If I have an account but don't really want to reveal it to Gaia, does it still count?
I mean, I
can list it if I
have to, it's just that I'd rather not.
Ayselin
Random question for all you fanfiction.net-ers. Is it worth it to post fics there?
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That depends on your definition of "worth it". It doesn't really cost anything to post a fic up there, except maybe an hour of your time reformatting everything (FFN strips all sorts of html tags, is notoriously bad at formatting MSWord documents, and recently decided that astericks were not valid characters).
Also, the site is about as (un)reliable as Gaia, without the excuse of being alpha version.
On the upside, you
can get reviews quickly and easily, assuming your story is noticed. It's easier for a reviewer to comment, rather than clicking on the "Email" link, waiting for the mail client to load up (not everyone uses Thunderbird, sadly), and writing out a thoughtful review. Hence, the love-hate relationship with the usual "OMG so good! Write more!" one-liner reviews.
And if you don't have webspace, it's a good place to host your fics.
However, there have been many, many reports of abuse of the Abuse system. From all accounts, only one person (Xing, the site maintainer) is in charge of deleting stories that violate the TOS, which means that he obviously doesn't read the reported stories. So anyone with an agenda can get you banned very easily. Trying to get justice done is very, very difficult.
For a comparison, imagine if Lanzer was the one and only mod around. Yeah, something like that.
It all depends on how lucky you are. For most people, FFN is a decent place to host their stories for free. For the really unlucky ones, it's more trouble than it's worth.
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