I always use my friends favorites as a way to find new authors and stories
Oh me too! I love seeing what my friends enjoyed reading when I'm in search of something new to read. tempertemper77's FF.net favorites are usually something I visit first while searching, as she seems to have a TON of stories on there :)

Thanks again for the list! I have one too, but it's sorely in need of an update *cringes*. Perhaps I'll go work on that now ;)