Thanks for posting this because it's been interesting reading all of the different comments. I've been writing fanfiction for years now but only one of my stories has ever been truly beta'd. I tend to go without them, not out of pride, but not knowing anything different. I read through my stories multiple times, combing them for mistakes, but without failure things slip through. I know that. But, in all of my fandoms, I've always been kind of a lurker and I have no idea how to go about obtaining a beta, what is the proper etiquette once obtaining one, and where to go from there. It's nice to know what others' experiences are and kind of what to expect.