[ SECRET POST #2192 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2192 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Tales of the Abyss]


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[Merlin, RPS]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 032 secrets from Secret Submission Post #313.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: suggestions

[(Anonymous)]

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