I wanted to take a minute to talk about something that may affect many of us in the very near future if it hasn't already.
Literally thousands of stories with mature content are being pulled from FanFiction.net left and right with no warning whatsoever or without
giving to the authors the opportunity to fix or remove the material in
question.
I have even heard of several authors loosing their stories forever
because the only copy they had of them is the one that existed on FF. I
know it would be devastating to myself if that were to happen to me.
Many of us authors and readers are taking part in a boycott of
FanFiction.net this weekend, Friday and Saturday. FanFiction relies on
what's known as click advertising to fund their site. By not gong to the
site at all, this hurts them by them not getting money for us simply
visiting the site. That is how click advertising works, I am sure
you have all seen those adds that are at the top of all the pages we
open on the site.
So if you are interested in participating you need to not, only not
sign in, but also refrain form going to FanFiction in any way at all. I know
it may be difficult to hold back from reading any stories that you may
be waiting on to update, but waiting a day or two to read them is certainly
better than having them removed all together.
What we are hoping to accomplish is to get the powers that be at
FanFiction to require an additional login for an story
containing mature content. It is something that would be very simple for
them to do and this would go a long way in helping to make
sure that those underage are not reading material that is not suited for
them.
It's totally up to you whether you decide to
participate or not. I just wanted to make you all aware of the
situation. I also wanted to let you know that should my stories suddenly
disappear, they are all also available to read over on The Writers
Coffee Shop. My pen name is the same over there as it is here.
Thanks for being the amazing, wonderful readers that you are!! I feel so very fortunate to have all of you reading my stories.
EA
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