Looks like Fanfiction.net isn't making as much money as they want to.

[tikatu]

When I went on the site today, I noticed that the ads, which I thought I'd banished with their Adblocker yesterday, were back. I activated their Adblocker again, and found out you can no longer get rid of them for three days at a time. Now it's down to just one day.

Do you think this little fact is on the homepage?

Nope. Not there. I think they don'

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[zooey_glass04]

(Here via fandom_news.)

Hey there!

I don't know if you've come across the Archive of Our Own, but it's another option for anyone who wants to host their fic and/or read at a multi-fandom Archive. It's run by the Organization for Transformative Works which is a fan-run non-profit. The org owns the servers, which means they're much less vulnerable to commercial pressures, etc, than many other sites, and it is not ad-supported

[tikatu]

Thanks for stopping by. I am aware of AO3. Tell me, has anyone from the Thunderbirds fandom joined there? I was under the impression that a lot of the fiction posted there was from current or more recent media properties. FanNation and Lunaescence are also fan-run (and, so far, ad-free), but the vast majority of the writers for my fandom hang out at either ff.net or the one fandom-specific, by invitation-only, archive.

[zooey_glass04]

There's quite a range of fic there now (5644 and counting) but no Thunderbirds fic as yet. We would like to welcome as diverse a range of fandoms as possible, although of course if people have a strong base elsewhere then they will not be keen to move, whether they like the new archive or not. So, if you or other people from your fandom ever wanted another / an additional home, you'd be very welcome on the AO3. (And if there are technical ways in which it doesn't fit the bill, now or in the future, we always welcome feedback.)

I hadn't come across fannation before! I love that fandom is always working to propagate itself in all sorts of different ways and places.

[tikatu]

FanNation is an attempt to keep a lot of the FanLib community together, and the members are good about reviewing and helping authors improve. They have a really active forum.

[vamp_ress]

Stopping by...

I only visit ff.net with my Adblock Plus on, which works nicely - no ads for me. On the other hand, I think ff.net has become virtually unusable if you don't use some kind of adblocker - the ads are just everywhere, constantly AND they're very intrusive. Sometimes, I really wonder why so many people still post there - it's not like there are no alternatives (I tend to pimp out my personal alternative, http://www.skyehawke.com whenever I can, because I think it's a much nicer place *g*). I guess it's a snake biting its own tail. People post there, because everyone else is posting there and they believe it's a must-be place. If only a handful of people take the choice to go away, nothing will ever break ff.net's rule.

[tikatu]

I just looked at Skyehawke; seems like an interesting archive. Lots of the more recent fandoms there, too. Are readers there good about reviewing?

The ads at ff.net are very intrusive. I just cleaned out my history. When I went to the site and tried to activate the adblocker for the day, a full-page ad popped up... which stopped me until they'd decided I'd seen enough of the ad and let me skip it.

I know that their policy about adblocking came about in response to FanLib, but they're quickly becoming worse than that site ever was.

[vamp_ress]

Well, reviewing could always be better. Generally very good for Harry Potter, less stellar for tiny fandoms because you have less drive-by fandom than on, say, ff.net. One of the main advantages, IMO, is the fact that it is a) fan-run and b) has no restriction on ratings.

If you're running Firefox, try the Adblock Plus plugin. It's really working wonders for me (though, occasionally, it cuts away important links).

[tikatu]

Thanks for the advice on the Adblock Plus. I'll have to add it to my plug-ins.

It's true that reviewing could always be better, no matter what the fandom or archive. Unfortunately, I've found that for the smaller (or older) fandoms, ff.net is probably the place where they'll get a larger audience and more drive-by reviews.

[iron_kat]

Couldn't help but comment since I noticed that, too. I always go to the ad blocker page on FF Net before I do anything else on the site. I won't use the site without that feature, so if they take it away, I'm gone. Before I knew about the feature, I stayed away from FF Net for almost a year because I got a virus on my computer from their ads.

[tikatu]

Interestingly enough, I went to FictionPress and they still have a three day Adblocker. I bet that if they went to one day there, the traffic levels would drop drastically.

[dark_senshi]

So, I'm not the only one who noticed that...