More of the girls actually wrote and readers were active around that time because it was more about the writing. I became active around 2018 after a five year hiatus. My writing was absolutely terrible but the girls ate it up, even when I was very inconsistent. 2013 was a great time too. I gave 1k worded chapters once a month and came back to a sea of comments. Then bullies gradually started flooding the place, folks got accused of stealing, it became less about the fan fiction and more about the drama, and then it just went down hill from there. Plus, many people have gone to college, gotten married, and have become mothers. I really miss the good ol days.