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.