BronxWench

We’re not an e-commerce site, so honestly, I never worry about AFF as far as losing financial data. Chrome flips me hissies every time I log into the staff email server because it can’t authenticate the credentials, and I’ve been ignoring that for years with no ill effects.

I’ve no clue what the additional costs would be, but we operate on a very tight margin as a not-for-profit site. It may very well be a case of the site not having sufficient regular revenue to be able to make that change.

We are not on an https server, as far as I know. However, I’ve never had an issue with my login being compromised. Then again, I also run antivirus and malware protection at all times because I’m paranoid that way.

Do you remember the pen name of the account?

We’ve always had separate databases for each subdomain. That’s nothing new. The new levels of sub-categories and categories within those are something we have been asked to do by many members, who want to be able to navigate to a specific pairing within a subdomain. In the more general subdomains, ie, Anime, you do need to navigate to the specific anime you want to read, such as Pokemon, which has its own sub-category and levels of categories under that, or Ai no Kusabi, which is in the .+ to F sub-category and which gives you 4 pages of stories to look through. Is it slow to navigate? I expect it is, but you need to navigate within FFN in a similar manner. I f I want to read Dragon Age stories on FFN, I would need to Browse to Games, and then to D, and then find Dragon Age on the list which appears. From there, it’s all chronological based on dated published or updated, with 20.6K of stories for me to peruse. On AO3, I need to Browse, which takes me to a page of recent fics from every fandom, and then I have to click the link to take me to fandoms, and from there figure out where my fandom might live. I’m not sure what the difference is between Dragon Age – All Media Types and Dragon Age (Video Games), but I’m sure if I poked, I’d eventually figure it out, but with 46,669 works under Dragon Age (Video Games) I don’t anticipate the search being too quick. I don’t think any fiction archive has managed to find a way to streamline the search process. Certainly, since AFF was founded in 2002, the site has grown considerably, and what was a speedy process has become more time-consuming as we embraced new fandoms. It’s really only a few clicks to arrive at a fandom, and while I personally liked the left-side menus a lot better, they didn’t work for mobile users. But what can help is to navigate once to a fandom you like, and then bookmark that category. It’s faster to click that bookmark, and get to the fandom than to navigate through the menus, or Google a random story and backtrack. Using one of my examples above, you can go to Ai no Kusabi, and bookmark the category url: http://anime.adult-fanfiction.org/index.php?cat=1049 Most browsers let you edit the text for a bookmark, so you can edit it to read something like AFF-Ai no Kusabi, and then you’ll be able to rapidly find your fandom. You can also add specific stories to your Currently Reading section of your profile, which I do to be able to access a specific story with ease. Our FAQ here explains how to do that.

First of all, the staff did not delete the story in question. We do not delete stories without explanation or without having given warnings as to the problem, and ample time to correct those problems. In this case, the story was warned for an invalid disclaimer on 4/13/18. We would not even hide the story until 4/20/18, and if it was hidden, we give at least 30 more days for the author to correct the issue before we would delete it for noncompliance. We state that clearly in our review board warnings and in our emails. Second, I have been in receipt of far too many emails regarding this account. I have at least two people claiming to be the account owner, and offering the most nebulous proof of ownership. Furthermore, if we do have to assume ownership of an account, we do not leave profile modifications such as what appears on your profile. Were I the site administrator, yes, I would delete the account because it is in clear violation of our Terms of Service as has been pointed out by Pittwitch. Account deletion is sadly not my purview, however, although I am recommending it in this case. I have no idea who modified your profile, or what the issue is between you and whoever is making the profile changes, but I strongly suggest you either invest in better security for your computer, or find better friends, because this is not the place to work out your personal issues regarding either of those goals.

