BronxWench

I might be the odd man out here, but I actually just want to know if people have reacted to my story at all. I don’t care if they don’t love it, and I’m generally not surprised if people hate it, but I’d love a reaction. Back when I had more time, I tried to read more and I’d make a point of reviewing when I read. (Thanks to a hiccup, my account was inadvertently deleted, which left all my old reviews anonned, but hopefully that won’t matter to the authors I reviewed.) Sometimes when I was sweeping in the archive, I’d come across a new story in a fandom I might not normally have pursued for leisure reading, and I’d make a point to go back, read properly, and review. I’m fairly specific about fandoms, however, and I have my personal squicks which I will avoid diligently for leisure reading, so I might not get around to reading everything. I’m hoping I’ll be able to find more time to just read again, and when I read, I review!

It’s been ages since I posted anything on FFN, and I honestly don’t remember if they did have data on individual chapters. I refuse to post on AO3, at least until they start enforcing their ToS on an impartial and non-gaslighting basis, so your guess would be far better than mine as to how they track data. We don’t have anything in place to track hits on individual chapters on AFF at this time. I’m not even sure if our archive code would be able to do that, not being even remotely capable of writing code myself.

I will delete the archive account for you. @Melrick will be able to delete the forum profile.

Wonky Cross by JanisJ

Thank you, @manta2g!

The author profiles are in one database. It’s the archival subdomains that are split into multiple databases.

My concern is that this might be a benign placeholder, but database access is supposed to be strictly limited. I certainly can’t access the database to run any sort of global changes myself, although I suspect I could change pen names on a case by case basis, IF I knew the correct pen name and user ID number. But as @Desiderius Price points out, that would be tedious indeed.

Dear gods. I was able to go to my own control panel, and update my pen name back to the correct one. The correction seems to be holding even after a page refresh. Unfortunately, that’s not going to work for inactive members if they’re not around to correct their pen names. Hopefully @DemonGoddess and @manta2g can fix this in the database.

Congratulations!

First of all, I hope the job was worth that intensive a background check, and that you were hired! You can repost the stories without needing to add or edit anything, as long as they’re your own stories. What we don’t allow is for people to post a story, remove it, and then repost it just to keep it at the top of the page. But in this instance, I’m sure readers would love to have your stories back up.

I would need to update the email address in the database first, which I can do, for you to change the password. If you’d prefer me to delete the account, I can do that as well.

The issue is most likely your email provider. We have had, for some time now, issues with Microsoft email clients, including Hotmail.com, Outlook.com and Live accounts. The security protocols Microsoft put into place after their last security breach do not allow access to our password reset function. What has worked in the past is a temporary switch to a gmail address. While I can’t access password information in the database (it’s an admin-only function), I can update email addresses. If you provide me a gmail address, I can amend your account to use that address, which would allow you to reset your password. Once you have access to the account again, you can change your email address back to your preferred provider. To keep the spammers at bay, I recommend you provide any email addresses via our staff email: tos_team@adult-fanfiction.org

My understanding is that the author deleted all their online accounts and removed all their work from the Internet.

Thank you for the report!

All gone again, and thank you!

We have a FAQ on how to use the Search feature in the archive here: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/topic/63121-how-to-use-search/ When you go to a subdomain, and click the “Search Archive” link, you will see various fields that can be searched. Some categories have been divided into subcategories, like “Male/Female” which makes it easier. In the case of categories which don’t have that subdivision, you can search in the tag field using the “+” and “-” boolean feature, by entering something like this: -mm. That should filter out all stories with a male/male tag.

The account is gone, and thank you for the report!

I’ve added the category in Books > G through L > Guild Codex Series.

Story link: http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600110036

Just to confirm, is this your profile? http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296982699

Hi, I’m only seeing one account for you: http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296854807 This account has a great many stories listed under it. In order to regain access to your account, you need to reset your password. Use this link: http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/reset.php Enter the email address associated with your account, and you should receive an email from us which will let you reset your password. Keep in mind the following: Passwords must be between 8 to 12 letters and/or numbers long. We do not allow spaces, special characters, or punctuation; only letters and numbers, or a combination of letter and numbers is allowed. Please also remember that letters are case sensitive. Once you've reset the password, I recommend clearing any old AFF cookies from your browser’s cache before closing and restarting the browser. You should then be able to log into your archive profile properly.

It records every time someone looks at a story.

That’s a big part of why I don’t care for AO3 as well. The rules shift depending on whims, or who is doing the moderating that year. They also play fast and loose with the Fair Use portion of copyright law, in my opinion. A lot of what they allow is in clear violation of copyright law, but they do have that deep-pocket not-for-profit and its legal staff to fight those battles for them. They also aren’t age restricted but do allow adult content, which crosses another legal threshold in that they rely on self-policing to protect minors. And we all know how quickly minors will say, “Oh, that’s tagged as adult content! I’ll just go read something more wholesome!”

AO3 is funded by a deep-pockets not-for-profit. They do very aggressive fundraising as well, which allows them to roll out new code as needed. That’s my staff member response. Now for my personal response as a writer… AO3 fosters a great deal of confusion when it comes to moderation. The Terms of Service is obscure, and unevenly applied. I ran into an issue there with utterly baffling moderation that favored a cybertroll over the author who was targeted. While it was not aimed at me, it had the effect of thoroughly discouraging the author who was targeted, and I filed a formal protest with AO3’s legal team over the bizarre and inexplicable use of the Terms of Service to victim-shame and gaslight someone who is a singularly talented writer in favor of protecting the delicate sensibilities of a trollish brat who spammed a review over and over, deleting and reposting it to create a near-constant barrage of email notifications. Yes, there are some lovely features there, like kudos and word counts. There is also a built-in download feature, which lets anyone download your work, in a variety of formats. Personally, I find that deeply objectionable, but as a “creator” I do not have the option to opt out of allowing my work to be downloaded. Granted, AO3 is not geared for works of original fiction, but I would still like creative control over my fan fiction. That’s a me issue, apparently. I also hate, with a deep and abiding passion, the free-for-all tagging there. Without some standardization, it’s impossible for tags to have any actual meaning as warnings, and no one enforces the use of trigger tags. I don’t read Minor1 fiction for enjoyment, as an example. I loath being blindsided by that content as a reader. I also don’t believe there is any such thing as dubious consent. It’s yes or it’s non-consensual, otherwise known as rape. I’m too damned old and cranky to play word games about that issue. That’s my take on AO3, and sorry for the rant!

Category added. Have fun!