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Nate

Creator and Owner of a Paper Airplane

  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    All issues with WriterFeedPad should now be resolved.

    Jul 2, 2018
  • Information Desk Archive Re: The June Review Day will be on July 1

    Sorry for not saying anything earlier! Truth is, I forgot that the last Sunday of June falls so early. Because of that and because I hadn't set things up earlier, ...

    Jun 23, 2018
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Taking YWS to a donations-only revenue model

    Since 2006, the Young Writers Society has been funded more or less through advertising. Some months are better than others, but advertising has enabled YWS to operate continuously ever since ...

    Jun 1, 2018
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Introducing Loot Crates

    I am proud today to introduce loot crates to the Young Writers Society! As some of you may know, I am rather fond of loot crates and micro-transactions, and this ...

    Apr 1, 2018
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Zero cost to post a new work through October 28!

    What if I do want a PM from you on Monday saying "tsk, tsk, tsk." It seems like all fun and games until you get the actual PM. After that... ...

    Oct 26, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Zero cost to post a new work through October 28!

    The cost to post a new literary work has been reduced from 200 points to just 0 points through October 28! This means, it's FREE! But, there's a catch! If ...

    Oct 26, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Lack of September 2017 Review Day

    Hey all, I apologize for the lack of the September 2017 Review Day! Normally, it happens on the last Sunday of every month, which would be September 24 in this ...

    Sep 25, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    Follower notification time problem should be fixed now. The next time you go to check your notifications, that notification should finally clear.

    Aug 3, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    Banning from clubs should now work, though deleting comments still won't work for admins. The timedate issue may work now as well. If not, it may take a while to ...

    Aug 2, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: 2017 Server Migration Complete! (mostly)

    Thanks all! Most everything should be working now, including emails, user registration, loading documents into the publishing center, and image uploads. Only things that I know aren't working is the ...

    Aug 2, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: 2017 Server Migration Complete! (mostly)

    Took a lot longer than I anticipated, but the Young Writers Society is now running on a 12GB VPS at Linode. This is the first server migration in 4.5 years, ...

    Aug 1, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS Down for Maintenance on July 31, 2017

    @Nate The backup site doesn't send an email? I tried twice and I haven't gotten one. Did you check spam?

    Jul 31, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS Down for Maintenance on July 31, 2017

    The maintenance period will begin at 5pm GMT, July 31. A countdown clock has been added to the top of the site. I'll try to keep it as short as ...

    Jul 31, 2017
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS Down for Maintenance on July 31, 2017

    The Young Writers Society will be down for some maintenance on July 31, beginning roughly at 7/31/2017 14:00 GMT . It will be down for at least 3 hours, but ...

    Jul 28, 2017
  • Information Desk Re: YWS: Cassini Updates Thread

    WFP's uptime issues should now be greatly alleviated. Originally thought it was a problem with not enough server memory, but the issues continued even after doubling the server's RAM (though ...

    Jun 1, 2017


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