Most of the recent changes to the archive code have been to improve site functionality for mobile users, since we were getting a great deal of input from them about difficulties with the archive code as it was and the smaller screen format of mobile devices. To be quite frank, none of our archive updates are driven in any way by FFN, or any perceived issues with that site. We are not, and never have been affiliated with FFN. They are a for-profit site, with a user base from age 13 and up, while we have always been an adult-oriented site with an age-limited membership. We did run into problems with old injections of code when we did an update, which caused one subdomain to experience issues displaying stories. None were lost, and our tech admin and coder worked tirelessly for several days to repair the issue. Certainly, with 22 other databases experiencing no issues, it’s not really accurate to say we lost 80% of the site. Is the site harder to navigate now? We certainly are working to avoid that, although I would say it is somewhat easier for mobile users than for those of us who prefer PCs and laptops. The new menus are less intuitive in some ways, and display awkwardly, in my opinion. It is unfortunate, but we are working with a fairly limited budget since we are not-for-profit. We do not require support from users, although we always appreciate help in the form of donations, or by volunteering as a staff member. We are all, top to bottom, unpaid volunteers who do this because we believe in what AFF stands for—censorship-free fiction. I don’t think you have been weird or rude, but if you can be more specific about the areas which have been less than satisfactory, that is helpful for us as we continue to work to improve AFF for all users. We do listen to our members, and we do pay attention to member comments and suggestions. After all, a fiction archive without authors and readers isn’t much of a fiction archive. If something isn’t possible, we’ll do our best to explain why, or to explain what we’ve done in lieu of a feature. So, let us know, and we’ll be happy to do our best to help.

You’re very welcome!

We don’t have a save feature as a single button click, but you can add stories to your Currently Reading list on your archive profile, which will let you access the link quickly. The FAQ for that is here: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/topic/63427-how-to-manage-your-current-reading-list/

And still a favorite of mine

We do have a FAQ on this topic: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/topic/63121-how-to-use-search/ Basically, you enter the search word or phrase into the appropriate field or fields, and search. It isn’t all that different from before, other than allowing users to search for words or phrases which might be in the story summary.

Involuntary Indebtedness by The_CL

@Desiderius Price I know you tag as conservatively as I do. I figured it never hurts to point out the logical fallacy in the “But I’ll scare off readers!” argument for not using the Rape tag.

@Mal Your story’s fine, absolutely! And this was a good thread, with some really in-depth discussion. I enjoyed it! I’m just pointing out in response to @Desiderius Price that leaving off the tag so as not to scare off readers is going to backfire if we decide it’s required, because we hide stories with missing trigger tags like that. And, to be really honest, if the author doesn’t add that tag, it’s likely the story will be deleted after the 30-day period we allow for the correction to be made.

If the content calls for the tag and it’s not there, we hide the story which drastically cuts down on readership anyway.

Hi, We have a FAQ for that here: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/topic/63122-how-to-find-the-author-id-and-story-id/

I was told that it had been updated by our coder, but obviously, that’s not the case. I don’t code, and have no database access in any case, so we need either DG or manta to make the update. I’m poking!

My understanding was that the recaptcha issue had been addressed. I’m making inquiries to see what’s going on, because I’m unable to do anything which requires recaptcha myself.

The problem is that Wikis aren’t actual books, and they’re not like webcomics, either. But, having said that, Books may be the only logical placement. Our admin will make the ultimate determination, but Books or Games would be my thoughts.

I’m actually unsure of where we would put this. It could be in Games, since there’s a role-playing element, and there’s been a game based on the project. I’m reluctant to slot it into Originals, since some participants use other participants’ work as a jumping off point, or as part of their canon, which puts it back in the realm of fan fiction. Honestly, I’m leaning towards Games.

If the story is Nurse Granger, then it’s posted.

The author was someonenotme, and all stories were taken down by the author pursuant to the explanation on the profile. I will ask that anyone reading this please respect the author’s decision, and not pass around copies of any stories.

::sigh:: Is this about the recaptcha again?

You can’t recreate an account, so that would explain that part. I see this account, which I’m assuming is you: http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296989004 I’m not sure why you were trying to reset your password when you’d just made the account. Generally, most people only reset that when they have forgotten a password. However, what might have happened is that the site sets cookies when you log in. If you created an account and logged in, once you clicked the validation link in the email you should have been fine. Resetting the password seems to have thrown things into a tailspin, and since I can’t access the database, I can’t see what happened. What I can suggest is that you clear all AFF cookies, clear your browser’s cache and history, close it completely, and restart it. That may clear any cookie-related issues. You can also check to see if your browser saved the password, in which case it could be interfering with your attempt to reset things. Still guessing here, it’s possible your password did not meet the criteria for the site: between 8-12 letters and/or numbers long, no spaces, punctuation or special characters allowed, and it is case sensitive. Additionally, if you reset the password using the same password, it blanks the field and forces a new reset, which may or may not be working properly since we tweaked the code to accommodate mobile device users.