Eiluned FEF was founded on 4 April 2001. Flames and nastiness because of genre, pairing, fandom, etc. are detrimental to the fanfic community and do nothing but discourage authors.
Constructive criticism is essential to good fanfiction.
FEF wants to encourage fanfic fans to promote a friendly environment. If I don't want to read it, I'll just skip over it. I also believe that archivists have the right to archive whatever they choose. No archivist should be slammed for not taking smut, or slash, or anything else. I've seen the atmosphere in several fandoms sour because of intolerance of someone else's kinks, and I was disappointed.