I changed the settings to the entire system being revealed and un-anon while three stories were still set to be unrevealed and anon. Doing so removed my ability to reveal and de-anon them. I assumed AO3 would make any unrevealed and anon stories revealed and un-anon when I changed the settings - this was further informed the removal of my ability to do anything about it. Turns out, that's not the case.
I thought they'd been eaten though because I could see them, but I couldn't tell they were still hidden from the challenge on my dashboard and since the settings change meant I lost my ability to do anything about it... well...
Long story short, I fiddled with the settings a bit, got back to a point where I could reveal and de-anon the three stories, and now I've saved that and I'm redoing the settings so that the default is revealed, not anonymous, and not moderated.
Phew.
Again, apologies. And because I've reset everything you shouldn't have any more problems and if you do I'll be very angry at AO3 (although again, it'll probably still be my error, I just won't know that it was my error).
(also, if anyone else is reading this, I have it set to show random works on the front page).
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Date: 2015-06-24 04:51 pm (UTC)I changed the settings to the entire system being revealed and un-anon while three stories were still set to be unrevealed and anon. Doing so removed my ability to reveal and de-anon them. I assumed AO3 would make any unrevealed and anon stories revealed and un-anon when I changed the settings - this was further informed the removal of my ability to do anything about it. Turns out, that's not the case.
I thought they'd been eaten though because I could see them, but I couldn't tell they were still hidden from the challenge on my dashboard and since the settings change meant I lost my ability to do anything about it... well...
Long story short, I fiddled with the settings a bit, got back to a point where I could reveal and de-anon the three stories, and now I've saved that and I'm redoing the settings so that the default is revealed, not anonymous, and not moderated.
Phew.
Again, apologies. And because I've reset everything you shouldn't have any more problems and if you do I'll be very angry at AO3 (although again, it'll probably still be my error, I just won't know that it was my error).
(also, if anyone else is reading this, I have it set to show random works on the front page).