ride_4ever

Like I said in email... that is some serious decades long untreated or undertreated mental illness. She'd never have the balls to do this in person, I'll wager. It's the kind of thing cowards do online BECAUSE they're cowards in real life. Sorry you had to put up with it.

I've only gotten crap on a fic from her once, & it was NOT from a registered AO3 account - it was a fic where I'd left blank the "comments allowed only from registered AO3 users" ticky-box. (I otherwise have that box ticked ALL the time for all my fics.)

I don't think she can get an AO3 account anymore - I think she's banned from getting an AO3 account at the IP address level because she's been reported so. Many. TIMES. for so many, many years. But if you don't turn that option on, anyone can comment on your AO3 fic using whatever identification (real or fake email) they choose. Which can be nice... Or it used to be, before the Internet was overrun with millions of children & unstable adults who behave like children.

It's a bummer, & I'm sure it cuts down a lot on the comments one might otherwise get, but it's the only way to block this kind of bullshit from mentally unstable cowards like her. Besides, non registered users can still leave kudos.