Archive of Our Own

Mar 16, 2010 22:36

I LOVE this archive! So easy to use and it just makes much more sense than ff.net (which just makes me tear my hair out ( Read more... )

ao3, fanfic

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lolmac March 16 2010, 23:34:30 UTC
:-( I would suggest you leave the account open -- you can use it to leave comments on other people's stories. (Like mine? She says in a wee, small, plaintive voice.)

There are a lot of ff.net accounts that are reader-only.

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draco_somnians March 17 2010, 00:03:59 UTC
I didn't think of that...

Hmmm, maybe I will just leave it then. I'm just getting sick of the random crazies. Lol.

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lolmac March 17 2010, 00:20:16 UTC
I take it that the 'random crazies' have been leaving bitchy comments on your own fic? Screw them and the horses they rode in on.

On the reader side, in addition to being able to comment, you can still bookmark fic, set up alerts for favorite authors or stories or any combination thereof, etc. The reader side of ff.net is a hell of a lot more user-friendly than the author interface, in fact. Makes ya wonder.

And if you leave your profile up, you can direct people to where your own fic is archived. When I get an interesting commetn on my own stories, I usually follow the commenter back to their own profile, to see what they've written themselves, and also what other fic they like. I've found some real jewels that way.

And consider: you're in my Favorite Authors list. If your profile links over to your AO3 archive, anyone who checks out my own faves might end up reading your fic. In which case everybody benefits!

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draco_somnians March 17 2010, 00:25:25 UTC
I only had one bitchy comment. (someone banging on about frat regs. They themselves write Jack/Janet! HUH?) The rest have just been...odd. Or very "good fic, write more". Lol.

Mostly I just don't like the place. I can't get my head around it. Linking to AO3 might be a good idea though. Although, I don't want to transfer the crazies over there! Lol.

Hmmm, I'll look at it again tomorrow, when I'm not about to nod off. :)

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clockwork_sky March 17 2010, 21:27:36 UTC
(someone banging on about frat regs. They themselves write Jack/Janet! HUH?)I absolutely hate when this happens... It makes me want to throw things out windows when people turn fanfiction or critique of fanfiction into a soap box when it isn't really appropriate to begin with... If you're trying to make some big, earth-shattering point with your story and the point is really offensive, then I can understand someone speaking up, but in general that's never the case with anyone's writing--especially in fanfiction--and people need to lay off ( ... )

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draco_somnians March 17 2010, 21:51:00 UTC
I read their profile and a couple of their stories (which made my eyes bleed they were so badly written) and they were very clearly anti-S/J in all shapes and forms ( ... )

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