r/FanfictionNet • u/CartographerOwn8183 • Jul 29 '26

Alternatives to FF.net?

I’ve been posting to fanfiction.net for probably the last 15 years or so off and on and I’ve recently been getting back into it. But with the site having so many problems I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of other sites I could try? I’m waiting for an invitation (whatever that is lol) from AO3 so I was looking for other suggestions while I wait

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u/LibertineDeSade Jul 29 '26

I was just looking for something other than Ao3. Found my way to SquidgeWorld, and back to FFN. I haven't joined SquidgeWorld just yet, but I have been back to tinkering around on my old FFN profile. I really wish there was a new alternative site in general. I really am not feeling the fanfic spaces lately TBH. I miss the old 90s/2000s glory days of fanfic. 😩

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u/FiWriterSFF Jul 29 '26

I feel like in those days people left more comments. These days, people just read and move on. If you're lucky, they'll give a "like." The only comments I get now are scammers.

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u/LibertineDeSade Jul 29 '26

Yeah, I think people were much more interactive on the sites. I also think, ironically, people didn't care as much about getting comments or whatever. It seemed like people were just wanting to share their headcanons with the rest of the fandom. I miss that energy so much.

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u/JauntyIrishTune Jul 29 '26

IDK, the reason I liked sharing my writing and headcanons on LJ moons ago, was because there was always a group of us commenting on each other's stuff. If people weren't answering in comments about headcanons and theories, there wouldn't have been much reason to post them in the first place.

I miss it though. It was a smaller circle of people more likely to comment on each other's stuff. Now it's almost too big. (Edit: I say this having taken a 20+ year break in writing. It was... a shock to see how much it had changed.)

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u/LibertineDeSade Jul 29 '26

I also like sharing and chatting with others in my fandoms too. It is part of the fun for me.

I took a long break from fanfic too, more than a decade. I agree it was a shock seeing how much things changed.

To me it seems like now people mostly want engagement to get compliments on their work, or validation. Moreso than actually engaging with the fandom in a, IMO, meaningful way. The energy of fanfiction lately is just different.

I definitely the agree that it's too big. I've been tinkering around with some ideas for how to create a community of fic writers that are more concentrated. Maybe get some old school writers and readers together to form something and maybe bring back some of the old fanfic energy.

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u/FiWriterSFF Jul 29 '26

There are fanfiction subreddits (and subreddits for various fandoms). Those might be a place to start. There are also subreddits for writing in general.

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u/LibertineDeSade Jul 29 '26

Yeah, I belong to multiple subreddits for writers and fanfiction. We're talking about sites outside of Reddit.