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DG and I didn't originally set up this site 20 years ago. The original founder set it up in protest of mass censorship on fanfiction.net and other creative writing platforms at the time. The first working name for the site was buffysmut and was running on a beta version of WordPress.
 
The name adult fanfiction became official late October early November 2002 and started using a site software called storyboard. Early 2004 the the original founder stepped back and handed control over to two moderators. Things  got messy and control consolidated to one person.  I was brought in around that time to just do maintenance and deal with the pastels that was the site layout. 
Real life happened and the moderator that had control needed to step back and we entered the Era of the mod committees and bird brain admin. If I remember correctly DG started to help maintain the site in this Era. I had stepped away while maintain bare minimum upkeep because of how the mod committee had treated me.
The head of the mod committee and thier followers briefly managed to steal the site and pilfer donations. 
DG had come to me and got in contact with the person the founder handed the site to and between the three of us managed to get control back and retrieve the stolen donations to cover the unpaid server costs. 
After the dust settled,  DG was asked to act as the Executive for the site, while Ownership remains with Apollo(not active due to real  life reasons). My role became that of developer and technical admin. The first iteration of fiction portal came about a year after.
For my part, I've stuck with the site because at its core, AFF encourages literacy among adults and will not censor content unless absolutely necessary (hate crime/harmful or harassment to a living person/ self harming). In our 20 years we've only had 3 incidents like that. DMCA's we've only had one. The ability to freely express one's self is important,  especially in regions where such freedoms are limited. AFF is both a place for creativity and open discussion without being shamed by taboos or unreasonably imposed censorship. 

DG and I didn't originally set up this site 20 years ago. The original founder set it up in protest of mass censorship on fanfiction.net and other creative writing platforms at the time. The first working name for the site was buffysmut and was running on a beta version of WordPress.
 
The name adult fanfiction became official late October early November 2002 and started using a site software called storyboard. Early 2004 the the original founder stepped back and handed control over to two moderators. Things  got messy and control consolidated to one person.  I was brought in around that time to just do maintenance and deal with the pastels that was the site layout. 
Real life happened and the moderator that had control needed to step back and we entered the Era of the mod committees and bird brain admin. If I remember correctly DG started to help maintain the site in this Era. I had stepped away while maintain bare minimum upkeep because of how the mod committee had treated me.
The head of the mod committee and thier followers briefly managed to steal the site and pilfer donations. 
DG had come to me and got in contact with the person the founder handed the site to and between the three of us managed to get control back and retrieve the stolen donations to cover the unpaid server costs. 
After the dust settled,  DG was asked to act as the Executive for the site, while Ownership remains with Apollo(not active due to real  life reasons). My role became that of developer and technical admin. The first iteration of fiction portal came about a year after.
For my part, I've stuck with the site because at its core, AFF encourages literacy among adults and will not censor content unless absolutely necessary (hate crime/harmful or harassment to a living person/ self harming). In our 20 years we've only had 3 incidents like that. DMCA's we've only had one. The ability to freely express one's self is important,  especially in regions where such freedoms are limited. AFF is both a place for creativity and open discussion without being shamed by taboos or unreasonably imposed censorship. 

At least you have filters for those logs. The cross referencing can be brain melting.  It would be more productive to use the spork on the the object of our frustrations. 😜 

DG and I didn't originally set up this site 20 years ago. The original founder set it up in protest of mass censorship on fanfiction.net and other creative writing platforms at the time. The first working name for the site was buffysmut and was running on a beta version of WordPress.
 
The name adult fanfiction became official late October early November 2002 and started using a site software called storyboard. Early 2004 the the original founder stepped back and handed control over to two moderators. Things  got messy and control consolidated to one person.  I was brought in around that time to just do maintenance and deal with the pastels that was the site layout. 
Real life happened and the moderator that had control needed to step back and we entered the Era of the mod committees and bird brain admin. If I remember correctly DG started to help maintain the site in this Era. I had stepped away while maintain bare minimum upkeep because of how the mod committee had treated me.
The head of the mod committee and thier followers briefly managed to steal the site and pilfer donations. 
DG had come to me and got in contact with the person the founder handed the site to and between the three of us managed to get control back and retrieve the stolen donations to cover the unpaid server costs. 
After the dust settled,  DG was asked to act as the Executive for the site, while Ownership remains with Apollo(not active due to real  life reasons). My role became that of developer and technical admin. The first iteration of fiction portal came about a year after.
For my part, I've stuck with the site because at its core, AFF encourages literacy among adults and will not censor content unless absolutely necessary (hate crime/harmful or harassment to a living person/ self harming). In our 20 years we've only had 3 incidents like that. DMCA's we've only had one. The ability to freely express one's self is important,  especially in regions where such freedoms are limited. AFF is both a place for creativity and open discussion without being shamed by taboos or unreasonably imposed censorship. 

