Discovery is the key point for me, and it benefits me both as a reader and as a writer. I have an easier time discovering stories by more than one author in a fandom I like, on a topic I like, when they're organized in an archive. Recs lists serve a similar purpose, but those are always limited by the time of the curators. As a writer, if I put my stuff on a large archive, or a specific archive, I potentially benefit from anyone coming into the archive who might discover my works, vs. searching via recs and search engines for specifically the topic on which I've written.
I'm looking forward to the point when AO3's reader-bookmarking improves to Delicious-level or better usability, and I hope to be able to synchronize my AO3 and Delicious bookmarking, because I depend on these things for the proper functioning of my brain. Also, there are people who look to me for recommendations, and I want that to be as easy for them as possible.
Organization isn't a small thing either; I write so very little fanfic -- maybe 20 pieces over 10 years? -- that someone looking through my journal is going to have a very hard time of it, even when I do tag things.
Gossamer used to rule my life. It was a one-stop shop for my entire addiction. This was pre-LJ, in 1997, 1998, and before I discovered LJ up to 2001. There were other places to go, but my internet time was limited, and I wanted fic *now*, and not to spend too much time hunting it down.
AO3 could probably win back my attention from literotica.com if it created a voluntary tickbox or something apart from the warning categories, a "is this story intended to be smutty?" category, because "has explicit sex" is different than "this is smut, you may wish to read this from your bunk".
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Date: 2010-03-18 08:47 pm (UTC)I'm looking forward to the point when AO3's reader-bookmarking improves to Delicious-level or better usability, and I hope to be able to synchronize my AO3 and Delicious bookmarking, because I depend on these things for the proper functioning of my brain. Also, there are people who look to me for recommendations, and I want that to be as easy for them as possible.
Organization isn't a small thing either; I write so very little fanfic -- maybe 20 pieces over 10 years? -- that someone looking through my journal is going to have a very hard time of it, even when I do tag things.
Gossamer used to rule my life. It was a one-stop shop for my entire addiction. This was pre-LJ, in 1997, 1998, and before I discovered LJ up to 2001. There were other places to go, but my internet time was limited, and I wanted fic *now*, and not to spend too much time hunting it down.
AO3 could probably win back my attention from literotica.com if it created a voluntary tickbox or something apart from the warning categories, a "is this story intended to be smutty?" category, because "has explicit sex" is different than "this is smut, you may wish to read this from your bunk".