DemonGoddess

I saw this in the Malwarbyte’s blog, and thought I’d pass it on:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/scams/2022/07/discord-shame-channel-goes-phishing/
I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but… never click on anything sent to you that you didn’t ask for, and never share any information based on a random post/text/Discord/tweet/Snap or any other forum. Don’t click the link, don’t scan the QR code, don’t feed the trolls, and stay safe!

1. Need the subdomain you want it in (i.e. cartoon, books, hp)
2. If pair specific, I need LINKS to 5 pre-existing stories of the same pair, in the archive
3. Categories are added as needed, meaning we do require that you are in the process of WRITING for the category you request, or that you have a story ready to add.

There will be downtime at 2 am EDT on July 13th to replace part of the RAID array.  Also, the migration is nearly done

This has to do with our system migration.  We are getting a better server.  Migration should be done end of day today

We will be upgrading our server hardware July 1st.  There may be some down time involved while things are transferred from old to new.

We will be upgrading our server hardware July 1st.  There may be some down time involved while things are transferred from old to new.

You mean to delete them? Uhhhh... no, we don't delete something for being unfinished

There seems to be a misunderstanding among many of you. Thinking that ONLY adult content is wanted here. That is not the case at all. Fiction of all "ratings", with or without adult content are welcome here.
While the archive certainly has a great deal of adult content, the ADULT in the site name is geared towards the fact that users are to be 18 or older, and that this is a group of ADULTS who come here to write, interact with each other, and etc.
A suggestion for you authors, should your stories be "fluffy", contain no NC-17 type stuff, or whatever, you should make a note of it, so the readers who are looking at your summaries understand that. With the current reworking of the archive, I will suggest that some additional tags be added for this kind of story.
Finally, if you, the author, are FLAMED because someone thinks you must have adult content, because you are on this site, please DO report it.

It’s actually as everyone was thinking, a benign place holder and easily fixed.  Kind of a carryover from the very old stuff.

Yes, i can restore pen names from a back up.  However, I am working a series of splits, so don’t have a whole lot of time at the moment.

It’s actually as everyone was thinking, a benign place holder and easily fixed.  Kind of a carryover from the very old stuff.

It’s actually as everyone was thinking, a benign place holder and easily fixed.  Kind of a carryover from the very old stuff.

It’s actually as everyone was thinking, a benign place holder and easily fixed.  Kind of a carryover from the very old stuff.

manta is working on fixing the user names as we speak...

I’m aware of that, as is our coder.  i do believe it was a failed exploit, but, not sure yet.  Still digging into this.

manta is working on fixing the user names as we speak...

I’m aware of that, as is our coder.  i do believe it was a failed exploit, but, not sure yet.  Still digging into this.

Yes, i can restore pen names from a back up.  However, I am working a series of splits, so don’t have a whole lot of time at the moment.

I’m aware of that, as is our coder.  i do believe it was a failed exploit, but, not sure yet.  Still digging into this.

manta is working on fixing the user names as we speak...

Just in time for the holiday season, we're seeing an influx of spambots, on our Forum and in the Archive's review pages. Here's what you can do.
If you see a spambot post in the Forums, click the little link at the top right corner of the post that reads "Report Post." The moderators will make it go away as quickly as possible. If there are multiple posts, report them all. You can leave a one-word report if you'd like, such as "Spam" or "Spambot" but it's not necessary. When we read the report, we'll know right away what the issue is.
If you see a spambot review in the Archive, and you're the story's author, you can always delete it. If you're not the author, you can report the review using the "Report Review" link in the lower left corner of the review. It does help immensely, since these reports are delivered via email, to drop in that one-word report, but even if you don't, it's pretty easy to see those spambot reviews when the review board is accessed.
What shouldn't you do? Don't click any links. Who knows where most of those links have been? For all we know, they could have taken a quick trip through the malware pool before landing on your screen. Practice safe surfing and don't click anything, especially when the post is in Cyrillic, or German, or some funky font of dubious provenance. We like our members and want you all to stay safe!

By the way, before I took this final step, which the user had been warned would happen, I let slide another 2 instances, rather than the action I'm taking now. I considered the user's age (she's quite young), and HOPED that she'd finally get the hint and actually abide by the site rules and guidelines. It didn't work...



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After my first deletion, this is what I had to say:

"Ok, My entire account was deleted and I am not sure why. I tried to sign on and it just wouldn’t work, I searched for my story and it wasn’t their, I searched for my pen name, and it wasn’t there either, so IDK what that’s all about but I am soooo annoyed."

This is what I sent after my eighth deletion:
"My stories have been hidden from Adultfanfiction because they are saying I am under age and this is the fourth time this has happened. I'm not underage."

