I have similar feelings. It's a shame that all the comments from readers people left on Tiger Lily Roar are going to be lost. I understand why Eva wouldn't want to keep the stories there, as ffnet doesn't allow you to delete comments. There's a serious issue with spam, scams and crime over there which makes it frustrating not being able to moderate your own stories and it may taint Tiger Lily Roar legacy if bad commemts keep coming. At the same time, I wish there was a way to preserve all the legit comments readers left through the years.
That is actually a really great point. FFNET moderation tools are.. Basically non-existent. So if someone went to look, there might already be a ton of spam!
Maybe they can record all the comments the day they take it down and publish it somewhere?
I don't know if AO3 is the right place for it, or not, but that would be great if they can be preserved. Perhaps as an appendix type entry separately from the other works?
I think the comment pages on ffnet can be archived on the wayback machine! I was bored a few months back and ran my ffnet account through the wayback machine and was (somewhat) pleasantly surprised that someone had archived most of the first few fanfics that I had uploaded to the site, especially since none of my fics were popular. I had deleted several of them a decade ago, so it was something to reread them and the reviews in 2024. If Eva was amenable, then the comments can be preserved that way, assuming someone hasn't done so already over the years.
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