Why FFN isn't like FanLib: Profit, Risk and Exploitation

[lyore]

I was reading my way through metafandom, and I came across a couple of people honestly enquiring how FanLib was any different to FFN, since both are funded by advertisements. I wrote up a nice, long comment, and then LJ ate it and crashed Safari. So I've lost not only the comment, but who I was replying to in the first place.

But, since writing it out helped me to get my thoughts in order, I thought I might revisit it at my journal.