To understand the rise of mirror-exclusive content, one must first understand what an AO3 mirror is. In technical terms, a mirror is a duplicate of a website hosted on a different server. In the context of fandom, mirrors generally fall into two categories:
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Remember: the only official, fully functional, and fully secure access point to AO3 is archiveofourown.org itself. If you can reach it, that remains your best option. But if you cannot, mirrors offer a bridge—one that requires careful crossing, but a bridge nonetheless. To understand the rise of mirror-exclusive content, one