WHOA! AO3 is down! Which wouldn't be that alarming if it were down for 24 hours, but they are saying it will be down for 2-4 WEEKS! Which is unheard-of! The OTW has NOT said anything about what the cause is. There has been, of course, massive speculation, along the lines of guesses being reported as fact; for example, that it has something to do with the PHP security problems recently -- but AO3 does not actually run on PHP, it runs on Ruby on Rails, which is a different language altogether. #AO3 #Fanfic