Want to know when those accounts were created? Here's a list:
JenMarie – registered May 17, 2009 – 15 years old
DarkDesire – registered June 1, 2009 – 15 years old
JenMarie – registered June 6, 2009 – 15 years old
openmind – registered June 30, 2009 – 15 years old
JennMarie55 – registered October 25, 2009 – 16 years old
JennMarie – registered October 25, 2009 – 16 years old
dontforget1 – registered December 11, 2010 – 17 years old
XxScriboxX – registered July 16, 2011 – 17 years old
XxScriboxX – registered May 27, 2011 – 17 years old

But I didn't stop there. Afer they told me they had deleted all my hard work that I wrote while I was a minor, and posted on an adult site with no thought whatsoever to the possible legal consequences to the actual, real, human people that run the site or the owner of the site, I created another account. And another. And another.

I'm also a review whore. That means I won't update unless you review.

And I tell my readers lies.

Yep.

I tell them that I was of age, and that the site moderators "don't like me." And if I'm not telling them that, I'm telling them this:
"I was over eighteen when my account was deleted (but seventeen when I made the account) and lost all of my work."

See that list above? The account I'm referring to was JennMarie. I was 16, not 17. But, we already know I can't count (reference how many times I say I was deleted, and how many times I actually had been).

So, then I decided that I would just violate other rules. Like flaming.

That's right - I decided to flame the site.
"And on a side note, I hate, hate, hate, HATE, this effing site."

You know what, though? Posting here's a privilege, not a right, and I won't be able to anymore.

Because not only did I do this, I was warned:
"From this point, you will be monitored for any further Terms of Service and/or Content Guideline infractions. Should staff find any more, you will be Hall of Shamed for the chronic violations and permanently banned."

That was after I admitted that I shouldn't have uploaded two versions of the same story.

This is what I was told:
"Normally, the fourth account gets you permanently banned. It certainly has any other user who persisted in returning to the site prior to their 18th birthday."

And that's absolutely true. I was given a chance that all of those other children weren't, ONLY because my account was deleted after I had turned 18. And this has been addressed ad nauseum by the moderators in the forum - just go here:
http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php?app=core&module=search&search_in=forums
and type in JennMarie or Traded and you'll get a ton of threads about my inability to have consideration for the legal repercussions of my actions.

I told the site admin that I was "unaware" of the risk my presence posed to the site itself while I was underage. But you know what? I tell everyone I'm a history major, and history majors have to read - a LOT. So, I should have been able to read

"By entering these Archives you are stating that you are 18 years of age or older and that you are allowed to view adult material in your area."

"By accessing AFF and/or creating an account I agree that I am at least 18 years of age and legally allowed to view adult related material."

And I should have been able to read the entirety of this document: http://www.adult-fanfiction.org/guidelines.php

I should have paid attention to the last paragraph of the Terms of Service:
"You understand that if any of the above requirements are violated that your account and/or submissions are subject to being hidden, edited, deleted, or being taken control of by the administrators of the site, without notice. You understand that your ability to return to the site after these actions are taken is solely at the discretion of the site's staff and is not subject to discussion."

But I didn't. And those failures are my own, no matter how much I want to blame the staff for them. I received a warning that I would be banned, something that in the past has only ever been sent to still underage children to warn them to keep away from the site if they want the privilege of being here once they're adults.

So because I've decided that I'm entitled to break the rules and regulations of the site, and because I've decided that their warnings meant nothing, I'm not allowed here anymore. I'm permanently banned. You'll never be able to read my works here again. Ever.




Any flames in the forum or to TOS or admin mail about the banning of this user can and will result in repercussions on the flamer's account. Any flames sent to staff members individually will be addressed in the same manner as well. Take note of the Terms of Service you agree to by accessing the site (no flaming is allowed), and understand that those regulations are universally and equally applied.

I also get the webcam emails, and that cracks me up.  I’ve NEVER had a webcam.  I don’t WANT a webcam, and that they think they can scare me with webcam usage that never existed is just plain silly.  Yes, this is an OLD issue, and these emails have been popping up ever since.

On an unrelated note, I’ve actually been working with the hosting company to fix the hotmail/outlook issues (where the emails just disappear that send to users).  Everything thus far I’ve tried that SHOULD have worked, has not.  So, they’re digging deeper and I should that have fixed soonish.
When the old issue occurred, Nexcess was a major help at that time as well.  They tracked down the IPs of the persons who did this, and blocked them from the domain entirely.  They have tools at their disposal I don’t, so if something happens, they’re the ones I go to help stop whatever the issue is.