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oberynmartell

no you live in a society, i live in unrealistic idealised romantic daydreams about fictional characters

animatedtext

worstloki

k-vichan

Take it from someone who has been around the fandom block:

fanfiction.net is dying.

all the signs are there.

if you have no other record of any fics you have there… you might wanna… like… do something about that.

k-vichan

Whoops. I did not intend for this post to blow up in the way it did. I’m not saying this is gonna happen tomorrow or even this year. I don’t have any inside information, and I’m purely basing it off of past experience. They could surprise us. Who knows?

The signs I’m seeing are based off of watching other fandom-driven websites in their end days.

The biggest glaring red flag: they no longer have any visible active moderation team or admins that are working on Fanfiction.net specifically. Reports are going unanswered on everything from plagiarism to abuse to page-breaking ads. Emails are not returned. Twitter mentions are never addressed.

Based off of their limited Twitter activity, all of their resources appear to have been funneled to FictionPress, leaving Fanfiction.net to flounder. If a website does not have anyone actively attending to it, it will eventually die.

The abuse alone could drive users from the website. When users are receiving repeated death threats and they have no way of curtailing the abuse or banning abusive users from messaging them, users will eventually just leave. Admins would have the capability of blocking the IP addresses of people sending abusive reviews and messages, but… what admins?

The code update that went through a few years ago that broke many old fics was never fixed. Many users are reporting major issues in uploading fics. The more they leave the site unattended, the more things will break.

The domain is registered through 2028, but if they keep going in the way that they are sooner or later it’s just going to wind up as a barely-functioning corpse of a website.

I am convinced that the only reason they leave it up is to collect ad revenue. If users continue to leave due to abuse and unreliable service, that ad revenue is going to tank.

I’ve seen this happen to so many websites over the years, and they rarely - if ever - get a revival.

But again - they could surprise us. I’m not counting on it, though. Nobody’s home anymore.

mikkeneko

I would like to introduce people to FanfictionDownloader .

It is a little program that does just what it says. You install it, open it, enter the story URL, and it will generate a file in your preferred e-reader format.

Whether the OP is right or not that FFN’s doom is nigh… I think it’s a good idea to back up one’s work regularly anyway, yes?

unalike

I wish I could watch fanfiction.

caernua

Come closer, Eivor. Let me have a better look at you.

yinsasuke

you’re in his dms. i’m going to bear the burden of his hatred and die with him. we are not the same

greenreblooming

walking the woods #221 *photos 21 february 2016

lokistan-deactivated20211226

I wish I could hug Loki and tell him everything is alright, please be happy for yourself not someone else. Would I get shoved away? Probably. But it would still be worth.

ME TOO, ANON!!!!!!

Same!

Loki by Lorandesore

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) that walk

mrthology-deactivated20250805

Look, I can’t stress this enough, but YOU are in charge of your own fandom experience. You can block things you don’t like, people you disagree with, exclude tags on AO3, unfollow people, etc… There’s no reason for you to consume fandom/media that makes you unhappy. If you want to be involved in discourse go for it! But you don’t have to. You are allowed to just be in fandom for fun, and don’t have to justify what you like/dislike/etc to someone else. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

mrthology-deactivated20250805

This doesn’t stop being true just because you’re annoyed by something, squicked by something, or even triggered by something. You are responsible for yourself in fandom/online - you, no one else. If you are not willing to curate your experience you cannot be angry when you see content you don’t like. Other people are allowed to interact with fandom how they want. You being annoyed by something does not negate that.

rslashrats

me overexplaining every opinion i post on this site so i don’t get misinterpreted in any way

zvaigzdelasas

mastreworld

They can read. They’re just too fucking lazy to do it.

icarus-suraki

Important Announcement:

April Fools Day (April 1) is one week away. To that end, I just want it known now, well before the day, that this blog will NOT be posting any jump scares, fake announcements, freak-out posts, fake hackings, fake emergencies, fake news, and “gotcha!” stuff on April Fools Day. We’re staying safe and chill around here.

I’m honestly not into April Fools Day, really, unless the jokes are obvious and silly–like Rickrolls and Dad Jokes. Rickrolls and Dad Jokes are just traditional.