There Are Full Sites Dedicated to Fanfiction... - Comments

I agree with Fandango, I mean, I came here from GSB, originally when it was for Green Day fic's and MCR, the site has changed so much over the years, and the mini sites are just terrible compared to Mibba from what I have heard. Plus, to be honest, Its nice to have outsiders from the general fan fiction group read your work, and tell you what they think, you wouldnt get that on the mini sites. I read both genres of writing, I just think that this will always be a place for both. It seems to me that there is alot of original fiction, but fan fics seem to clutter the place up simply because they get updated more. :/

Why would I leave Mibba when I have an established fanbase and where people might stumble upon my fanfics that aren't part of my fandom and fall in love with them? I don't like this whole "fanfic writers should get out" mentality going around Mibba at the moment.

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That wasn't what I was saying. I said in an earlier comment (I'm pretty sure) that the fandoms without mini-sites would have nowhere to go and that's possibly why there is the option for fanfiction on Mibba, because they can't post their stories in the mini-sites.

It's incredibly disheartening that you think this way, seeing as how Mibba was started primarily as a place for Green Day and MCR writers to share their work. It's like us fanfiction writers telling original fiction writers to go to Wattpad or Fictionpress because they cater more specifically for original work. Mibba is for all writers alike, and will become a hostile place if one group starts ganging up on the other.

(Btw, I write original AND fanfiction, so must I choose between the two? Only post my fanfics on the mini sites and my original on Mibba? Does that seem logical that I would post my work on two different sites when I could simply tag appropriately?)

@ Join the Masquerade
Um I didn't say that there should be zero fanfiction on Mibba, so don't start by acting like I did.
And second, dude, girl, whatever, if you write in different fandoms, it's not my problem that you'd have to post your stuff in a million separate places. In no way in this blog did I say that, "I want to make room for original fiction." I asked why there is so much fanfiction on Mibba when the fanfiction can be posted on the mini-sites.
If I'm "another person to say you don't have a place in the world" (which is Mibba, not the world, lol) then you're going to have to deal with it because it won't change. You can't change people, so don't come of trying to act like you can, it just sounds rude.

@ I feel insane
Guess that makes sense. I do just feel the sites aren't being used and I don't know why it bothers me but it does. If there weren't any mini-sites period, I wouldn't have a problem because regardless of what kind of fanfiction people write, I wouldn't care that it's on Mibba. It's like I don't really like things going to waste, even if they're out of my control.

It's fine.

@ XXXataktoulaXXX
I do wish that, more often than not but we can say we are one of a kind at least!

Completely agree with Join the Masquerade. So what if there's not a lot of original fiction on here? It's still on here at all, so why complain? If you don't like fan fiction, don't read it, simple as that. You wouldn't like it if original fiction was more popular, so everyone complained about you for writing it.

Not trying to be rude, but I just don't understand the argument here over original vs. fan fiction in general. There's plenty of original fiction on here. I'm a fan fiction writer with a lot of friends on my friend list who write fan fiction and I see more original recs on my my mibba page than I do fan fiction.

There are times I've felt the same way, strangely. I just wish there were more original writers on here.

Why should I post my work in a million separate places to make room for original fiction on a site that originated from fan sites? If you don't want to read or write fan fiction then don't, but don't be another person to say we don't have a place in the world.

I find some users post their material on both. I think that would be a more reasonable solution to putting those sites to use, rather than just scrapping everything altogether on Mibba. But as I've said earlier, I did give a few of the sites a try, and there wasn't really anything about them that had me running back for more, in contrast to Mibba, which I use just about everyday.
The problem relates back to freaky fred;'s original post; the mini sites can't replace Mibba (for fan fic writers) because they were never meant to do so in the first place. I understand why you would think that users should make use of them, and they're fair points. But if you're thinking of users moving in for the long run, it's not a fair exchange. Think of it as trading in an I-pod for a Discman. Yes, the Discman has the same overall function as an I-pod; to let you listen to music. But you can't deny that it would be a sucky deal since the I-pod has better features.

I'm sorry, my last point probably came off as a little harsh. My bad
My point was that tagging a story doesn't really bother me at all, at least not enough to make me prefer one site to another, haha.

@ freaky fred;
That wasn't what I was saying. I said in an earlier comment (I'm pretty sure) that the fandoms without mini-sites would have nowhere to go and that's possibly why there is the option for fanfiction on Mibba, because they can't post their stories in the mini-sites.

I don't think that original fiction writers feel that way at all, I feel that as an original fiction writer myself, I feel as though by writing fanfiction it's almost guaranteed that you'll get readers/subscribers and things like such quicker and easier. That's obviously just my opinion and I know it's not right (because I've seen fanfiction stories without much readers) but it's just my opinion. If you write about 1D, you will get more readers than if you write a story with characters straight from your imagination.

