Well, they've just put a new note up on the homepage...

[dragonbat2006.livejournal.com]

June 4th 2012 -- Notices: •Please note we would like to clarify the content policy we have in place since 2002. FanFiction.Net follows the Fiction Rating system ranging from Fiction K to Fiction M. Although Fiction Ratings goes up to Fiction MA, FanFiction.Net since 2002 has not allowed Fiction MA rated content which can contain adult/explicit content on the site. FanFiction.Net only accepts content in the Fiction K through Fiction M range. Fiction M can contain adult language, themes and suggestions. Detailed descriptions of physical interaction of sexual or violent nature is considered Fiction MA and has not been allowed on the site since 2002.


No word about summaries needing to be rated K, though...


ETA: Yes, I see it in the general rules that you need to consent to before posting a story, but they haven't mentioned it in their latest heads-up.

Comments

[mstardutchess.livejournal.com]

I merely had up a summary with part of it as, "a string of serial killings" and they weren't even described in the fic, yet it got taken down for "summary must be rated K" etc. The show has a serial killer in it for goodness sake.

It's hard to tell with the site. I doubt they check anything to ascertain whether or not it is M or T and probably go by the "if it looks bad, delete it" mantra. They judge how violent so we have no way of knowing.

It seems as if they are judging by movie violence/sexual standards rather than writing standards because in the publishing world you can get by with way more with a lower rating (Hunger Games for example) than you can with movies.

[treenahasthaal.livejournal.com]

This has all been a big mess. I agree that there is some stuff on the site that really shouldn't be there - but people should have had some warning about this so they could either take their work down themselves, or fix what was wrong.

I don't really write smut, and if I do I take the scene out before posting ff.n, but I do write violence, and I always rate the stories "M" where it's more descriptive. I have read much worse violence than I write in novels and I have seen worse violence in movies meant for 16 years and up. However, it's all very subjective.

Taking whole stories down because of a word in the summary is just silly... I mean - what five year old is surfing ff.n?

I've just started reading Hunger Games... : )