The Pit has guidelines, and every single time you post a fic there, you are forced to sign off on them, no matter how many times you have already done so. Even though (last time I looked) they haven't been updated since 2008.
Things That Are Forbidden include: smut; anything that isn't a fic; RPF; works that don't fit the category where they're posted; items on the List of Banned Authors (authors who, prior to 2008, publicly stated that they will not countenance fanfic).
I don't spend a lot of time there -- although I do post there, because, like it or not, it's where the bulk of the readership is. But even I have been able to notice that every one of their guidelines is constantly violated, especially the one about smut. Personally, I decided early on that the very very small and feeble amount of smut I wrote myself was not going there, because it would be stupid -- what if they actually enforced their guidelines someday?
Well, the day has arrived: apparently the smut is being deleted. I only know this second and thirdhand, but there seems to be a lot of deletion happening; there is certainly a lot of lamentation.
By not posting there, you're probably missing some readership, but you're also missing a lot of aggravation. The author side of the user interface is -- let's call it "user-hostile".
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The Pit has guidelines, and every single time you post a fic there, you are forced to sign off on them, no matter how many times you have already done so. Even though (last time I looked) they haven't been updated since 2008.
Things That Are Forbidden include: smut; anything that isn't a fic; RPF; works that don't fit the category where they're posted; items on the List of Banned Authors (authors who, prior to 2008, publicly stated that they will not countenance fanfic).
I don't spend a lot of time there -- although I do post there, because, like it or not, it's where the bulk of the readership is. But even I have been able to notice that every one of their guidelines is constantly violated, especially the one about smut. Personally, I decided early on that the very very small and feeble amount of smut I wrote myself was not going there, because it would be stupid -- what if they actually enforced their guidelines someday?
Well, the day has arrived: apparently the smut is being deleted. I only know this second and thirdhand, but there seems to be a lot of deletion happening; there is certainly a lot of lamentation.
By not posting there, you're probably missing some readership, but you're also missing a lot of aggravation. The author side of the user interface is -- let's call it "user-hostile".