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Line 145: − + − need examples+ − ===Too Powerful===+ − ===Tagging System===+ − See [[AO3 Tagging Policy Debate]] and [[AO3 Tag Wrangling]]+ + + + + + + + − ===Too Many Eggs in One Basket=== − ===Allows "Problematic" Content=== − A 2016 discussion regarding tagging, archive content, censorship, and policing was [[I See A Lot Of Posts Going Around (Suppressing Women's Sexuality)]]. − − ===Issues with AO3=== − ===Dislike of Various Features=== − ===Don't Like Archives=== − * "... 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]]. <ref> 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> − − ===Lack of a Way to Rate Fanworks=== − * "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." <ref> [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> − − ===Too Western-Media Centered===
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==Criticisms Of==
==Initial Criticisms Of==
Some initial fan complaints:
* too powerful
* disliked the tagging system: see [[AO3 Tagging Policy Debate]] and [[AO3 Tag Wrangling]]
* the archive put too many eggs in on basket
* it allowed "problematic content"
* didn't like various features
* 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>
* lack of 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 was too Western-media centric
==Praise Of==
==Praise Of==
===Owned by Fans===
===Owned by Fans===