Young Writers Society

Thanks for the update Nate

One slight problem with the chat bar is it slows down my computer (and Lumi's) a ton, and actually limits the amount of time I can be on YWS if I have it on. Is there a quick way of turning it on and off?

Edit- Nevermind. Found it.

I hoped to have notifications done today, but got tied down in some other non-YWS stuff.

So instead, I devoted time to another task: getting reviews and points working again. Both are now fully functional, and the browse area has been given a facelift as well.

This means that once again it costs 150 points to post a new work. The maximum you can earn per review is 100 points (.05 points per character, minimum of 25, maximum of 100). A review is at least 250 characters in length.

I've also synced all reviews and points going back to December. So, have fun!

Also, I apologize for the new ad in the sidebar. While activity has remained stable since December, revenue has not, and it's beginning to impact my ability to continue paying for YWS.

If you have adblock plus, please disable it for YWS. Here's a good post explaining why:
http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/p ... n-ad-block

YWS is free, and it's free because it's supported by advertisements.

<33333 Nate <33333

What you should move up to the top of he priority list: Pro accounts and donations. I'm old enough to get a job this year so I shall no longer be poor. I'm sure something like a point bundle or something might be enough incentive for people to donate. (Thought to be honest, I would donate anyway if I wasn't so poor.)

Also, I apologize for the new ad in the sidebar.

Seriously, the ads changed my perspective about the world. Now I know I'm living in reality.

No really, the ads catch my eye; it makes YWS feel more homey I promise to check them out every time so that the site can get more revenue. I also like Noninja's suggestion, it can help the whole lot, I think Is it even possible?

Alfred, it's better to only check them out when they interest you. Ad software has algorithms to detect when you are clicking just to give the site revenue and then none of your revenue will count.

So when they're, like, selling the stuff you need to buy them!? >_<

What kind of world am I in!?

You don't need to buy. Just make sure you are actually interested in what the product is before clicking.

What interests me, I shall choose, Master Yoda. I will. *Trying his best to talk-Yoda*

Basically, Google tries to avoid click fraud by limiting the number of clicks a certain IP can make before the site stops making revenue.

The reason for this is some advertisers pay for every click their ad receives. So people can drain a whole campaign's online budget by just constantly clicking. Google tries to prevent this by making it no one IP can click on ads too much.

Hence, only click if interested.

I tend to click on them by accident xD

I do remember seing a very old thread by Nate however, saying that clicking once per week is a good amount. (A very old thread)

Aye, please only click if you see an ad you're actually interested in. Thanks to Google's algorithms, clicking just once a month is probably more valuable to clicking once every few days.

Just to give an idea of how much revenue is "lost" from alleged click fraud, the difference between the estimated earnings (which take all clicks into account) and the finalized earnings (which subtract for alleged fraud) was 25% in March.

With a sidebar ad now in place, though, I'm going to work on bringing back pro accounts since those who paid for a lifetime pro account shouldn't see such an ad.

Of course the real pros purchase an account and then choose to enable the ads again.