InkAndEchoes

You carelessly repost other people's stories without permission while you write “do not repost” in 'your own story'
          You're a walking contradiction, demanding respect you clearly don't give.
          
          Also ao3 is a platform that's literally free and open to anyone, have account or not. What twisted logic possesses you to think reposting it anywhere else is somehow going to get it "more visibility"? It's already out there, accessible to the entire internet! Your "reposting for exposure" excuse is a transparent lie, a pathetic attempt to justify your content theft.

A year ago, I was afraid to post my own works as they had been quite bad grammatically and content-wise as well.
          Instead, I uploaded others' work from other sites - most of them were without the original author's permission.
          I'd like to say sorry to them now for using their works (even if it was to have more people read them), it wasn't right.
          I realize this violated their rights and I can not take that back.
          Now that I started posting my own content, I realize how hard it is to gain one's own audience and post works that are interesting for readers.
          Once again I'm sorry to all those whose stories I re-uploaded, it is shameful and just wrong.