FanDomination.Net

FanDomination.Net was a multifandom fanfiction archive started in 2002 by Laura Hale and Jim Partin.Laura wrote about the site and Jim on June 17, 2002: "I nagged jim today. He's such a sweety. He's still working on the site but people grow impatient namely ME! la la la! Massively impatient. Still have some things I need to do myself like set up some e-mail addresses and consult people about finding more admin/weeders. So excited." - Yeah!
In September 2002, Hale posted a long description of the site to a Usenet group and called herself "founder & chief admin." alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog › New automated Sonic The Hedgehog fan fiction archive by fan 2000 @hotmail.com Laura Hale (September 11, 2002) 
In November 2002, Laura Hale wrote that "FanDomination.Net is the web site that I run along with Jim Partin, the programmer, three executive staff members, and approximately forty-five Content Managers." At that time, the site had "...four thousand, seven hundred fifty members." from 
Hale described the site as one that used "Computer Supported Collaborative Learning." 
The site, at least initially, hosted some controversial content. In a comment made just three days before Fanfiction.Net's first content purge, Hale wrote: "It's new. It just went public about two weeks ago... I'm not that comfortable with ActorFic and RPF but so long as the people involved haven't said no, then we're hosting it and MSTs. Book based fan fiction only if the author has said Yes." September 9, 2002 at Subject: FD.Net is new The site later banned MSTS, non-fiction, and works of "poor quality." List of Content Banned by Archives 
As of August 2009, "FanDomination.Net" was no longer online.
==Relationship with Fanfiction.net==
Hale, one of this site's creators, was also on staff of Fanfiction.net until she left on bad terms. 
"FanDomination.Net" began very, very shortly after Fanfiction.net's first purge of "questionable material." When a fan commented that "I don't want to see the new site drown before it gets a fair chance to become what its creators intend," Hale replied: "Nah... We should be set. I asked our server people about bandwidth issues, etc. We should be set. The guy who runs FF.Net new about our site on the 10th. Blah. Babbling." Subject: Re: Curious timing..., September 12, 2002 
==Some Archived Links==
* a 2007 front page
* Terms of Service
 
==Some of the "Latest News"==
Some screencap examples of site updates:
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==The Site's Forum==
It is located here.
The last post appears to be in 2008.
==A 2002 Paper==
Laura Hale wrote extensively about her involvement in fandom, and specifically of "FanDomination.Net" in an academic paper that while undated, appears to have been submitted in November 2002. See: 
==Ownership, and Hale Accuses Her Co-Founder of Theft==
According to Hale, her departure from the site was either in August 2005 "In August of 2005, Jim took over sole control of the site." -- from OR April 2006 "Web Projects: FanDomination.Net. Site creator, spokesperson and instructional designer. April 2002 to April 2006." -- https://web.archive.org/web/20111111074429/http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/User:Laura/Resume "In April 2006, Laura officially quit the site and her name was finally stripped from the site because she could not complete admin tasks, was not allowed to access the server and was being told conflicting stories regarding the money situation." -- FanDomination.Net at Fan History Wiki , OR August 2006 "I also ran an archive with a lot of RPF... huge amounts of it. Probably meh uhhh 30,000 stories? *shrugs* I only "quit" two weeks ago due to personality issues, wanting to preserve a friendship and I can't get my name off the site. *gr* That's why I can discuss that C&D for FD.Net so well." -- comments at a Fanthropology; post, Hale's post appears to have been deleted "Web Projects: FanDomination.Net. Site creator, spokesperson and instructional designer. April 2002 to April 2006.-- User:Laura/Resume 
Hale's departure from "FanDominatin.Net" was not voluntary. "FanDomination.Net, my baby that I was forced to abandon [it]..." -- comments at 
Laura Hale commented in March 2008:
== Principles and Purpose of Creating FanDomination.Net==
In 2002, Hale wrote: 
From its Terms of Service (undated): 
==Its Relationship to "Writers University"==
FanDomination.Net was closely entwined with Hale's other project, Writers University. In 2002, she explained: 
 
==The Site's Introduction==
==A September 2002 Announcement==
Excerpt, see link for much more
==FanDomination.Net Wanted You to Become a Better Writer ==
For much more on this topic, see FanDomination.Net Content Control and Weeding Guidelines.
From 2002, by Laura: 
From 2002, by Laura: 
From a 2005 post by Jim on the News Page: 
==Motivating the Egotistical and Those Fans Impressed by Quantity, Not Quality==
==A C&D==
See more at Andy Pettitte RPF Cease and Desist Incident.
On March 17, 2003, FanDomination.Net received a cease and desist letter for content. First part of the letter is here.
There are two explanations:
Laura Hale stated that it pertained to Andy Pettite, a baseball player. Note: FanDomination's site cites the date of the letter incorrectly as March 13, 2003. comments at a Fanthropology: RPF?! (post) 
From Wikipedia, an explanation: 
The letter demanded that libelous materials be removed. The site complied with this request. 
==Money==
The site had a page for donations: 
In November 2002, fairly soon out of the gate, the owners had a proposition for paid accounts: 
Hale added: 
A 2007 comment by partly bouncy: "Most archives do not make money. They are losing propositions. They cost money. FanDomination.Net cost me over $3,000. Out of pocket. (Out of student loan money.) If it could have made me money, I would have been ecstatic. It didn't." 
==Laura Hale's Comments about the Archive==
In 2002, Laura Hale wrote: 
In 2002, Hale wrote: 
A 2007 comment by partly bouncy, complaining about the proposal of An Archive of Our Own: 
==Quality Control==
For much more on the specifics regarding The Weeding Guidelines, see FanDomination.Net Content Control and Weeding Guidelines.
==Many Years Later, a Retelling==
In response to An Archive Of One's Own, one of the two Fandomination founders, Jim Partin, commented on the announcement about the creation of Archive of Our Own.
==Some Stats==
File:FanDominationNet User Country.jpg|Results of an April 2005 survey on FanDomination.Net regarding where members from: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, New Zealand. 
File:Comparitive archive size.png |Story totals are from FanWorks.Org, FicWad, SkyHawke, AdultFanFiction.Net, FanDomination.Net, MediaMiner.Org, FanFiction.Net and FanLib on June 13, 2007. In some cases --- was put when an archive had no category or where they had multiple categories which made tabulating stories difficult. This was frequently the case for FanDomination.Net and AdultFanFiction.Net. FanFiction.Net and FanLib totals were collected from here Fanlib Story Stats for June 13th . All other totals were gathered by Laura. Fandoms selected in this sample were chosen by life_wo_fanlib Story Wars. Reminds me of FanLib in a bad way. and freifraufischer freifraufischer . They include Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica: 2003, CSI, Heroes, House, MD, Law and Order: SVU, Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Supernatural, 4400, Gundam Wing/AC, and X-Men. 
==Fan Comments==
===General===
===From the FanDomination.Net Forum===
==References==
 
Category:2000s Category:Multifandom Archives