Meta: Questions about FanLib's FAQ; or Who With the What Now?

[telesilla]

ETA2:

Fan Lib has now taken their FAQ down with the following explanation:
We're currently revising our Frequently Asked Questions page. A new version will be posted soon. In the meantime, please feel free to email us at support@fanlib.com or post to the forums.

Thank you.
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Question #4

[telesilla]

Aren't other fan fiction sites non-profit?

Many sites that are run by fans as labors of love do not intend to make a profit. But most, if not all, of the large sites that host fan content are decidedly commercial. LiveJournal is for-profit, as is Yahoo!, MySpace, Quizilla, TheForce.net, AtomFilms, and many others with loads of fan fiction and other fan creations. FanFiction.net as well, though many people don't realize it, makes a lot of money.

Regarding TF.N

[lannamichaels]

I know they just shoved this out there, probably without much thought, but I do have to comment on using TF.N as an example of a for-profit fan-content site. I played a very small part in the group that put together TF.N's fic archive and I was a reviewer for that archive for a couple years. TF.N's fic archive is not representative of fic archives as a whole or Star Wars fandom as a whole or even the Jedi Council (TF.N's boards

Re: Question #4

[secondsilk]

most, if not all, of the large sites that host fan content are decidedly commercial

When we ask "other fanfic sites" we're not talking about large commercial sites that have fanfic content. We're talking about archives for the posting of fanfic.
What does "decidedly commercial" mean? Does it apply to Skyehawke, The Archive at the end of the universe, fiction alley and sugarquill, Twisting the Hellmouth, the House fic archive on squidge.org?

Re: Question #4

[amise]

FanFiction.net as well, though many people don't realize it, makes a lot of money.

Could you please cite your sources for this? Are we talking gross or net profit?

Re: Question #4

[telesilla]

More or less, the money that FF.net "profits from" usually heads to the equipment that keep the place running.

Re: Question #4

[sandamazwich]

That and the money mostly comes from the option of having a Paid Account. (Note the word "option")