BronxWench

No, I did ask the question, you’re right. But I wanted it to be very clear to anyone reading along that we are a very law-abiding sort of adult fan-fiction archive.

I’ve been a moderator here for nearly ten years now, and I honestly think this thread has done more damage to my brain cells than anything I’ve encountered to date in the entire archive. For anyone reading along, we are not paying anything for fiction on this archive, and no one is allowed to solicit payment for anything on this archive. If anyone asks for money, or wants you to contribute to their Patreon, or any other self-funding website, please report it.

It was more than three years ago. It was bad enough that the site owner, the head administrator, and the archive moderation staff collectively agreed that it was possibly The Worst Idea EverTM and would never be repeated at AFF. And just because I am an absolute glutton for punishment, I have to ask. What in the Nine Hells are “Satoshis” and who do you think would actually pay that proposed $0.69? We are a free archive. We don’t make any money running this site, so we’re certainly not going to pay anyone. Seriously, even my publisher doesn’t pay me by the word.

And I’ll repost what I said in the beginning of this whole thing: We don’t see the need to revisit the idea of any sort of merit system.

The forum software has nothing to do with the archive rules. Forum registration requires you to fill out forms correctly. Reward systems are not ever going to happen, especially not as you were describing.

Okay. First, what upsets moderators is when you don’t read what we’re telling you. I don’t like to repeat myself endlessly. Second, in order to make a forum account, you need to go to the top of the forum home page. In the upper right corner, you will see an option to Log In or Register. You need to click register, read VERY carefully, follow the directions exactly, and our forum administrator will review the registration. Once he’s reviewed everything, and if you filled out all the information correctly, he will approve you. If you didn’t fill things out correctly, he won’t approve you. Third, a display name is like a pen name in the archive. It’s the name you will use on the forum. Many of us use our archive pen names as our forum display names. Once you have an approved forum account, you can join the chat, and make a thread for your poll, or create a story challenge for a story you want someone to write, or even look for someone to collaborate with. We have threads for all those things, if you look around. And I was the one who merged you, because I really like to have ONE thread to follow and not several.

You can click the big green button, or just click in the text box below the last post, which will let you reply.

Your gmail is the same thing. Your gmail address is your login. You go to the login screen for the archive, and click the LOGIN option on the menu bar. Type in your gmail address and your password in the fields, and click LOGIN right below those fields. Then you should be logged in to the archive. Polls are not allowed in the archive. You need to register for an account on the forum, which is where you can reply to reviews on your stories, create polls, and talk with other members in the chatbox. Really, check our FAQ section. Almost everything is explained there.

You log in using the email address for your account and your password. Once you are logged in, go to the story, use the link like I described in your other thread (really, you CAN just reply to a thread) and leave your review.

We don’t have a rating system or any other method to indicate popularity other than perhaps the hit count feature. So, that wouldn’t be an option for us in any event.

As I said in our many emails back and forth (the reply feature is actually easier than creating a new email each time, you know), we do not have and will not have any sort of rewards system, points, or whatever you want to call them for any of our stories, original or fan fiction. That is not how AFF works. We have absolutely no interest in implementing what you propose. What is upsetting, to be honest, is to have you ask me the same thing, over and over. As my offspring could attest, it’s not a useful tactic. For many of us who are long time members, we recall the old rating system, which was abused with disturbing regularity. In the overwhelming majority of cases, ratings did not reflect the quality of a story. They were used to indicate popularity based on anything but merit, or to punish an author for content the reader didn’t like. If a story praised a character they thought should be disliked, or contained an unfavorable pairing, the story was rated down. Others had stories rated highly despite a complete ignorance of grammar and spelling because, as an example, the author bashed Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter fandom. Why anyone would read a story clearly marked with a pairing they did not like just for the sake of rating the story down is unfathomable. Ratings were a dismal failure, and the childish abuse led to us discarding them in our code revisions. Where original fiction is concerned, which is any work not based on someone else’s copyrighted materials, if you really want to be rewarded, get published. Submit it to a legitimate publisher, small independent publisher, magazine or blog, or self publish the work on Amazon. But again, we will not allow anyone to use AFF to earn money, from commissions, via Patreon solicitations (or any other self-funding site), or by advertising any product for sale other than through our banner ad program. As far as leaving a review on a story, there’s a link at the bottom of every chapter of every story on AFF right on the left hand side, that reads “Review [Name of Story].” You click that, and you are taken to a text box where you can type in your review. At the bottom is a little gray button link that reads “Post Review” which when clicked will do exactly that. It is up to the author of the story to reply to the review, however, so if someone who hasn’t been on the site since 2012 doesn’t answer your review or hit you up on Discord, writing to us won’t help. We don’t give out email addresses for our members. We have a chatbox; you can see the link at the top of the home page for the forum. It’s available for registered users of the forum. Our site is also mobile-compatible, something we implemented well before you joined. There is no need from our point of view for an app since a great many users access the site from mobile devices with no problems.

