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7	[[https://www.fanfiction.net/ FanFiction.Net]] (or FF.Net or FFN for short) is the biggest archive for Fanfic on the Internet, offering millions of stories, with a total length somewhere in the range of fifteen to twenty-five ''billion'' words. As of November 2017, the number of FF.Net user accounts created exceeded 10 million.
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9	FF.Net is free and moderately user-friendly. Most members have a love-hate relationship with it -- while there are some authors who post there who are ''exceptionally'' talented, there are [[SturgeonsLaw many more authors who post there who... aren't]].
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11	Launched on October 15, 1998 by webmaster Xing Li, it soon snowballed into something incredible. Its secret to success is its limited moderation and fully-automated system, meaning posting is very quick and easy and can be done by anyone. Pretty much the ultimate expression of SturgeonsLaw, the site has gotten an exaggerated but not entirely unfounded reputation for representing a lot of the worst excesses of fanfiction.
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13	FF.Net has had such a strong influence on the fan community that it was almost solely responsible for making the ScriptFic obsolete -- it banned almost all fics written in this form. This was mostly due to quality concerns over people being extremely lazy in their writing from the format. It has also banned RealPersonFic due to the potential for libel suits, forcing the RPF communities elsewhere, such as to Platform/{{LiveJournal}}.
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15	Since 2002, it has banned MA and NC-17-rated material and opened up the site to minors (13-year-olds). [=LiveJournal=] became a haven where those against the vulgarity-ban fled, although alternate sites were also formed specifically for adult fanfics. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FanFiction.Net The Other Wiki]] for details.
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17	There is still an M rating category, the tag of which still needs to be manually selected to view adult fics. For a number of years, writers insistent on posting MA and NC-17 material on FF.net despite the ban put their {{Lemon}} and {{Lime}} there instead. As enforcement was weak at best, ignorance and/or deliberate disregard of the Terms of Service/Guidelines became almost an unspoken norm.
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19	On June 2012, the admins ramped up their enforcement of Terms of Service/guidelines. This included responding to reports of plagiarism, copyrighted material, non-stories, MA material incorrectly rated as M and resulted in the removal and suspension of thousands of stories/accounts which were allegedly in violation of the rules. [[http://fanlore.org/wiki/FanFiction.Net%27s_NC-17_Purges:_2002_and_2012 Among fans]], this was rather aptly named "ThePurge."
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21	In response to the enforcement action, an estimated forty thousand users migrated away from the site in favor of Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, [=FicWad=], and other fanfic-hosting sites. Key reasons for the outcry were complaints that there was no notice to change the "offending" material. (It should be noted, however, that as stated in the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/tos/ Terms of Service agreement]] for FF.Net, "[=FanFiction=].Net reserves the right to remove Content and User Submissions without prior notice.")
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23	Other reasons for protest include the admins providing vague and unclear reasons for removal of stories, or sometimes no reason given at all. There were also a small number of cases of wrongful removal of stories which were compliant with the guidelines. Some authors who appealed the removal reported that these stories were reinstated with reviews intact on successful appeal. If the author offers to change the content of their stories so that it doesn't match the original scripts they're based on, they may also be able to avoid having them taken down. The guidelines, however, have essentially made {{Film Fic}}s no longer allowed, while {{Twice Told Tale}}s are risky at best.
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25	One interesting aspect of the site is that it simply ''is'' the reason that the MostFanficWritersAreGirls trope exists. While there has always been a decent female representation within fanfiction, this site really brought it to prominence. The vast majority of the members are, indeed, female and this has actually lead to sort of an inverse of the {{GIRL}} trope being used on the forums. Certainly, the male members using it as a social network tend to make a big deal out of their gender. In fact, a majority of the members sign up specifically for the forums, due to this aforementioned popularity as a social network. Much of the problem with the general quality comes from people that write stories without really caring due to either a sense of obligation or to get their name out there. Of course, this doesn't mean that there aren't many people who do want constructive feedback on their actual writing, but due to the very optimistic outlook of most members, it's not really the best place for it.
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27	The nickname "Pit of Voles" comes from a Google-bombing campaign that succeeded for a while in making FF.Net the number 1 Google search result for that phrase. The aforementioned [=AdultFanFiction=].net is known as the Uber-Pit. As of July 12, 2018, FF.Net is the sixth result for this phrase, with the Urban Dictionary definitions linking to FF.Net as first and this very article as fourth.
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29	It also has a sister site, [[http://www.fictionpress.com/ FictionPress]], which hosts original fiction instead of fanfiction.
