[FeepingCreature]

https://fanfiction.net/ https://forums.spacebattles.com/ https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/ https://questden.org/ and of course usenet before it. the internet was always built around fiction.

[storywatch]

You forgot questionable questing

https://forum.questionablequesting.com/

[FeepingCreature]

I mean I didn't want to link the pornfic site lol. I didn't link asstr either.

[storywatch]

Questionable questing came out of SpaceBattles/Sufficient Velocity during one of their schisms.

[FeepingCreature]

Yeah from a perspective of grouping it definitely belongs in the SB/SV/QQ list.

From a perspective of should I link unsuspecting people to a site with a SFW section that can be described as 'vestigial', or maybe 'decorative', I thought "better not." :)

[vunderba]

Wattpads also been around for nearly 20 years as well.

[storywatch]

They went full corporate. Naver (Korean manhwa conglomerate) bought them.