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Mystery Work
| Synonyms: | hidden work, unrevealed work |
| See also: | AO3 Exchange, Anonymous AO3 Collections, Restricted Work, Deleting fanworks, Orphaning fanworks |
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The term mystery work or unrevealed work refers to a fanwork that is in an unrevealed collection on AO3. As the AO3 Collection FAQ states: "All works added to a collection with this setting enabled are hidden from all users except the creator, collection owners and moderators, and Archive site administrators."[1]
History and Usage
The unrevealed collection feature was originally added to AO3 to support exchanges that wanted to hide submitted works until the reveal date.[1] However, users also use this feature to hide their works without deleting them from AO3. Any user may create their own collection, add their works to it, and set that collection to unrevealed.
References
- ^ Jump up to: a b AO3 Collection FAQ focuses on this function.