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[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward.

To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet (which started in 1998), [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on the same day.

The inception of the Archive started after the decline of {{Livejournal}} as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious [[ScunthorpeProblem Strikethrough '07 incident]], where Livejournal responded to threats from a group of trolls purporting to be online vigilantes hunting paedophilic content by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe must be "child porn".) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organisation of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or aggressive copyright enforcers.

It also has a ''much'' less restrictive Review system than Fanfiction.net--like Livejournal, it uses comments which may be edited and stacked on at your leisure, rather than having a single use for each chapter that can never be edited, replied to only privately.

The inception of the Archive started after the decline of {{Livejournal}} as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious Strikethrough '07 incident, where Livejournal responded to threats from a group of trolls purporting to be online vigilantes hunting paedophilic content by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe must be "child porn".) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organisation of Transformative Works was a response to this, and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks due to pressure either from MoralGuardians or aggressive copyright enforcers.

The inception of the Archive started after the decline of {{Livejournal}} as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the notorious Strikethrough '07 incident, where Livejournal responded to threats from a group of trolls purporting to be online vigilantes hunting paedophilic content by deleting a large number of allegedly "objectionable", but in most cases entirely innocent, journals and communities without warning, which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. (Particularly affecting ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom, due to assumptions that any sexually explicit fanworks set in the universe must be "child porn".) [=AO3=] as a project of the Organisation of Transformative Works was a response to this and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks as had happened on Website/FanFictionDotNet.

The inception of the Archive started after the decline of {{Livejournal}} as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the Strikethrough '07 which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. [=AO3=] as a project of the Organisation of Transformative Works was a response to this and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks as had happened on Website/FanFictionDotNet.

The inception of the Archive started after the decline of {{Livejournal}} as a fanfic hosting platform, especially the Strikethrough '07 which resulted in many fans losing the contents of their journals. [=AO3=] as a project of the Organisation of Transformative Works was a response to this and the goal of the 'archive of our own' is to ensure a safe archive that would not purge fanworks as had happened on {{FanFictionDotNet}}.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet (which started in 1998), [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on the same day. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when Fanfiction.net had a crackdown on Mature Content Fics in June 2013 (the last time that website did such a crackdown was back in 2002). [=AO3=] is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want stories on the go.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on the same day. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when Fanfiction.net had a crackdown on Mature Content Fics. [=AO3=] is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want the stories on the go.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on the same day. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when Fanfiction.net had a crackdown on Mature Content Fics. [=AO3=] is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want the stories on the go.

The most popular fandoms on the site at the moment include ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Franchise/LesMiserables'', ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', Creator/MarvelComics and ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', ''Series/TeenWolf'', Franchise/TheDCU and Jossverse fandoms like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on the same day. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when Fanfiction.net stopped allowing {{Real Person Fic}}s and started censoring Mature Content Fics. [=AO3=] is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want the stories on the go.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN had roughly 674,000 on its own on the same day. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when FanFictionDotNet stopped allowing RealPersonFics and started censoring Mature Content Fics. AO3 is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want the stories on the go.

The most popular fandoms on the site at the moment include ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Franchise/LesMiserables'', ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', Creator/MarvelComics & ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', ''Series/TeenWolf'', Franchise/TheDCU and Jossverse fandoms like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] reached one million stories in total on February 15, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has roughly 674,000 on its own, on the same day. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when FanFictionDotNet stopped allowing RealPersonFics and started censoring Mature Content Fics. AO3 is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want the stories on the go.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] contains just under 990,000 stories in total, on February 7, 2014. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has roughly 673,000 on its own, on the same day. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when FanFictionDotNet stopped allowing RealPersonFics and started censoring Mature Content Fics. AO3 is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want the stories on the go.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] contains just under 800,000 stories in total. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has roughly 655,000 on its own. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide. It also gained popularity when FanFictionDotNet stopped allowing RealPersonFics and started censoring Mature Content Fics. AO3 is very popular because it allows users to view fics as one single document instead of the separated chapters and even download stories as HTML, EPUB, MOBI and PDF files, making it great for people who want the stories on the go.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] contains just under 800,000 stories in total. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has roughly 655,000 on its own. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide.

The most popular fandoms on the site at the moment include ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Franchise/LesMiserables'', ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', Creator/MarvelComics & ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Franchise/TheDCU and Jossverse fandoms like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

The most popular fandoms on the site at the moment include ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'',''Franchise/LesMiserables'', ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', Creator/MarvelComics & ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Franchise/TheDCU and Jossverse fandoms like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

The most popular fandoms on the site at the moment include ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "Franchise/LesMiserables", ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', Creator/MarvelComics & ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Franchise/TheDCU and Jossverse fandoms like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

The most popular fandoms on the site at the moment include ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', Creator/MarvelComics & ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Franchise/TheDCU and Jossverse fandoms like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

The most popular fandoms on the site at the moment include ''Harry Potter'', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', Creator/MarvelComics & ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Franchise/TheDCU and Jossverse fandoms like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] contains just over 700,000 stories in total. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has almost 650,000 on its own. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] contains just over 600,000 stories in total. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has over 600,000 on its own. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of Website/{{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] contains just over 600,000 stories in total. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has over 600,000 on its own. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of {{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/ Archive of Our Own]] (also known as [=AO3=]) is a relatively new FanFic Web site. The site itself has been running since late 2008, but has only started to become widespread and popular from 2011 onward. To give an indication of how young it is compared to the existing behemoth FanFictionDotNet, [=AO3=] contains just over 500,000 stories in total. The ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fandom on FFN has over 600,000 on its own. The rise in popularity has been helped along by the rise of {{Tumblr}} as both sites share a similar fandom mentality and outlook, as well as by [=AO3=] being the official hosting site or encouraged posting site for a few popular fanfic fests and events such as Yuletide.