Thanks for taking the time to write to us to express your concerns. While we know the subject matter of this story isn't everyone's cup of tea, it isn't against the Terms of Service nor is it illegal. We are well aware of what we can do and not do legally. As long as it is properly labeled, it will remain on the site. This website has always been and will continue to be free of censorship. The option you have as a reader is to click past it to a story that's more to your liking. Title 18, Part I, Chapter 110, Section 2256 of the US Code defines what constitutes child pornography in the United States, the country where AFF resides. The key part of this definition is paragraph 8, including subparagraph A, which states in part: "'child pornography' means any visual depiction … where the production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor..." The link to it is here: *http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2256.html Also, the Supreme Court took on such a case, and their decision is here: *http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=00-795 Child pornography is only defined as a visual thing as in pictures and such, not dealing with stories. That is what we go by until a law is changed in the US. Though you, and many others, may find it offensive, it's legal right now and per our guidelines on maintaining free speech, will remain until such time as the laws of the land that hosts AFF are changed. Below is a link about our no censorship policy... http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/19094-site-news-1-9-11/

The majority of people are exactly like you. They want to be able to read and re-read at their convenience, and after recently spending five long days without any Internet access at all, I can sympathize. The sad truth is that the rotten apples do spoil the barrel, to use a tired metaphor. AFF is unlikely to include a download feature in the archive code. We won’t make it easier for anyone to steal our members’ work.

Is this a story search request, or are you writing a story based on the play, and looking for a category to be made?

There’s been no recent staff action with respect to the author or those stories, so I expect PornEater has taken down the work.

There’s been no staff action with respect to that author or account, so I expect he’s taken the stories down himself.

We actually do have people looking for a fic, and it turns out to be on another site. If another member knows that fic, and posts a link to the other site, we don’t take issue with it. The staff, however, because we are all desperately loyal to AFF, won’t post offsite links.

I’ve updated the email address for the original account, so you should be able to access that again. I’ve deleted the new account so there won’t be a conflict in the database due to two accounts using the same email address. With any luck, that should solve the issue.

The new account is showing as pending, which means the admins haven’t cleared it yet. That’s probably because it’s a second account, and the system is supposed to put those on hold for the admin. The trick here is finding the original account. It could be this one: http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296826546 or perhaps it’s this one: http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296810462 Unfortunately, I can’t see passwords. That’s an admin level of access, so the best I can do is help get this back to one account, so you can either log in or reset the password. Passwords have changed as far as requirements, which might also have been a problem. But first things first. Let’s work on getting the extra account gone.

Spy Kids (Series) (There are no stories yet, but the sub-category exists.) We do need to create the Sharkboy and Lavagirl sub-category, though.

Back in the day, on the old Bioware forums, there was a thread called “The Shirtless Saga.” It birthed many a fanfic.

I started writing fan fiction for the CRPGs I play, mostly because the writers for the games absolutely suck at writing relationships. (Yes, David Gaider, I am talking to you.) Honestly, even with a ratings-required fade to black, the older games managed a great deal of heavy innuendo that the later games lacked. Well, until Dragon Age, thank the Maker! Then I sort of slipped into a bit of LotR fan fiction because I like elves, particularly Tolkien’s not-at-all-fluffy elves. But I will say, while I would never speak ill of Lee Pace’s portrayal of Thranduil Oropherion, I write based on the books and not the movies or actors. I have to really geek about a fandom to want to write for it.

You might consider posting this as a challenge, given how specific your parameters are. It might be something one of our authors would want to take on.