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How did you find DLP?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Jon, Jan 8, 2016.

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How did you find DLP?

  1. Recommended by a Fanfic Author (if so who?)

    572 vote(s)
    25.8%
  2. Found via the DLP C2

    280 vote(s)
    12.6%
  3. Recommended by a friend

    84 vote(s)
    3.8%
  4. Recommended off another website (if so where?)

    323 vote(s)
    14.6%
  5. My fic was recommended here and I was curious

    41 vote(s)
    1.8%
  6. Someone trash talked DLP and I was curious

    243 vote(s)
    11.0%
  7. I found DLP via Google

    675 vote(s)
    30.4%
  1. stayintheloop

    stayintheloop First Year

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    found out about it via Reddit.
     
  2. cosal

    cosal Squib

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    I believe I found DLP via the magic of that glorious, omniscient search engine google. I was searching for some story, and it had been recommended here. Thus began my descent into madness, er, happiness. I was honestly astounded that a community with such high standards for fanfiction even existed. After wading through years of detritus, DLP was the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
     
  3. Phoenix

    Phoenix Squib

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    I found DLP while looking through the HPFanfiction subreddit. I was intrigued when they mentioned that DLP was a site which has a large amount of quality fanfiction, so I decided to join.
     
  4. Ravel Saint

    Ravel Saint Squib

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    Saw the DLP FF community; thought the stories were quite a bit better and more accessible than the occasional one you could find by trawling through trawling through author profiles and their favourites after reading a decent story
     
  5. Sun

    Sun Squib

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    I'm here to read the Boy Who Lived by The Sa-- no, I'm kidding. Just kidding.

    I think I found DLP back in about 2010 or so, while looking for quality fanfiction on Google. I lurked in the forums for a while, read some discussions, looked through the library, and then fell out of fanfiction-reading for a couple of years.
     
  6. mickersroo

    mickersroo Muggle

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    The was a link to DLP on TV Tropes. I've always liked to see different takes on Harry Potter.
     
  7. Harshmate

    Harshmate First Year

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    I first learnt about DLP on FFN. Though, I didn't join for a long time as I wasn't interested in Evil!Harry or Grey!Harry. But many stories I read (and liked) mentioned DLP so I checked it out. I lurked for a long time before joining.
     
  8. Omicron

    Omicron Squib

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    I first saw DLP mentioned in either Shezza's Denarian trilogy or one of nonjon's works, I can't recall.

    I do remember seeing several references by good authors before I finally took the time to google it, as Dark!Harry never interested me and I assumed that was the site's focus.
     
  9. thering

    thering Muggle

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    Google searches looking for specific themes (politics, Evil!Harry, etc) consistently lead to DLP. I also recall seeing mentions of the site on reddit and in several author profiles.
     
  10. LongreachJones

    LongreachJones Squib DLP Supporter

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    Way way back when, I was referred here from RestrictedSection.org
     
  11. lana

    lana Disappeared

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    I found Dark Lord Potter because I was looking for Ginny debates.
     
  12. worldbuilder

    worldbuilder Squib

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    Found DLP while searching for dark harry stories.
    And heard about it from diffrent fanfic authors
     
  13. T3hPf1r3

    T3hPf1r3 Banned

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    I just found it through Hpfanfiction.reddit.com

    So probably a lot of people have come through there as well.
     
  14. andreaswf

    andreaswf Squib

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    A friend of mine was annoyed that all the good hp fanfics were only found on DLP. So of course I had to check it out.
     
  15. Yenroch

    Yenroch First Year

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    The story is a bit complicated.

    I found DLP off of ff.net, but if the question you're asking me is as to why I joined DLP, then it was through CyberNations.
     
  16. yak

    yak Moderator DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Cybernations? Shit! How many days inactive am I? *logs in to check and collect*

    If it weren't for those inactivity reminder emails I'd have forgotten about CN altogether.
     
  17. Yenroch

    Yenroch First Year

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    You play CN? What's your ruler-name? And what alliance? I suspect it would be GOD, but never hurts to know for sure.

    EDIT: Feel free to delete this post, I forgot I could msg you and find out. Sorry.
     
    Last edited: Jul 23, 2016
  18. yak

    yak Moderator DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    No worries. Taken to PM.
     
  19. dark_black

    dark_black Muggle

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    I was searching for some good stories.I was still new to the world of fanfiction and generally used the search feature.One day I tapped on the community link(I read fanfiction on my mobile)and there it was DLP C2.Then using Google and some common sense i found DLP.
     
  20. froger

    froger Squib

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    I found DLP while reading Shezza's Denarian Renegade series. Stayed cause of the Dresden Work by Authors (Dresden fanfics were hard to find).
     
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