My fanfic got error 404

[AGuyXD]

My fanfic, not a translation, got removed. It's my work and not copied from anywhere else.

 

[Arkus86]

Did you put patreon links into the description or chapters? If so, that would probably be why.

 

[AGuyXD]

Yes I think that's why. I didn't put it in my chapters but my description. I have deleted it already. I've seen some fanfics also insert their patreon in their description so I emulated them.

 

[Arkus86]

Yes I think that's why. I didn't put it in my chapters but my description. I have deleted it already. I've seen some fanfics also insert their patreon in their description so I emulated them.

Yeah, monetizing fanfictions is illegal and is specifically forbidden in the site ToS and content guidelines. Writing fanfictions for free is a grey area, but once you take money for it, you break copyright laws. Recently the site started to take more hardline approach in enforcing the rules, to protect itself from legal action, as you found out.

If you already fixed that, you can contact the admin through the email/"contact us" form and wait.

 

[FRWriter]

Seriously as a FF author myself I am pissed. Stop it with the fucking Patreon links in the description. There are guys who have nothing better to do than report you, but on this issue they are correct. Just abide by the fucking rules.
You can simply write: "Open my profile if you want to support my story," where your Patreon link is still fully displayed. Seriously stop fucking cheating the system. Anyone who wants to support your story can easily find it on their own or simply visit your profile and click on the link. If you keep this up things will only get worse for everyone.

 

[AYM]

See this thread for more details.

Fanfics and Monetization

Sorry but for legal reasons, paypal/patreon/etc is banned in fanfics. Fanfictions are a legal gray zone and if we allowed financial gain of any kind, we would be legally compliant with copyright infringement. There are detection in place to remove any paypal, patreon, etc... links if your story...

www.scribblehubforum.com

 

[Xcalibur_Xc]

Same, mine got blocked too once again. This botched AI is messing things up. And no there wasn't any patreon link in the description.

 

[tiaf]

Same, mine got blocked too once again. This botched AI is messing things up. And no there wasn't any patreon link in the description.

You missed that OP did break the rules. I seem to remember that Tony is manually deleting now though?

 

[Dec]

Tony is manually deleting now though

That he does, or at least he said so.
However, nothing is being deleted. It's just delisted. Authors still have access to their stuff.

 

[tiaf]

That he does, or at least he said so.
However, nothing is being deleted. It's just delisted. Authors still have access to their stuff.

true, at least he is benevolent enough to let authors access it

 

[FRWriter]

Seriously, I was trying to warn Xcalibur when I was surfing on my phone, but I took a nap and forgot.
Then, later on my PC, I see his story delisted. Literally got banned in the last five hours. There are people mass reporting stories left & right, but it only affects people who break the rules, and you can trust me. All those people have butchered links in their story summaries.

 

[N0xiety]

Seriously, I was trying to warn Xcalibur when I was surfing on my phone, but I took a nap and forgot.
Then, later on my PC, I see his story delisted. Literally got banned in the last five hours. There are people mass reporting stories left & right, but it only affects people who break the rules, and you can trust me. All those people have butchered links in their story summaries.

Hopefully this is only done for adding the link to synopsis or something later on deliberately circumventing the ban. Many fanfics with hundreds of chapters still have butchered patreon links in every chapter after all, simply because the automated system butchered them. I can still click the link, and if i just add the 'patreon' in front it works. And with hundreds of chapters, good luck to the authors who would need to go through editing their author notes out of every single chapter. Some are slowly doing it, but yea it ain't exactly a fun or desired task as you can imagine, and there are many who don't bother with older chapters.

Automated system should have done a better job, erasing the whole link instead of just the 'patreon' part of it. Hopefully older completed fanfics don't get banned for something stupid like this, since let's be real no one is gonna edit hundreds of broken links out of a completed story. It's hard enough to do for ongoing stories...

 

[NapLovingImmortal]

Same, mine got blocked too once again. This botched AI is messing things up. And no there wasn't any patreon link in the description.

You have a patreon link in "Quirks in Multiverse" which is a fanfiction. I wouldnt wonder if your banned works were the same.

 

[Arkus86]

Many fanfics with hundreds of chapters still have butchered patreon links in every chapter after all, simply because the automated system butchered them. I can still click the link, and if i just add the 'patreon' in front it works. And with hundreds of chapters, good luck to the authors who would need to go through editing their author notes out of every single chapter. Some are slowly doing it, but yea it ain't exactly a fun or desired task as you can imagine, and there are many who don't bother with older chapters.

