The dictaphone (BE/GTS/...)

[Kabutee]

Great job : it works \o/

[Alisonprime]

It worked for awhile for me, now its back to its old crap.

More detail : I was surfing for an hour today on there happy with this new script thing that allowed me to protest this asshat's (im done being civil towards him) crusade. When I got to a story I haven't read before and started really getting into it, it started to tell me turn off my adblock.

Either my stuff stopped working, or he found a way around it.

::Paranoia:: Maybe he's a member of these forums and is reading up how people are getting around his anti adblock stuff and is getting ways to countermeasure it.

[Alisonprime]

You see, i wouldn't have a problem with the ads, or the content of the ads if they were alot less intrusive. For example he could keep his man in the speedo ad he keeps wanting to shove in my face on the above section of the page where i can scroll past it. not have it follow me as i scroll and try to read the chapter. That shit is just.....ugh.....

[Kabutee]

Well, I have the problem but closing the window and launching it again allows the "shotgun script "to work back its magic.

So... it still works !

[Phoenix the II]

You guys for where the script isn't working, are you using firefox? :S

[Phoenix the II]

Ok, upgraded the script to instead of using a shotgun, it now uses RPG launchers.

check if you guys run version 0.5 of the script!

Otherwise reinstall it from here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...463585.user.js

In firefox, it will prevent the dataStore.js (the file you would filter trough adblock) from downloading. And also prevent any javascript on the page that checks anti-adblock stuff.

In chrome, it will try to do the same, using different methods because firefox is better at this stuff.. >_<. Incase it fails it will skip the countdown for you at least...

[Alisonprime]

The whole writing.com issue is getting pretty heated. Like I said in an earlier post, until they got super aggressive i was 100% ready to throw down money for a basic membership. I wanted to support such a wonderful community of people coming together to write good fanfictions and great stories like this one.

Then the dark times came upon us.

One hand - I agree, sites and forums need to make money and sadly the best revenue for any website is to lend out their space for advertisements and the such. This is a sad truth we have to face in our consumerist society. I'm sure if there were other ways to generate a steady flow of income doing what you love on the internet things would change but as it stands this is sadly the best way to go about it.

The other hand - Placement, content, and how intrusive your ads are lead to programs being implemented like Adblock and special scripts being written to block the worst of them. Had the advertisements been less raunchy and less intrusive on the experience (I even sent the moderator pictures of the speedo ad scrolling WITH my story) im 100% certain there would be alot less blocking and more support. However you can still get support for your site and not advertise the worst of humanity. I dont mind the airline ads. I dont mind the college ads. I do hate the freaking ads that "Juicyads" put up and they make me sick to my stomach.

Right now the moderator of the forums and the site is banking on "hey, i was here 1st. I got the website address. I own this site. Don't like it, go somewhere else...oh wait there IS nowhere else. Ha ha ha."

He's right at this point in time there IS nowhere else to go. However that wont remain a fact forever. Soon new sites will pop up, and hopefully more community friendly like how Writing.com was in the beginning. Hopefully we'll see our favorite stories migrate and continue over there. If there are ads maybe they will be less raunchy and intrusive. We can only hope that the writers version of Dailymotion pops up to challenge this youtube.

[vincent_richter]

That whole site is remarkably obnoxious.
Not enough ads? Here, have some keyword spam!
(Which, incidentally, is - or, at least, was - a clear-cut violation of AdChoices ToS...)

Had content deleted by an errant mod?
Nope, either your account was inactive, or YOU deleted it!
We haven't the stones to admit such happenings when - not if - they occur!

People, take note: this is precisely the reason why I jeopardize my own status here - for the sake of transparency, because moderators that pull this shit can and should be belittled at every available opportunity. Thoughtcrime is bullshit.

[JBird]

Like I mentioned before, the BE Addventure can make for a good enough alternative. Sucks to keep track of new entries, but at least there are zero ads. If it does come to that, this thread can be the place where we can put links for new chapters.

Just a suggestion.

[vincent_richter]

Or, ya know, we could permalink post numbers and do it ourselves.

Also, just a suggestion.

[Phoenix the II]

The BE Addventure really sucks for tracking new stuff. Unless you'd like to take hours to go trough the "latest in X days".

And then still on would have to prefix their stories perfectly... no thanks.

I'd rather make a simple site myself that allowed interactive stories. With a simple account system.

[Kabutee]

Originally Posted by Phoenix the II

I'd rather make a simple site myself that allowed interactive stories. With a simple account system.

Do it, use the idea above of "Youtube for writers" and you'll be the next Zuckerberg. Maybe.

"Maybe", because I'm not sure the world is ready for a biopic with BE. Dammit !