decade ago. Online spaces have changed a lot in that time, and volunteers just can't keep up with that pace. Plus, there are a lot of accessibility reasons not to.

Getting exposed to the questions I see on tiktok has opened my eyes a lot about what current teens find hard about AO3, and it's a lot more than just figuring out html or css.