Eh, their own fault, really. They break the rules of the site, they break the law, they have to deal with the consequences. Shame for you if you are reading one of them, but can't really blame the site for it.

 

[FRWriter]

Eh, their own fault, really. They break the site's rules, they break the law, and they have to deal with the consequences. Shame for you if you are reading one of them, but you can't really blame the site for it.

Dude please it's hilarious.
It was permissible for people to link to Patreon from the very start. That has now changed but people won't get banned for their earlier allowed actions. As for "the law"....
Are you a defender of "the law?"
Which law? US law? Fighting civilly for giant corporations?
Nobody got banned for these butchered links and if they had, it would not be their fault because it wasn't against this site's rules at the time. The only thing people should care about is this site's rules and if they are being followed. Working on behalf of giant corporations earning billions is ridiculous. Really the definition of slavery. Even that is a manner of Definition. Good luck banning thousands of YouTubers making what-if videos about Anime. This is a legal Gray zone and nothing has and will happen. Don't act like you are on a holy crusade. The only thing people need to care about and discuss are these site's rules and if they are being followed. If they aren't, I agree. Ban the stories. For everything else... it doesn't matter.

 

[Arkus86]

Dude please it's hilarious.
It was permissible for people to link to Patreon from the very start. That has now changed but people won't get banned for their earlier allowed actions. As for "the law"....
Are you a defender of "the law?"
Which law? US law? Fighting civilly for giant corporations?
Nobody got banned for these butchered links and if they had, it would not be their fault because it wasn't against this site's rules at the time. The only thing people should care about is this site's rules and if they are being followed. Working on behalf of giant corporations earning billions is ridiculous. Really the definition of slavery. Even that is a manner of Definition. Good luck banning thousands of YouTubers making what-if videos about Anime. This is a legal Gray zone and nothing has and will happen. Don't act like you are on a holy crusade. The only thing people need to care about and discuss are these site's rules and if they are being followed. If they aren't, I agree. Ban the stories. For everything else... it doesn't matter.

Copyright laws are some of the more universal ones. Fanfictions are only a grey zone if you are not making money out of them as then, and only then, can they fall under fair use.
You are completely wrong that nothing has or will happen. There has been enough precedent to show some companies are more than willing to go on a crusade against small content creators, if they touch their IP without express permission. There is also the question of why Tony now started enforcing the rules more strictly, whether he just changed his mind, or because lawyers were breathing down his neck.

As for rules of this site...

This is from Content Guidelines

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The content submitted must be owned by the author or has permission from the original author.


If your story is a fanfiction, you cannot add any type of donation links.

...

Revised 02/15/23

And even if the last modified date was wrong, this is from Terms of Service, and I can assure you those clauses have been there for years.

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So yes, they are breaking the site's rules.

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

We live in interesting times these days. In terms of SH and SHF.

 

[Xcalibur_Xc]

Seriously, I was trying to warn Xcalibur when I was surfing on my phone, but I took a nap and forgot.
Then, later on my PC, I see his story delisted. Literally got banned in the last five hours. There are people mass reporting stories left & right, but it only affects people who break the rules, and you can trust me. All those people have butchered links in their story summaries.

I know the rules are in place but its impossible to edit over a thousand chapters. I contacted the support and they can't do anything. They want me to remove the old links too. They even removed the completed books. So, I left this site last night.

You have a patreon link in "Quirks in Multiverse" which is a fanfiction. I wouldnt wonder if your banned works were the same.

That book is already completed lol. The admin is removing completed stories too. After the new rules were in place, I haven't posted anything to break the rules. But they can't expect us to go through thousands of chapters and edit every single one of them. Back then, they were allowing patreon links and now they are like no we won't allow that. You have to remove all the links. LOL. It took years to build up a reader base on this site and it's all gone now.

 

[Alski]

Back then, they were allowing patreon links and now they are like no we won't allow that. You have to remove all the links. LOL. It took years to build up a reader base on this site and it's all gone now.

The ToS was clear, they just chose to not enforce it until it was pushed to far.

 

[Xcalibur_Xc]

The ToS was clear, they just chose to not enforce it until it was pushed to far.

They could have enforced the rules for those who are breaking them after the announcement instead of taking down old books with thousands of readers. Well, it doesn't matter to me since I have a much bigger fanbase on Webnovel. And it makes no sense to remove the completed books. By the way, now the Original authors are jumping in joy on this site. For years, they couldn't even produce good books and were creating with AI slops and always crying under the shadows of fanfics, now they are commenting on the fanfics takedowns very much in support of the takedowns like they are some pro.