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Started in 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 [[Sturgeon's Law]], the site has gotten an exaggerated but not entirely unfounded reputation for representing a lot of the worst excesses of fanfiction.
FF.Net has had such a strong influence on the fan community that it was almost solely responsible for making the [[Script Fic]] 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 [[Real Person Fic]] due to the potential for libel suits, forcing the RPF communities elsewhere, such as to [[
Since 2002, it has banned MA and NC-17-rated material and opened up the site to minors (13 year olds). [[
There is still a 'Mature' 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 TOS/Guidelines became almost an unspoken norm.
On June 2012, the admins ramped up their enforcement of TOS/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.
The action did not go down well with a small but vocal percentage of the community (estimated around 20,000 out of 2 million plus users). 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 the [http://www.fanfiction.net/tos Terms of Service agreement] for Fanfiction.net, "FanFiction.Net reserves the right to remove Content and User Submissions without prior notice.")
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* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': 32,241 hits
* ''[[NCIS]]'': 30,925 hits
* ''[[Death Note]]'': 30,883 hits
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': 30,721 hits
* [[Professional Wrestling|Wrestling]]: 30,129 hits
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* ''[[The Legend of Spyro: A New Dawn|The Legend of Spyro a New Dawn]]''
* ''[[Total Drama Comeback Series]]''
* ''[[
* And, you know what, just go [[Fan Fics (Fanfic)|here]] for a more complete list; although it's not exclusive, a lot of them are from there.
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