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Hm...how do you feel about people on this site who have copies mentioning it and then people can contact them privately or through the messaging option for the copies? I'm mentioning this because many of these writers are gone from the fandom now and it can take weeks for them to respond to emails, if at all. This way, at least, the forum doesn't become an official providing service of removed fics, but is still a way to make them available.
Hmmm see I don't want to be a mediator or for this to be an 'official' place for this kind of thing, but members here are 'already' doing the exchanges. It's what is being done now in the the other sections, this is why I made this section 'exclusively' for that purpose. And made it a point of saying 'hey I'm not saying do it, I'm not saying don't it, I'm but if you do it do it the right way. Be respectful.' I will amend my above post to state, if any author who has removed their stories posts here or contacts me personally and asks me to remove any posting about their fics, I will respect their wishes and remove said item.
I think the point of this forum for me is, that I know ppl are gonna do but I want them to do it in a more singular location instead of all over the different forums here, that way If I'm asked to removed them I'll know where to look.