It's interesting because I always like the most basic links possible - mine will never have ?format=light. Partly this is to let the reader decide for themselves but primarily it has to do with Delicious, which regards a link with ?format=light separately from one without that addition and therefore calculates the number of other people who have saved that bookmark differently. It also means that when I might click over to see who else has saved it or what they might have said about it, I'll find one set, but without re-saving the bookmark with possible extensions, I don't see the others. Crazy making! So I've gotten in the habit of saving a very clean link, which I admit appeals to me aesthetically as well.
Regarding the AO3, you know that if you have an account there, you can set the default for how you view a work, yes? For instance, mine is set to view the full work by default, so unless the link specifically states the chaptered version, then it will show me the full work. Convenient!
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It's interesting because I always like the most basic links possible - mine will never have ?format=light. Partly this is to let the reader decide for themselves but primarily it has to do with Delicious, which regards a link with ?format=light separately from one without that addition and therefore calculates the number of other people who have saved that bookmark differently. It also means that when I might click over to see who else has saved it or what they might have said about it, I'll find one set, but without re-saving the bookmark with possible extensions, I don't see the others. Crazy making! So I've gotten in the habit of saving a very clean link, which I admit appeals to me aesthetically as well.
Regarding the AO3, you know that if you have an account there, you can set the default for how you view a work, yes? For instance, mine is set to view the full work by default, so unless the link specifically states the chaptered version, then it will show me the full work. Convenient!