I totally agree with you. Some people don't seem to realise that a lot of hard work goes into the site/stories that they read. That's one of my pet peeves actually, especially when you write a long story and in a LoC are asked when the sequel is coming. Yeah it's a compliment, but writing takes time, at least if you try to do it right. No one can spent 24/7 online, they shouldn't be expected to either.

Tell me about the sites going down. I've seen that on Storyfinders all the time too btw. Once my MX archive went down while Populli's servers were being changed. There wasn't a thing that I could do about it but wait. Yet I received more mails about the site being down than I had in the last year. People only write when something goes wrong in my opinion.

Again I agree about forgetting that there's a person at the other end of a mail. It takes nothing to be polite, it's so easy to be misunderstood in a mail that it's worth thinking before hitting send.

I really think if some of the complainers spent time coding and making sites, as well as writing they'd stop moaning so much. The fanfic world is like it is because of people giving up there time to create things. They do it for the love of writing or to help fandom, not money, and their actions should be respected.

Climbing down from my soap box now.