I'm not really sure about what you mean saying original fiction is more "mainstream", when wouldn't fanfiction be mainstream since there is more fanfiction on Mibba then original?
Writing is writing.

@ Miss Jackson
There was an article posted when the first of the mini sites came out, I'm not sure if it's still around, but maybe it is.

Yeah, but Mibba's been around a lot longer and it feels like home. I wouldn't want to pack up and leave just because this site would only cater to original fiction now.

It also rubs me the wrong way a bit as well that original fiction authors feel that they have a right to this site (I'm not saying you, or anyone in particular) more than fan fiction users do, or just the right that original fiction is better/supposedly more 'mainstream' in general. At the end of the day, it's all fiction, and this is a writing site.

@ I feel insane
I understand all of that, I just find the mini-sites pointless in the sense that if people aren't really using them, and are posting most/more of their fanfictions on Mibba, why are they up in the first place?

As I said in response to freaky fred;, I understand how people would rather the main Mibba site to the others. I would be discouraged to move there without all the creative freedom with layouts and such that I have here also.

Tbh there's already the whole separation of original and fanfiction on Mibba, it's so prominent that sometimes I can't participate in a comment swap or something of the sort because the author/writer only wants to read fanfiction. (Though the same goes for original fiction writers, I find more would rather original fiction).

I wasn't saying it's hard to tag something as some kind of fiction, I was trying to say that on the mini-sites you wouldn't have to do that at all. (At least that's what I believe I was getting to).
Hope all that makes sense, I'm writing something and it's pretty late.

@ freaky fred;
Well, I didn't read that anywhere.

That's the thing, when I was on the other sites, I'm not sure you could do as much as you can on Mibba and that's one thing I understand that people might like more but again, I just don't see the point of the sites if all of the fanfiction is still posted on Mibba.

I disagree for several reasons.

1. Most users have already established themselves here. What if they're more than happy with the readers they already have? What if they actually talk to users who would have no interest in moving to the same site? Yeah, it's nice that those mini sites exist, but I feel no obligation to move my stories there just because they exist. Plus, why would I want move somewhere that is nowhere near as active with less people to get feedback from?

2. The sites aren't better. They aren't shit, that's for sure, but they're not better than Mibba. I've used one or two of them. Mibba has way more to offer to an amateur writer who wants to improve their writing skill, as well as more ways of getting involved besides stories (poems, blogs, contests, roleplaying and tons of forums to name a few). And not to mention layouts :3

3. The idea of authors moving simply because some sites centre solely around their fandom is rather depressing. Mibba is a diverse writing site that is a community to all kinds of writers, be it fan fiction (of any fandom) or original. Encouraging fan fic writers to move to their "respective" sites would heavily contradict that sense of community. I also believe it would create this sense of alienation as well if people were encouraged just to stick with writers who have exact tastes in fiction.

4. It really doesn't take that much effort to tag your story as a _____ fan fiction.

It was said by admins that those mini sites dedicated to specific fandoms were created to gain more traffic and attention to Mibba. Not force fan fiction off of it.

Plus, as a fan fiction author, I quite enjoy the layout feature on this site.

@ laredo.
Not a lot of people from here do, I think.
I've clicked on one before (and didn't get very far because I'm not a fanfiction kind of person) but those are good sites for fanfiction writers, seriously.

@ Tholomew Plague
I'm not sure it would be so dramatic but I guess I understand. Though, your fanbase might be much larger on the other sites because of how they are solely fanfiction and more people looking to read that type of thing.

@ hannahdollx
I suppose that makes sense. I still feel as though those sites should be used when it comes to writing fanfiction though, it just seems like it's a waste.

Well, those sites were just added in the last year or so....I'd rather stay on just Mibba because that is where I feel most comfortable. I've been on this site for almost seven years so yeah, that's just me. :)

For me, it's just because I then have to go through the drama of moving everything over to that site, and creating a new account there. Although I do plan on doing it, right now, it sees more logical for me to build up my fanbase here, and then take it over there.

I was wondering that myself. Do people even use those sites?

@ sirius amory.
That's the thing, I feel as though we'd see more original fiction if people realize Mibba isn't solely for fanfiction but that being said, Mibba also isn't solely for original fiction and yet there are websites that are dedicated to the fanfiction writers. I'd like to think then that maybe Mibba.com was for the Original/True Story writers but fanfiction was included for the people that don't have fandoms with mini-sites.

I don't know, I would like more original fics but that'll never happen really.

I'd also like to see original fiction rise back up.
I get that some fandoms don't have mini sites, but those tend to be smaller ones.
More original, less fanfic would be lovely.