1. ff.net banned NC-17 fics
2. The moment you signed a disclaimer for reading fics that you’re 18 years old when you’re actually 18
3. Trying to keep up with the threads on Yahoo mailing lists
4. Exploring fanfic archives through “Web rings” of fic sites
5. Livejournal: drabbles, ficlets, vignetts, comment fics, lj communities, when OkCupid was funny personality quizzes
6. Learning about society (and social psychology) through Fandom_wank
7. Discovering ships via ship_manifestos: also, words like “plotbunny”, “squee”,” guh”, “squick”, “plotsheep”
8. Yuletide fics is Happy Holidays for EVERYONE- fic recs everywhere
9. Wanting fanfic Awards in the form of icons you can put on your fic site and respecting the fics that had those icons
10. The joy of browsing fics via Del.icio.us (TAG SYSTEMS RULE)
11. Quizilla “quizzes” that were one question with super transparent options that led you to short story answers especially 7 minutes in heaven/spin the bottle fics
12. Said quizzes being labeled “for boys” and “for girls”, often with homophobic nonsense if you clicked the girl character options on “for girls” quizzes
13. Author’s notes where the author was having a conversation with the characters
14. Ff.net banning chatspeak fics, and the ensuing drama even though none of them were removed
15. Quizilla banners
16. “15 reviews or I’m not updating”
17. Lemons and limes
Growing up in internet fandom in the 00s, remembering:
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