I see.
Much like TV Tropes, they turned a blind eye and practiced a policy of salutatory neglect, and now they begun enforcing their own rules as harshly as they originally planned, hence people are mad.
That said, any sane fanfiction writer keeps the original copy of the story, so they can post it somewhere else, and they actually own the work (according to the TOS of FF.net, a story posted under your name is blessed by a form of copyright as long as its hosted on their servers), hence they are responsible for rules violations.
However, unlike TV Tropes, they wouldn't really have a legal leg to stand on if the site admins put their foot down and started removing stuff, since it's assumed the original author is responsible for the work, whereas no individual troper can be held accountable for any one page, even their own troper page, hence why TVT is a commons.
But, upon reflection, it seems both have the same problem. To quote (or at least paraphrase) Bob, some repressed twit complained, and now a crackdown has commenced, but at least FF.net has a better excuse than TVT.
Much like TV Tropes, they turned a blind eye and practiced a policy of salutatory neglect, and now they begun enforcing their own rules as harshly as they originally planned, hence people are mad.
That said, any sane fanfiction writer keeps the original copy of the story, so they can post it somewhere else, and they actually own the work (according to the TOS of FF.net, a story posted under your name is blessed by a form of copyright as long as its hosted on their servers), hence they are responsible for rules violations.
However, unlike TV Tropes, they wouldn't really have a legal leg to stand on if the site admins put their foot down and started removing stuff, since it's assumed the original author is responsible for the work, whereas no individual troper can be held accountable for any one page, even their own troper page, hence why TVT is a commons.
But, upon reflection, it seems both have the same problem. To quote (or at least paraphrase) Bob, some repressed twit complained, and now a crackdown has commenced, but at least FF.net has a better excuse than TVT.