Comments | astridv: So, fictionaire...

astridv

So, fictionaire...

Nov 17, 2007 14:22

There is a rather interesting post in life_wo_fanlib linking back to a FFR post that pimps a new multifandom fic / original fiction archive, fictionaire.com. It's a bit of a conundrum. I do like conundrums. ;)
( Ficionaire reminds of Fanlib in certain ways )

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lakrids404 November 17 2007, 17:10:06 UTC

I think that it’s possible to make a good fanfiction site, even you don’t are personally invested in fanfic, if you interest instead is to build a web-site that have as goal to create a long-term viable business, and knows and respect it users.

I am rather ambivalent of using lj as an archive, it’s great if you know the writers or you gets a rec from others. But if you want to browse around, and looking for example a particularly character in a fandom, you don’t have any really practical way to do that. You can’t often not use Google, because many of the user accounts forbids seek sites as google or yahoo to catalogue them

astridv November 17 2007, 17:53:58 UTC

I am rather ambivalent of using lj as an archive, it’s great if you know the writers or you gets a rec from others. But if you want to browse around, and looking for example a particularly character in a fandom, you don’t have any really practical way to do that.

LJ isn't the perfect archive, but it works exceptionally well in conjunction with other sites IMHO. You can archive longfic offsite, and as to locating specific fics I've found del.icio.us very useful. That, and browsing my way from recs list to recs list.

I think that it’s possible to make a good fanfiction site, even you don’t are personally invested in fanfic, if you interest instead is to build a web-site that have as goal to create a long-term viable business, and knows and respect it users.You know, I asked myself that... where's the harm. If they offer a good product, why not use it. Except I'm not even sure they can make a good product with the obvious lack of knowledge about the very community they're catering too (The guy pimped his squeaky clean, smut free ( ... )

lakrids404 November 17 2007, 21:20:54 UTC

I think I get why you want to create a free-room for the commercialism. And I think you are right that it seems like that he don’t know so much about fanfic in general.

The reason for why I don’t have so much against (slightly) commercial website is that I have an utopian idea, of a site that could go on, so you could find your find fanfic stories in your fandom, 20 years after the tv-show ended. And that the site, did not have to depended on a little group of dedicated fans, who could quiet naturally lose interest in the website after some time.

estepheia November 17 2007, 18:32:24 UTC

I totally agree with your assessment: that-the-powers-who-live-to-make-money can not abide things that are free. That they are looking for ways to commercialize fanfic.

astridv November 18 2007, 14:35:34 UTC

Yup, I think we'll see more of the sort. *shudders*

I'm waiting with bated breath for Scott to answer those questions about who he is and why he's got the sudden desire to archive. A tiny little part of me wonders if it's not Fanlib trying to get in through the back door. Sentences like this... Don't miss out on launch giveaways for fan fiction enthusiasts! ... really sounds a lot like them. Okay, it's probably not. But the resemblance is there.

elfwreck November 18 2007, 04:24:11 UTC

astridv November 18 2007, 14:26:56 UTC

I could imagine a non-fan (or semi-fan) wanting to make an archive site as coding practice for business or legal archving purposes--fanfic would give you lots of free content, with multiple categorizations, some of which are subcats of others (fandom & pairing are related; genres like angst and humor aren't; fic length, rating and author are other search features people might want).

Actually, yeah, it would be a satisfying coding problem to sink your teeth into. And I could imagine enough writers would come and play even if there wasn't a guarantee that it'd last beyond the initial project... I mean, fanfic'ers are usually a helpful and accommodating bunch, when we're not being talked down to.

It's not sparked by altruism--the people working on it want a stable archive for their own selfish reasons.Oh, I know. Then again, pure altruism doesn't really exist (well, arguably). But, I mean, archiving is such time-consuming and thankless work - a lot of the times you hear back from people it's because they're unhappy for some reason, ( ... )

elfwreck November 18 2007, 17:48:36 UTC

While I'm not sure how much participation someone would get if they said "this site goes away when I get hired for coding," they'd get plenty with "I stop updating when I get hired, and hand this over to whoever volunteers to maintain it." It's not like there's any shortage of nitpicking hecklers beta-testers in fandom ( ... )

astridv November 18 2007, 22:16:17 UTC

"Star Trek Atlantis" is one of the TV show options.

I came, saw, lol'd.

elfwreck November 18 2007, 22:40:15 UTC

I went to the cached version... the Harry Potter special notes are still there.
Invent spells for fan fiction writers

We know particularly powerful wizards can invent spells. Now you can add to the fan fiction canon - if you're skilled enough! Gain enough notoriety or special attention and Fictionaire will add your original spells into a dictionary of magic that all users can access as they write Harry Potter fan fiction.

Is this where we put the famous "Lubricus" and "Divestio Totalis" spells?

astridv November 18 2007, 23:50:05 UTC

Is this where we put the famous "Lubricus" and "Divestio Totalis" spells?

And now I wonder whether someone's written that fic already. *googles* ahem, okay.

Hey, the old pages are all still there:

You have to prepare for that debut novel somehow!
*cringe*

What is the key ingredient in popular fan fiction? What drives authors to produce wonderful new stories, and readers to gobble them up glowingly? Interactivity! Readers love continuing their favorite stories via fan fiction, chatting all the way. Authors, of course, craze the well-deserved attention.Ouch. It's just so... you know...so, argh. He sounds like Frasier Crane talking slang. The whole language of that site is quite interesting... insight in how they think that we think ( ... )