not too much at all as it really wouldn't have occurred to me that 'links are underlined' is something young people (...other young people, i'm 21 lmao) wouldn't automatically know; i've never gotten the complaint that ao3 is too complicated bc it makes perfect sense to me even if it takes time to remember where everything is once you've clicked around a bunch. ig to someone who's experience is primarily streamlined apps that do most things for you, having all of that *would* be overwhelming huh
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.
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Date: 2021-06-18 07:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-19 01:37 am (UTC)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.