Hello all,
I have decided to unpublish all my works from Wattpad in light of some recent happenings.
Firstly, with the rise of Artificial Intelligence such as ChatGPT, as many of you may know, fanfiction websites are being included in internet scrapes, and therefore fan content is being put into the AI.
Secondly, my works have been uploaded to websites such as Teenfic.net and Neobook without my consent, which is another big issue us creators have to deal with. I am not a user of those sites; never have been, never will be. They are built on thievery and vile tactics.
Therefore, for my privacy and for the safety of my writing, I will no longer be uploading works to Wattpad. All my stories will be removed from the website, in hopes that no more of my works will be taken without permission. I don’t know how to take down my things from the pirated websites, and definitely cannot remove them from AI databases once they’re in, so this is all I can do right now.
But, I won’t be leaving fanfiction sites completely. This month I plan to make a complete migration to Archive Of Our Own. From now on I will post exclusively on AO3, as they have better protections under their Terms of Service, as well as a privacy setting so that your works can only be viewed by AO3 users and are unavailable to the general public (so unable to get taken by AI or malware sites). So, if you wish to continue reading my works, they will be available on AO3 sometime in the near future.
I’m sorry if this is an inconvenience to anyone who may have been reading my works on here, but this is necessary for my personal feelings of safety and security for my fanfictions.
Thank you all for understanding, and I wish you all the best.
— ItsHollyDiv