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fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules. fic_in_a_box_mod) wrote in ficinabox2025-09-02 09:10 pmWe've finished request checks and sent a ton of emails!
...yes, that's most of the alphabet. We sent a lot of emails about a lot of problems. Some of these emails concern things that will make us remove things from your requests or even delete your sign up altogether if we don't recieve a reply. We don't want to do this! Please email us back! You all have until 10:00PM EDT on September 4th to reply. We suggest checking your spam folder just in case.
Other notes/reminders:
fic_in_a_box_mod) wrote in ficinabox2025-08-31 11:00 pmSignups have closed! There are two unmatchables! Please check your email if your AO3 name starts with G or M!
There are three people who are not open to extra gifts, if your name starts with E, G, or I please check your email!
We will be checking requests over the next day or two, so please keep an eye on your emails in case we find any issues we need to contact you about.
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dw_maintenance2025-08-31 07:37 pmPer the dw_news post regarding the MS/TN blocks, we are doing a small code push shortly in order to get the code live. As per usual, please let us know if you see anything wonky.
There is some code cleanup we've been doing that is going out with this push but I don't think there is any new/reworked functionality, so it should be pretty invisible if all goes well.
A reminder to everyone that starting tomorrow, we are being forced to block access to any IP address that geolocates to the state of Mississippi for legal reasons while we and Netchoice continue fighting the law in court. People whose IP addresses geolocate to Mississippi will only be able to access a page that explains the issue and lets them know that we'll be back to offer them service as soon as the legal risk to us is less existential.
The block page will include the apology but I'll repeat it here: we don't do geolocation ourselves, so we're limited to the geolocation ability of our network provider. Our anti-spam geolocation blocks have shown us that their geolocation database has a number of mistakes in it. If one of your friends who doesn't live in Mississippi gets the block message, there is nothing we can do on our end to adjust the block, because we don't control it. The only way to fix a mistaken block is to change your IP address to one that doesn't register as being in Mississippi, either by disconnecting your internet connection and reconnecting it (if you don't have a static IP address) or using a VPN.
In related news, the judge in our challenge to Tennessee's social media age verification, parental consent, and parental surveillance law (which we are also part of the fight against!) ruled last month that we had not met the threshold for a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law while the court case proceeds.
The Tennesee law is less onerous than the Mississippi law and the fines for violating it are slightly less ruinous (slightly), but it's still a risk to us. While the fight goes on, we've decided to prevent any new account signups from anyone under 18 in Tennessee to protect ourselves against risk. We do not need to block access from the whole state: this only applies to new account creation.
Because we don't do any geolocation on our users and our network provider's geolocation services only apply to blocking access to the site entirely, the way we're implementing this is a new mandatory question on the account creation form asking if you live in Tennessee. If you do, you'll be unable to register an account if you're under 18, not just the under 13 restriction mandated by COPPA. Like the restrictions on the state of Mississippi, we absolutely hate having to do this, we're sorry, and we hope we'll be able to undo it as soon as possible.
Finally, I'd like to thank every one of you who's commented with a message of support for this fight or who's bought paid time to help keep us running. The fact we're entirely user-supported and you all genuinely understand why this fight is so important for everyone is a huge part of why we can continue to do this work. I've also sent a lot of your comments to the lawyers who are fighting the actual battles in court, and they find your wholehearted support just as encouraging and motivating as I do. Thank you all once again for being the best users any social media site could ever hope for. You make me proud and even more determined to yell at state attorneys general on your behalf.
fic_in_a_box_mod) wrote in ficinabox2025-08-29 09:53 pmTime to get those sign ups in!
Signups will be closing on August 31st at 10PM EDT (Countdown) ! You have until then to finish signing up or any edits to your signup!
If you are someone who would like to create for a non-fanfic medium, check out the instructions on the signup post (link) for how to offer mediums! You have until August 31st at 10PM EDT to send in any of those offers.
After signups close we will be spending several days on matching and on checking the signups to make sure their are no issues. Please check the signups instructions (link) to review some unique to FIAB requirements such as DNW labels or minimum request details, this will help us get through checking requests faster!
Some general reminders:
If something you want to request isn't in the tagset, you can still nominate it over on the late nominations post! Late nominations will close 24 hours before signups close on August 30th at 10pm EDT.
We're very strict with formatting for late nominations, so make sure you check the guidelines on that post and maybe check some of the other nominations that were requested before posting.
Swaps are currently open (check out the swaps post for more information on what they are and how to request them!) and will remain open until September 7th. You will receive your assignment at least 24 hours before swaps close.
