Coming to the cottage

Something for my Heated Rivalry peeps:

A tour of the Heated Rivalry cottage

Hollander’s now iconic line, 'I’m coming to the cottage,' lands differently here, because the place feels suspended between fiction and reality. ... Over the next several weeks, a few lucky fans will have a chance to live in Shane and Ilya’s hideaway. They’ve won a contest to stay for a deeply discounted rate of $248.10 a night (a nod to the hockey players’ jersey numbers), before the property hits the market in June.

The feature doesn't seem to be behind a paywall (yet). It has some lovely pictures of the place and the fans.

I am such an Old

Recently I saw a post suggesting that commenting on any AO3 fic that was posted more than a week or two earlier was perceived as de trop at best and repellently creepy at worst. WTAF.

By extension, is one not meant to express an opinion about, say, The Left Hand of Darkness (published in 1969) if one reads the work for the first time in 2026? How about Christopher Marlowe? The Tale of Genji? The Gospel of Thomas? A great-grandmother's diaries? Do readers IRL never reread their favourite novels or stories from decades ago?

Specifically with respect to AO3, what is the point of a publication archive if not to introduce readers to new, middle-aged, and old works?

Sincerely asking someone who knows the reason to please explain. (Especially the "creepy" aspect.) Apologies in advance if this topic has already been discussed. It's new to me--or at least it's made an impression on me for the first time!