The “AO3 Content Discourse” - Some Context
Links to discussions about changing current ao3 policies to either remove or to allow certain types of fanfic. Links range between 2014 and 2016. If you have any links, please add them on reblog. Please keep in mind that some of the topics which started with an OP later migrated during the reblogs, so the categories below are random. Also, links both for and against have been added haphazardly and possibly contain triggering content. I have not verified or validated these links. And I neither endorse, agree or disagree with all of the links.
Somewhat specific topics
Underage here, here , here, here and here
Racism/Hate speech here, here and here (need more examples of where racist trolls harassed AO3 users in comments/feedback or by posting hateful fanfic)
Allowing AO3 writers to solicit for donations for writing fiction here
Noncon/abusive fiction here and here
Somewhat general topics
No idea how to categorize this except as “the megaphone post”
And here