It's an interesting idea.
However, the only time I've ever tried it, I found that it's massively biased towards Naruto and Harry Potter fandoms. Probably due to their sheer size naturally, but still. There's no way to discount stories that are from certain fandoms. It's not a difficult element to add to an SQL query, is it? Also, you get only the FFN summary of the story, which can be rather unhelpful at times. It's a bit like fanfic alta-vista... a search engine sure, but a rather crude one. At the very least, it needs time to build a better index.
I mean, trying with my own fics I like... I don't get much that really interests me. Or in one case, I got my own fanfic in return.
Lately, most of the stuff I've been reading, I've found through TvTropes, or pages like this. One advantage of pages like the fanfic rec thread that it gives you an actual idea what the story is like, from someone who's read it... rather than the short 250-char summary from FFN.
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However, the only time I've ever tried it, I found that it's massively biased towards Naruto and Harry Potter fandoms. Probably due to their sheer size naturally, but still. There's no way to discount stories that are from certain fandoms. It's not a difficult element to add to an SQL query, is it? Also, you get only the FFN summary of the story, which can be rather unhelpful at times. It's a bit like fanfic alta-vista... a search engine sure, but a rather crude one. At the very least, it needs time to build a better index.
I mean, trying with my own fics I like... I don't get much that really interests me. Or in one case, I got my own fanfic in return.
Lately, most of the stuff I've been reading, I've found through TvTropes, or pages like this. One advantage of pages like the fanfic rec thread that it gives you an actual idea what the story is like, from someone who's read it... rather than the short 250-char summary from FFN.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?