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31	As of August 2019, the following fandoms had at least 40,000 submissions on FF.Net.[[note]]This disregards crossovers and misplaced fanfiction, which is hard to count.[[/note]] (Story-count on the site has been rounded to approximate numbers.)
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33	!!Over 100,000 stories
34	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': 844,000 stories[[note]]#1 in Books, #1 on the site[[/note]]
35	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': 438,000 stories[[note]]#1 in Anime/Manga[[/note]]
36	* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': 222,000 stories
37	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': 127,000 stories[[note]]#1 in TV Shows[[/note]]
38	* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': 121,000 stories
39	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': 118,000 stories
40	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': 108,000 stories
41	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': 104,000 stories[[note]]#1 in Video Games[[/note]]
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43	!!50,000-99,999 stories
44	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': 85,400 stories
45	* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': 80,000 stories
46	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': 76,500 stories
47	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': 74,300 stories
48	* ''Manga/FairyTail'': 68,500 stories
49	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': 68,400 stories
50	* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': 59,800 stories
51	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': 59,100 stories
52	* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': 58,100 stories
53	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': 54,100 stories
54	* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': 53,300 stories
55	* ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'': 51,900 stories
56	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': 51,100 stories
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58	!!40,000-49,999 stories
59	* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'': 49,300 stories
60	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': 47,900 stories
61	* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': 46,200 stories
62	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': 45,800 stories[[note]]#1 in Cartoons[[/note]]
63	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': 45,300 stories
64	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': 44,000 stories
65	* ProfessionalWrestling: 43,800 stories[[note]]#1 in Misc[[/note]]
66	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': 42,100 stories
67	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': 42,100 stories[[note]]Though separate categories for ''Anime/SonicX'', ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', and ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' do exist, this is used as an umbrella category for all ''Sonic'' continuities, especially ''ComicBook/SonictheHedgehogArchieComics''[[/note]]
68	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'': 41,800 stories
69	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': 41,300 stories
70	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': 40,800 stories
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72	The #1 in Comics is ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', with 17,300 stories. The #1 in Plays, excluding the generic Screenplays section, is ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', with 6,900 stories.
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74	It's been noted that the more popular fandoms are split between multiple media -- this can make them difficult to sort and count. The site also has a Crossovers section, so elegantly designed that you can find the person who thought it was a good idea to cross ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' with ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' within three clicks. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, one such story does exist]].
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76	!!Franchises with over 40,000 stories combined
77	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' actually breaks in at 10th with nearly 80,000 hits if taken as a collective instead of individual games. Every game even has its own crossover section for over 5,000 hits.
78	* The ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' has over 48,000 hits when including Series/StargateAtlantis and Series/StargateUniverse, and the two stories written for ''WesternAnimation/StargateInfinity''.
79	* The ''Franchise/XMen'' franchise as a whole has well over 48,000 hits, split between comics, movies and cartoons.
80	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' also has ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', including the ''StarWarsOnline'' MMORPG which gives it over 53,000 hits.
81	* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise has more than 42,000 hits, but it's spread between several shows, books and a film.
82	* The ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'' has over 88,000 hits as a whole when including ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''.
83	** The ''Whoniverse'' also lends itself well to official crossovers with over 14,000 of them.
84	* The ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'' has over 59,200 hits, counting both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
85	* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' has over 44,600 hits across the three series (''Series/CSICyber'''s contribution to the total is negligible).
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87	An interesting piece of trivia: while most of the stories are in English, the Screenplays section is predominantly Indonesian, with over 44,000 of more than 46,000 stories in the language, although it's mostly [[LoopholeAbuse used to sneak in]] an awful lot of K-Pop {{Real Person Fic}}s.
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89	For a more thorough list of individual fanfics that can be found on FF.Net, go [[{{Fanfic}} here]]. Note that stories listed there are not necessarily exclusive to FFN, and some may also be mirrored on other fanfiction sites.
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91	!![=FanFiction.net=] provides examples of:
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95	* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: The website allows you to list only up to four characters per fanfic, regardless of how many characters are ''actually'' featured. This is even more prominent in the crossover sections, where you can only list two characters per work (with upper limit being two works). In addition, the OriginalCharacter tag takes one slot as well.
96	* {{Bowdlerize}}: {{Lemon}} and {{Lime}} are specifically prohibited by the site's guidelines. In fact, it is the sudden enforcement of these guidelines that led to the first [[ThePurge Purges]] of stories and accounts in the site.
97	* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: According [[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001950,00.html this]] 2002 Magazine/TimeMagazine article, around 80% of FFN users at the time it was written claimed to be female.
98	* ThePurge: As noted above, FFN is notorious for regularly and without warning deleting content that breaks the Terms of Service/Guidelines.

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