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Welcome to Fanficrants. Home of the slightly wanky and not so bright sometimes.
What this community is and is not:
This is a RANT community. People are going to RANT about things. This isn't to say that the rants themselves are the end all and be all of a person's attitude toward writing fanfiction. (They might not even think the same way in a few months.) This is not a happy fluffy place where everyone can expect bunnies and daisies.
And now the reading of the rules:
BTW, the moderators expect all members who join the community have read the rules. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE.
The following rules are basically minimum standards of how we expect members to behave. It is not an end all and be all list, and the moderators reserve the right to make proper addendums and changes, as well as rule additions, whenever necessary. It must be noted that just because we may not /specifically/ state a rule, you may be asked not to do something because it's just not cool. We will attempt to cover most of the rules here, but we're only human and there's always an asshat somewhere who can cause a stir with something we'd think is common sense, but apparently isn't.
1. Use common posting netiquette, including: Use an LJ-cut if your post is long or contains problematic material; keep NSFW images off the front page; don't be a troll; don't be an asshole to the mods when they're taking care of mod business (other times are fine).
Here is the FAQ on how to use an lj-cut.
2. Community promotions have been allowed in the past, but considering the size of the community now, the moderators request that all possible promos be approved by them, first.
3. Please do not make separate posts to reply to previous posts. Keep your comments to that post. Do not make follow-up posts to your own posts either.
4. There is to be no posting quotes or links to bad fanfiction without an accompanying rant. In fact, moderators request that your rant actually have some meat to it. If it's only a few lines long (or hardly even a sentence!), then please reconsider posting at all. 
badfic_quotes is a good place to share quotes if you only have one or two lines of snark, rather than a rant.
5. Do not post entire fanfics in the community for the purpose of mockery. You may post snippets, however.
6. Sock puppets are not allowed. Sock puppet being defined as 'A journal used solely for the purpose of trolling the community or being too cowardly to post ones opinions using their main journal'. Addendum: creating a sock puppet to get around the age limit is also against the rules, and will not be made an exception for. Underage ranters can use the mirror comm at dreamwidth until they reach the age of 18.
7. Don't disable, freeze, screen, or delete comments (including your own, unless you're just deleting & reposting to fix a minor error like broken code). Don't delete your own posts or comments or edit them to remove or alter the original text. If you believe something needs to be taken down, contact a moderator. You will probably be banned if you break this rule.
8. Do not try to whip up the community members into a frothing mob to sic on someone. Do not troll or harass people over something posted on fanficrants. We do not condone this and violators will be banned if they are caught. Posts pointing out links to other forums, communities, websites, etc and asking members to flame will be deleted and the violator banned. (I must also point out that doing so is likely to have the unintended effect of making people point and laugh at you.)
9. Do not take community business to the moderators' personal journals or to PMs. There's a contact link below. Use that.
10. Rule number 10 is secret. You will be banned for breaking it.
11. No posting comments whose only purpose is to predict future wank. This includes "in before mod tags" and fetching internet popcorn. No posting unfunny macros, either. Who decides what's funny? The mods. It's your choice to take the risk or not.
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OH NOES I HAVE AN ISSUE! How do I contact the moderators?
Very easily, simply go to this post and leave a comment for us to look at. All comments are screened. Do not try to contact the mods through PMs or in their journals.
If you would like your comment to remain private, you will either need to have PMs enabled or give us an alternate way to contact you.
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To those who may be offended: We are allowed our opinions. So long as we keep them to our own little forum, don't get your panties in a knot.
Fanficrants is
not a safe space.
The mods do not, as a general rule, delete/screen/edit triggering or otherwise upsetting content. Read at your own risk.
A few links members should take note of:
Ways to Avoid Ending Up on Fandom Wank.
You DO NOT have the right to a fandom free of badfic.
Ways to avoid getting bad Mod tags.
Moderators are 
fallofrain (who is not bitter, no rly), kuchenhexe (who is not so grumpy), kutsuwamushi (who saves spleens for supper), jaina (the good cop), theo_harrison (he saw what you did there), and maeveth (the sexy secretary).
FANDOM WANKERS ARE ON THE PREMISES. WANK AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The Spawn of Fanficrants:
ffr_discussionffrantsrantsffrantstoselfkhfanficrantsffdotnetrantsspawnof_ffrantsfanartrantsnaruto_rantsiconrants
Other great fandom rant and commentary communities to check out:
braintraumastop_the_badficmarysuescanonrants
And actual constructive places to get reviews and advice:
con_critficdiscussionlittle_details
Our current icon was made for us by chocolate_chip.