hoodie_time | mod post: AO3 collection (Reply)

In an attempt to cast our net a little wider, beyond LJ as a platform, we have put up a collection on AO3. It is, rather unsurprisingly, called HOODIE TIME - Dean-centric Hurt/Comfort fanworks. The collection is open, but moderated, and after the jump, we'll explain a little bit about how to use it.

There are two ways to go when you want to submit a fanwork to a collection. The first is to go the collection directly and click the button on top that says "post to collection" (click for pic). AO3 will automatically fill in the information it needs to have to sort a fanwork into the collection when you post.

The other way to add it is to fill in the collection yourself when you post the fanwork. There's a field called "Post to Collections / Challenges" (click for pic), and if you type something into it, AO3 will automatically suggest you the existing collections. There are other collections involving the words hoodie time, so to use this one, you have to select the one called "HOODIE TIME - Dean-centric Hurt/Comfort fanworks".

As mentioned above, the community is moderated. That means, your fanwork will not appear in the collection right away; an email will be sent to the mods, who will then have to approve or deny the submission. That may take a day or two, but we will do our best to get to submissions as soon as we can. If you post Dean H/C on AO3 frequently and we know that you're familiar with what qualifies for

hoodie_time and what doesn't, you can also apply to be added as member of the collection. That would mean your submissions will no longer be moderated. We would prefer it if people who are interested in being members of the collection sent us a PM or an email first, though, rather than just requesting to join by clicking the button.

Other than that, there's not much to it. The same rules, guidelines and requirements we have here also apply to the collection (except for tagging, of course, which works a little differently on AO3; feel free to contact the mods if you have any questions about that). Any further questions? Just shoot, and we'll answer!

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