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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. Razza2k

    Razza2k Squib

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    hpfanfiction subreddit recommends this place alot.
     
  2. onetruegeek

    onetruegeek Squib

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    The only reason I joined is because ff.net has gotten boring.
     
  3. MonkeyBiznez

    MonkeyBiznez First Year

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    Newcombs ffnet profile, though their shitty link policy made it hard.
     
  4. Snupps

    Snupps Fourth Year DLP Supporter

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    Although you guys are basically mentioned everywhere, the first time I visited this site was for the Harry/Fleur thread.
     
  5. Nfactorial

    Nfactorial Squib

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    I found The Lie I've Lived on ff.net, and enjoyed that quite a bit. One of the reviews for the story mentioned this site being a good source for quality fics, so I had to check it out.
     
  6. Kaeling

    Kaeling Squib

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    I found DLP by browsing the comments on the sub reddit dedicated to HP fanfiction.
     
  7. LJW

    LJW Squib

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    I unabashedly found this site when I was scrounging the internet for more chapters of The Santi's Harry Potter and The Boy Who Lived. Since then I've been enjoying the DLP Library.
     
  8. SirScrubDub

    SirScrubDub Squib

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    Found it through Shezza and Surrains FFNet bio's. :colbert:
     
  9. hughfj08

    hughfj08 Squib

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    Australia
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    I found out through the comments on a ff.net story
     
  10. DeucesAreWild

    DeucesAreWild Squib

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    Serbia
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    Like most, through comments on fanfiction.net. way back in 2007. As you can see, I only now joined.:p
     
  11. Birds Love Words

    Birds Love Words Muggle

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    Originally heard of DLP through Mira Mirth's fic On the Way to Greatness (still my favorite Slytherin Harry story), and from there the fanfiction.net DLP Community 5-Starred and Featured Authors, which led me to such gems as Myst Shadow, jbern, nonjon, Swimdraconian, and Voice of the Nephilim.

    Edit: I joined this community almost a year ago, but then college returned with the force of a brick wall. Just finished summer school so now I can post on here....for the first time ahhhhh
     
  12. Cloaked

    Cloaked Squib

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    I first heard of DLP when I first started getting into fanfiction and read one of Jbern's works. I didn't remember about the site until I was looking to see if The Santi was still updating his Harry Potter and the BWL story though.
     
  13. Majube

    Majube Order Member DLP Supporter

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    I don't remember where I first heard about DLP but it was couple of years ago now. I really got into it recently after I was idly scrolling through reddit and found a lot of them trash talking this site and DLP members replying back.
     
  14. haryypotterfanboy

    haryypotterfanboy Squib

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    I found this site (recently, if you see my post count) after looking through some old reviews on FF.net, with everyone calling it terrible, and with a hard-to-use UI. I, curiously looked it up, joined, and forgot about it. Only recently did I remember that there was a place where people could discuss fanfiction without the toxicity I have come to expect from FF.net. I look forward to contributing, and want to finally have a discussion without anyone interjecting, asking for muggle vs. wizard fanfiction, or some other inane topic.
     
  15. Rahkesh Asmodaeus

    Rahkesh Asmodaeus THUNDAH Bawd Admin DLP Supporter

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    A hard to use UI? It works like every forum board I've ever seen. If people are complaining about that then I'm wondering how long they've been on the internet.
     
  16. dwbtt

    dwbtt Squib

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    I came across DLP from reddit.com/r/hpfanfiction
     
  17. Aekiel

    Aekiel Angle of Mispeling ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Location:
    One of the Shires
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    It's because they're used to the reddit system, which is an admittedly fairly god format for forum style postings. Still, this isn't exactly a hard to use format in the first place.
     
  18. arkeus

    arkeus Seventh Year

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    Can't remember, it was a while ago. I think this was probably a case of "I went to a lot of different Yahoo groups of HP at the time".
     
  19. sea-kingdom

    sea-kingdom Squib

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    I've got to say I'm exactly the same. It was a bit of a surprise to find that fic here with an extra five chapters, but still ultimately abandoned.
     
  20. Xiph0

    Xiph0 Yoda Admin

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    Might have crossed your radar during the pottersplace drama then.
     
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