luckydragon10:

AO3 Reader Reminder: Authors generally tag in good faith

Most authors DO NOT maliciously leave off tags.

If you, as a reader, feel triggered by something and believe it was not adequately tagged or warned, please try to resist any knee-jerk reaction you might have to pop off at the author in retaliation in comments.

If you respectfully comment with

“Can I suggest adding a tag/warning tag for ‘xyz’?”

then just about any author is going to respond favorably.

If, instead, your first course of action is to pop off at the author, then bless your little heart, you’re the one acting in bad faith.

In general, when you’re a reader, I recommend you approach the situation from the assumption that the author wrote their tags/warnings in good faith and is likely to listen to your suggestion and interact with you respectfully… but you need to approach them respectfully to open the dialogue.

(Note: This wasn’t about a situation that happened to me personally, but rather a situation I’m aware of.)