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* it allowed "problematic content"

* it allowed "problematic content"

* fans didn't like various features

* fans didn't like various features

* fans didn't like archives <ref>"... trolling [[archives]] for fic is about the last way I want to find reading material. I'd much rather read from recs or [[delicious]] or my [[flist]].  --  comment by [[kyuuketsukirui]] at [http://midnightbex.dreamwidth.org/626140.html My two cents on Fanlib as a fanfic reader]; [http://www.webcitation.org/6VYo68Rn7 Archive] in response to the [[FanLib]] proposal, May 21, 2007</ref>

* fans didn't like archives <ref>"... trolling [[archives]] for fic is about the last way I want to find reading material. I'd much rather read from recs or [[delicious]] or my [[flist]].  --  comment by [[kyuuketsukirui]] at {{source|url = http://midnightbex.dreamwidth.org/626140.html |title = My two cents on Fanlib as a fanfic reader |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6VYo68Rn7 }} in response to the [[FanLib]] proposal, May 21, 2007</ref>

* it lacked a way to rate fanworks <ref>"The main problem with such mass run sites is that there is no way to determine what is good writing and what isn't. A search on the site isn't going to help me figure that out and their rating system isn't either. Rating systems have been around nearly as long as their have been archives." -- [http://midnightbex.dreamwidth.org/626140.html My two cents on Fanlib as a fanfic reader]; [http://www.webcitation.org/6VYo68Rn7 Archive], post by midnightbex, May 21, 2007</ref>

* it lacked a way to rate fanworks <ref>"The main problem with such mass run sites is that there is no way to determine what is good writing and what isn't. A search on the site isn't going to help me figure that out and their rating system isn't either. Rating systems have been around nearly as long as their have been archives." -- {{source|url = http://midnightbex.dreamwidth.org/626140.html |title = My two cents on Fanlib as a fanfic reader |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6VYo68Rn7 }}, post by midnightbex, May 21, 2007</ref>

* it was too Western-media centric

* it was too Western-media centric

* fans didn't like the people who created it, nor the way it was created

* fans didn't like the people who created it, nor the way it was created

In 2016, a fan commented, "See [[i didn't realise ao3 was started in response to lj deleting account relating to pedophilia and they explicitly support the posting of such works yikes]] for  this discussion."

In 2016, a fan commented, "See [[i didn't realise ao3 was started in response to lj deleting account relating to pedophilia and they explicitly support the posting of such works yikes]] for  this discussion."

This post was deleted, and then [[reposted]] after it had gotten a long response. The original poster then wrote a much longer post with this excerpt: "The post was me starting to think about whether I want to post my own work on a website which also allows pedophiles to be present on it. That could lead to me being associated with them, or some way indirectly supporting such a community (by supporting the archive). Some moderator said, ‘If you want to kick certain kinds of content off of AO3, you do not belong on AO3 in the first place,’ so this was me thinking ''maybe I do not belong on AO3''. And maybe I think other people should consider this also. But really I lack the personal investment or moral integrity to stop posting there, because I like getting weekly [[kudos]] emails." <ref>see the full exchange here: [http://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148894949419 joestrummin.tumblr]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20161110053738/https://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148894949419 archive link].</ref>

This post was deleted, and then [[reposted]] after it had gotten a long response. The original poster then wrote a much longer post with this excerpt: "The post was me starting to think about whether I want to post my own work on a website which also allows pedophiles to be present on it. That could lead to me being associated with them, or some way indirectly supporting such a community (by supporting the archive). Some moderator said, ‘If you want to kick certain kinds of content off of AO3, you do not belong on AO3 in the first place,’ so this was me thinking ''maybe I do not belong on AO3''. And maybe I think other people should consider this also. But really I lack the personal investment or moral integrity to stop posting there, because I like getting weekly [[kudos]] emails." <ref>see the full exchange here: {{cite web|url = http://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148894949419 |title = joestrummin.tumblr |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161110053738/https://joestrummin.tumblr.com/post/148894949419 |archivedate = 2016-11-10 }}.</ref>

The long response:

The long response:

===2007===

===2007===

* [[Beginnings of OTW: 2007-08 Comments]] (many, many links to meta and comments)

* [[Beginnings of OTW: 2007-08 Comments]] (many, many links to meta and comments)

* [http://fanthropology.livejournal.com/344713.html Archives and not wanting to say "but"]; [http://www.webcitation.org/6VPLFuV6v Archive] (May 23, 2007)

* {{source|url = http://fanthropology.livejournal.com/344713.html |title = Archives and not wanting to say "but" |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6VPLFuV6v }} (May 23, 2007)

===2009===

===2009===