ride_4ever: (FK reading something)
[personal profile] ride_4ever
When you post a work to an anonymous, unrevealed AO3 collection your work is supposed to stay hidden until the collection is set to be revealed... and that is what happens unless that collection has been hit by the AO3 "reveals bug" that causes submitted fanworks to appear immediately as if you'd posted them outside the collection. The mods cannot predict or prevent the “reveals bug”. To prevent your work from being revealed ahead of time, you need to preview your work and save it as a draft, check its settings, and then either continue to post it (if the settings are correct) or delete it, wait a few minutes, and try again. And don't leave it as a draft - that will not fulfill your assignment.

Here’s a “Reveals Bug” Tutorial, courtesy of the Once Upon a Fic comm.

(TYK to [personal profile] feroxargentea for providing this information.)

Date: 2018-11-13 10:57 pm (UTC)
baronjanus: Adam and Eve picking an apple from the snake; Knowledge: it's what's for dinner. (0 knowledge)
From: [personal profile] baronjanus

Good to know! Thanks!

Date: 2018-11-13 11:16 pm (UTC)
baronjanus: I was searching for the answer, it turns out it's rock and roll. Hugh Dillon Works Well With Others (Default)
From: [personal profile] baronjanus
Aw well, not like it's a virus or something dangerous.

Date: 2018-11-13 11:36 pm (UTC)
baronjanus: I was searching for the answer, it turns out it's rock and roll. Hugh Dillon Works Well With Others (Default)
From: [personal profile] baronjanus
I know what you mean, and glad you informed me/us, and I feel for you re all the extra work... but I gotta admit that "has christmas come early" sounds like a positive outcome ;) I see impatient toddlers with grabby hands ;)

Date: 2018-11-13 11:53 pm (UTC)
muccamukk: Martha looking exasperated. Text: "sigh". (DW: -sighs-)
From: [personal profile] muccamukk
It's pretty bad that this bug has been around for over a year, and it's still hitting hard.

Date: 2018-11-14 05:11 am (UTC)
muccamukk: A spiced drink surrounded by pine boughs. (Misc: Chistmas Nog)
From: [personal profile] muccamukk
It was hitting Yuletide intermittently last year.

Sorry it got your fest. I wish AO3 would fix it.

Date: 2018-11-14 08:52 pm (UTC)
feroxargentea: (oh dear)
From: [personal profile] feroxargentea
It might be worth reporting to the AO3 support team, if you haven't already, just so they know it's still happening and so that they might consider listing it and its workaround on the Known Issues page.

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