Jason Liao wrote:

If the FFML is "reincarnateed" into a web forum, then who'd join?  ff.net
already exists and has more people.  I'd like to see a web interface to
help people find and use the FFML (and *searchable* archives.  a gzip file
by month isn't precisely the most friendly), but the way to really attract
people is to be different than ff.net, not to be the come-lately smaller
cousin.

	Agreed.  Especially about searches.  I just wish my own coding skills 
were up to the task of putting together an archive search engine.

That said, I think what some people deem to be the "unforgiving"  quality
can be an attraction, if sold properly.  fanfic.net is fairly worthless
for good detailed commentary, so why not position the FFML to fill that
need?  In fact, this list was originally supposed to be for fine tuning
drafts before they went to the RAAC, right?  Why can't we do the same with
fanfic.net?  "Don't trust the reviewer who typed 'wat a goooood fic'?
Submit it to the FFML for some quality commentary."  Sure, those who don't
care about how to improve their writing won't want to join - but those
aren't the sort of people we'd necessarily want, anyway.

	AOL.



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