DG and I didn't originally set up this site 20 years ago. The original founder set it up in protest of mass censorship on fanfiction.net and other creative writing platforms at the time. The first working name for the site was buffysmut and was running on a beta version of WordPress.
 
The name adult fanfiction became official late October early November 2002 and started using a site software called storyboard. Early 2004 the the original founder stepped back and handed control over to two moderators. Things  got messy and control consolidated to one person.  I was brought in around that time to just do maintenance and deal with the pastels that was the site layout. 
Real life happened and the moderator that had control needed to step back and we entered the Era of the mod committees and bird brain admin. If I remember correctly DG started to help maintain the site in this Era. I had stepped away while maintain bare minimum upkeep because of how the mod committee had treated me.
The head of the mod committee and thier followers briefly managed to steal the site and pilfer donations. 
DG had come to me and got in contact with the person the founder handed the site to and between the three of us managed to get control back and retrieve the stolen donations to cover the unpaid server costs. 
After the dust settled,  DG was asked to act as the Executive for the site, while Ownership remains with Apollo(not active due to real  life reasons). My role became that of developer and technical admin. The first iteration of fiction portal came about a year after.
For my part, I've stuck with the site because at its core, AFF encourages literacy among adults and will not censor content unless absolutely necessary (hate crime/harmful or harassment to a living person/ self harming). In our 20 years we've only had 3 incidents like that. DMCA's we've only had one. The ability to freely express one's self is important,  especially in regions where such freedoms are limited. AFF is both a place for creativity and open discussion without being shamed by taboos or unreasonably imposed censorship. 

What I’m hoping is that by looking at some logs, given the time it occurred, I may be able to find something out.  Won’t know until I try it.

I call first dibs on eviscerating them

I call first dibs on eviscerating them

I like Desi’s idea… quarter the hacker and we can all replace the gimpy bits   

Claim your spare limbs from that hacker that’s plaguing us!  (Meaning after we quarter them!)

I’m making progress, turned updating off for now as I don’t want a breach while I’m at work. That being said, looks like they were bogged down by the trap that they didn’t get too far. You can post new stories and chapters, but editing existing is turned off.

I can barter some bad ankles or hands that don't always work. 

I can barter some bad ankles or hands that don't always work. 

@InvidiaRed I saw it and took steps to restore what I could.
Now that I’ve slept, I’m cloning the db as a quick backup then I’ll be unlocking areas starting with areas that require login. so story manager will be unlocked in about a half hour from now.

I’m making progress, turned updating off for now as I don’t want a breach while I’m at work. That being said, looks like they were bogged down by the trap that they didn’t get too far. You can post new stories and chapters, but editing existing is turned off.

I’m making progress, turned updating off for now as I don’t want a breach while I’m at work. That being said, looks like they were bogged down by the trap that they didn’t get too far. You can post new stories and chapters, but editing existing is turned off.

I’m making progress, turned updating off for now as I don’t want a breach while I’m at work. That being said, looks like they were bogged down by the trap that they didn’t get too far. You can post new stories and chapters, but editing existing is turned off.

I’m making progress, turned updating off for now as I don’t want a breach while I’m at work. That being said, looks like they were bogged down by the trap that they didn’t get too far. You can post new stories and chapters, but editing existing is turned off.

I’m making progress, turned updating off for now as I don’t want a breach while I’m at work. That being said, looks like they were bogged down by the trap that they didn’t get too far. You can post new stories and chapters, but editing existing is turned off.

The only thing I know about coding is that rubber ducky trick.

@InvidiaRed I saw it and took steps to restore what I could.
Now that I’ve slept, I’m cloning the db as a quick backup then I’ll be unlocking areas starting with areas that require login. so story manager will be unlocked in about a half hour from now.

Thanks for catching that.  fixed now. I rely a lot on spell check since English is not my first language…. *Wanders over to the non-english french section*

Thanks for catching that.  fixed now. I rely a lot on spell check since English is not my first language…. *Wanders over to the non-english french section*

I’m taking care of myself, pushing through as best I can
And I still have my day job to worry about. (I get a decent nap on the bus durng the commute there and back.)
I have two carrots hanging at the end of my stick, the first is my winter sewing and the other is to finish fixing my 3d printer.

I’m taking care of myself, pushing through as best I can
And I still have my day job to worry about. (I get a decent nap on the bus durng the commute there and back.)
I have two carrots hanging at the end of my stick, the first is my winter sewing and the other is to finish fixing my 3d printer.