FenRecs

[queer_scribbling]

From SquidgeStatus:

Squidge.org is proud to bring you FenRecs.com - a new site that's designed to share fanfiction and other fanworks recommendations, as well as places for community discussion, from writing advice to beta requests to fandom and pairing recommendations. The site uses open-source software called Lemmy, and it is designed to be much like Reddit. If you don't know what Reddit is, it's a website that allows people to have different communities (subreddits) where they share things - from pictures to news to stories.

Additional info

For privacy reasons, you won't be able to access FenRecs.com unless you have an account. This seems to be the best way to keep people's privacy requests fulfilled. The site allows you to block other accounts, but the one thing it does not have (at least at the moment) is tags. So you cannot search for or add tags to posts, nor can you block tags. We'll be continuing to research and see if we can add this in the future. Additionally, there is the ability to have downvotes for posts, but it is disabled at the current time. If and when the site rollout goes smoothly, downvotes may be rolled out as well.

If you are familiar with Reddit, then FenRecs.com will be second nature to you. You'll find Fic Recs and other discussions that you can upvote. A post with lots of upvotes will mean to the casual visitor that this is a fic that many people like. A post with fewer upvotes doesn't mean the work is any less valuable than a higher upvoted fic. It just means that not enough people have red it to recommend it.

User registration is going to be fully open from 10am Pacific Time until 4pm Pacific Time January 2nd, 2025 - just a six hour period. We're doing this because we do need an influx of people to come in, poke around, create some communities, and add in some fic recs and/or other discussions. After 4pm Pacific Time 1/2/25, registration will still be open; however registration will need to be approved by admins.

On the one hand, a forum place for community discussion that is not joining a dozen separate Discord servers. On the other hand, six hours to make a decision about a site that I can't see a demo of before joining. Hm.

Comments

[axolotls]

From what I understand, you will still be able to register after that period, it's mainly about controlling the number of people registering after the initial burst?

[queer_scribbling]

Yeah, I think so. It just felt a little more pressing with the focus on the six hours in the announcement post.