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stewardess in life_wo_fanlib

What Disney Bought From FanLib

Jan 07, 2009 00:08

When Disney bought FanLib, what did it get, and what did it do with it?

The short answer: Disney got the servers and the software - everything but content - and launched Take180 the same month FanLib closed (August, 2008). But to understand the full story, such as why FanLib erased its fanfiction archive, you need background ( Read more... )

disney buyout, take180, fanlib: history

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stewardess January 7 2009, 08:24:01 UTC

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aerynvala January 7 2009, 08:49:47 UTC

*sporfle*

stewardess January 7 2009, 19:04:52 UTC

Pinata is ready for love!

P.S. the beverages pictured are non-alcoholic and contain no artificial coloring.

laurie_ky January 7 2009, 08:46:05 UTC

Thanks for telling me "the rest of the story."

Laurie

stewardess January 7 2009, 19:04:15 UTC

You are welcome! I saw (elsewhere) comments such as "omg disney bought fanfic!" and wanted to clear things up -- at least as much as things can be cleared up, considering no one has made an official statement and I'm building this out of rumor and innuendo. :D

half_elf_lost January 8 2009, 06:24:05 UTC

Your work on this has been beautifully thorough and enlightening.

It begs for more pinata porn.

stewardess January 8 2009, 16:07:48 UTC

Thank you!

I abandoned Pinata in the lobby of my building, and he vanished within an hour. I am a bad person!

half_elf_lost January 8 2009, 19:24:50 UTC

I tried to give away my free leather Fanlib notebook, but had no takers!

megselv January 8 2009, 14:21:16 UTC

I get a headache just thinking about such things. No idea how you manage keeping track. That whole 3 million dollars thing is just so incredible, how on earth was that possible? Heh.

But over to the important stuff: So you're using Merlin icons now? :)

stewardess January 8 2009, 18:31:29 UTC

After I wrote this, I tried to access old FanLib references, and I was awestruck by how much has vanished. It's a good thing I remember stuff, and I'm grateful to fangirls for squirreling stuff away.

MERLIN!

maryilee January 17 2009, 04:25:30 UTC

You do realize that Fanlib members had the option of downloading all of their fanfic and reviews that they received into a zip file, right? You skipped that part, and made it sound like members lost everything without any warning, and that's not quite true ( ... )

epalladino January 17 2009, 18:16:21 UTC

I agree with everything that maryilee states. My FanLib experience was nothing but positive. As much as I love the new FanNation site that was formed for us FanLib 'refugees', I still miss FanLib at times.

Beth Palladino

stewardess January 17 2009, 21:26:34 UTC

You do realize that Fanlib members had the option of downloading all of their fanfic and reviews that they received into a zip file, right?

I heard about that, yes. But two weeks is completely inadequate, no matter what tools were provided. Only members who logged on constantly would hear of it. How many of the 20,000 members knew in time? I would consider six months adequate.

It's typical for fan-run fanfiction sites to stay up for years even when the maintainers can no longer update them. An example is the Library of Moria, which was founded in 2002, and is still around today, although the fan founder could no longer maintain it after 2004. She found a handful of fans to keep it going. FanLib could have done the same.

I don't think what Fanlib did was wrong. [regarding asking for FFN passwords]

We disagree on that.

Anyway, the best thing about Fanlib was the forum, not the archive. If you never participated there, you missed out on some great people who actually read across fandoms, even ones they don't know.I may have failed ( ... )

stewardess January 17 2009, 21:40:05 UTC

Belatedly, I've learned from your profile that you are a Yuletide participant, so I'm baffled now by your statement cross fandom support is "practically unheard of."

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