1) Absolutely. Speaking personally, I have sometimes referenced the person and occasionally their post, or I have simply said "people were discussing" or "someone was saying," often depending on how specifically I am referencing what they said. So if I quoted them in the meta then I'd usually say who it was but if it was a discussion that several people were in on regarding a topic I'd just go with "people were discussing." As it happens, a post I made a few weeks ago was in direct response to someone else's (locked) post, so I am planning to re-edit it to better reference some things without actually linking to their post before I copy it to AO3. If your work was more of a discussion where there wasn't a separate post you made (a chat on Discord, for example) then yes, I'd encourage you to contact the other people. They could even stay anonymous if they wanted to as you could just quote them as "Fan A" "Fan B" etc.
2) Yes, especially if you reworded it a little to make it more about the topic than what you were planning to write. From what AO3 has in their ToS, an extended plot bunny like you're referencing wouldn't be an issue.
3) Yes you could, though perhaps this is a good opportunity to expand on them a little as we'll have a few "new meta" writing challenges next month!
4) You can link to the OP if you want, it's entirely up to you. On my own posts I generally don't bother, but I have always stated the original posting date because this can be relevant since a number of things I've written were episode reviews at the time they first aired. (It also helps me find the original post here on DW should I ever want to look it up). AO3 allows you to set the post to another date and some people do that instead, but I prefer to use the date I'm uploading and just put it in my notes what the original date was. But this is just a personal preference.
5) I would say no, there's no need. See my answer to your first question 🙂
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Date: 2021-02-24 03:19 pm (UTC)1) Absolutely. Speaking personally, I have sometimes referenced the person and occasionally their post, or I have simply said "people were discussing" or "someone was saying," often depending on how specifically I am referencing what they said. So if I quoted them in the meta then I'd usually say who it was but if it was a discussion that several people were in on regarding a topic I'd just go with "people were discussing." As it happens, a post I made a few weeks ago was in direct response to someone else's (locked) post, so I am planning to re-edit it to better reference some things without actually linking to their post before I copy it to AO3. If your work was more of a discussion where there wasn't a separate post you made (a chat on Discord, for example) then yes, I'd encourage you to contact the other people. They could even stay anonymous if they wanted to as you could just quote them as "Fan A" "Fan B" etc.
2) Yes, especially if you reworded it a little to make it more about the topic than what you were planning to write. From what AO3 has in their ToS, an extended plot bunny like you're referencing wouldn't be an issue.
3) Yes you could, though perhaps this is a good opportunity to expand on them a little as we'll have a few "new meta" writing challenges next month!
4) You can link to the OP if you want, it's entirely up to you. On my own posts I generally don't bother, but I have always stated the original posting date because this can be relevant since a number of things I've written were episode reviews at the time they first aired. (It also helps me find the original post here on DW should I ever want to look it up). AO3 allows you to set the post to another date and some people do that instead, but I prefer to use the date I'm uploading and just put it in my notes what the original date was. But this is just a personal preference.
5) I would say no, there's no need. See my answer to your first question 🙂