I use AO3 on a daily basis.

Dear everyone involved with the Archive of Our Own,

Thank you.

Thank you to everyone who's ever written a line of code, fixed a bug, wrangled a tag, answered a support ticket.

Thank you to the back-end coders and thank you to the front-end coders.

Thank you to everyone who's ever brainstormed about what the archive might do, and thank you to everyone who's poured their hearts, souls, and spare time into trying to make the archive do all of those things and more.

I use the AO3 every day. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for building it for me and for everyone who uses it -- and for everyone who doesn't use it yet but might use it someday.

This archive isn't something to which fandom is entitled. It's a labor of love. You make the archive as your gift to fandom, and I appreciate that gift so, so much.

Even though it isn't finished yet. Even though it isn't perfect yet. It's still awesome, and your hard work is tremendous and admirable, and I just want to say thanks.

(Dear everyone else: if anything in this post resonates with you, feel free to signal-boost or repost.)

via kassrachel >> rhiannonhero >> jerakeen

I use AO3 as an additional place for hosting my fic, of course, which goes on whether or not I'm on the site, but I also use it every time I enter a new fandom or when I'm trying to find new stories to read in a fandom that I love. It's become a standard part of my search feature - check google for a basic outline, ask for recs from friends to try to find the shiniest stories/info, and then check the AO3 pairing tag to keep up on new things. I am incredibly glad that AO3 exists and very thankful for the generous people who spend so many volunteer hours on it.

For all that the site is still in beta, I've had fewer issues with it having hiccups than I've had with LJ, and I definitely appreciate that. It is, overall, a very good thing to have in fandom and I'm really glad that it's around.