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⌈ Secret Post #2192 ⌋

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ayrt

I haven't written a lot either, but boy, have I seen plenty of examples of what to do and what not to do. the polite thing to do varies from fandom to fandom, but certain generalities could be made; would you like my input regarding those?

I haven't used mediaminer and AFF to post, but could comment from the visitor's point of view; I mostly brought it up to make a point comparing kudos, hits, reviews, follows/favs, traffic between them, etc. and to shove in a warning about being cautious with ff.net's scripts

this is probably the type of endeavor that would benefit from feedback from various points of view and different experiences

I can probably get a rough draft written by tomorrow evening and I can post it here. Then anyone who wants to can add/remove/debate about anything. I can make some generalities of most things. But if mediaminer/AFF/etc has any kind of unique processes input would be most appreciated

well, from what I remember, mediaminer has the peculiarity of being mostly aimed at anime and manga, and having a different set of ratings (same deal as ff.net, movies, etc., just different letters, I think), and not having much traffic besides those categories

its main appeal was that it accepted NC-17/explicit stories while ff.net didn't, so some authors posted their smut there

it accepts both fanfiction and fanart, although, even though they turn down things like, say, fanart on lined paper, its quality standards do leave something to be desired

aff.net is for explicit content; I think it only has R and NC-17 categories. I've heard that posting there is a hassle, and the site has struggled financially and mostly lived off of donations and ads to other fandom-ish adult sites; it's also had many issues on the technical side, with formatting sometimes wonking out, stories getting jumbled, various database updates, etc.

for some reason, the site requires the authors to post an actual disclaimer in all their stories (last time I checked, this might have changed)

when one of the child protection act thingies came up years ago, they added a submission form to protect themselves, where the visitor has to claim they are an adult or else they can't enter the site; apparently this wasn't enough for some reason, because some months ago they made the decision to ban/eject registered users that were minors (although why they allowed minors to begin with is something that baffles me but I never could be arsed to investigate for myself)

anyway, I personally wouldn't bother with mediaminer.org, since you can get more traffic on ff.net (and, in certain fandoms, AO3), and better quality all around in other sites

aff.net is worth it if you really want people to read your smut stories, and wouldn't be satisfied with linked to your livejournal/dreamwidth/AO3/etc. account or don't want to open an account there

you might or might not mention that

dreamwidth:

pros: more attentive, friendly and quick to help out staff; the site endeavors to be accessible; bigger maximum word counts for both entries or comments, making it less likely to need to split long chapters or stories; no ads

cons: layout options can be very limited if you don't want to tinker with html/css; does not automatically send copies of any and all comments and replies to your e-mail; does not accept paypal for paid accounts, if that is your only online paying option

livejournal:

pros: many layouts to choose from; bigger communities/userbases; you can choose to receive many notifications to your e-mail; I think paid accounts are also cheaper than in dw

cons: many layouts and styles do not lend themselves well to fanfiction; has had accessibility issues; has been under worrying attacks by various factions (in particular the Russian government), so servers go down from time to time; the people in charge have pretty much sold out and might simply not care about you at all (for more info see: the user/designer igrick, update 88, the whole fiasco with the subject lines, and more subsequent whoopsies I didn't follow because I got tired of it all), even if you are a paid user; spam is more common than in dw

uh, that's all I can think off

I would love to give you feedback when you start posting what you have c:

you are doing a Good Thing

same anon

omg I just realized I didn't even bring up the social side of dw and lj

anyway, you probably should explain about communities, friending, friend-locked entries, promoting your fics and stuff without stepping on toes, cross-posting, avoiding drama, etc.

I think someone here linked to guides on how to use dreamwidth ages and ages ago; anyway, those are useful, because lj is not particularly intuitive for first-timers, and dw is even less so

Also, make sure you know where you're going to post this when it's done. Does Ao3 allow user-submitted guides? Or you could post in an LJ/DW comm for fandom newbies.

making it a big picture or a series of pictures and spamming it all over the internet might be warranted

Once I get it written up, I will have to see how long it is and such before I decide where to post it. I will at least pop it on my Tumblr.

good thinking

oh yeah, forgot about tumblr. Good idea.

Just wanted to update that I am working in this (I have two pages done) but my sister was in a car accident so I probably won't post something until tonight. Any place to post it here? Is there a random topic section on this site?

oh man, I hope your sister is okay/gets okay! D:

the general comments section in the second page of each post is the place, I guess

but seriously, attend to your sister first, this isn't that important!

She is fine. Just some whiplash. Honestly, I think the nurse was more scarred from the experience of trying to give my sister a shot. Someone rear ended her. : /

Anyways, I post the first 2 parts I have done in the general comments.

Okay. maybe I posted this? I keep thinking I did but I can't find it anywhere. :< I don't understand how the general comments work.

That's horrible! D:
Is she alright? *hugs*

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