Jun
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Site Post » Fimfiction Patreon · 9:18am Jun 23rd, 2017
Hey guys,
You may have already noticed with "patreon sponsor" badges in the last half day or so. I've been slowly rolling this out to make sure there isn't any breakage hopefully, but since it all seems to have worked so far I'm officially announcing it.
Fimfiction now has a patreon! The main reward you can get from supporting to the site is an ad-free experience.
You can find out more on our Patreon page on the site: https://www.fimfiction.net/patreon or by going directly to our Patreon Page
Fimfiction gold is real. I never thought I'd actually see the day.
edit: Has it really been 4 years since Fimfiction gold? Time sure flies.
#FimfictionGoldBois
ad free you say *Cough cough*
See, it's at times like this that I wish I had money.
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Looks pretty ad free to me!
--Sweetie Belle
Will girls like me now?
Testing mah new badge!
Edit: It works.
Boom.
I'm gold, baby.
~Skeeter The Lurker
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I know right!!!!
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no but they will probably think your an idiot
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As long as they are thinking about me then I'm happy.
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ayyy theres the spirit any attention is the right attention
So much bling
Very much not a fan of having them out like this... That being said, I'm going to have to buy in once I have money, just so I can justify adblock.
Is there a way to hide your patreon status?
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The whole reason for joining fimfic was to pick up girls.
Become a Fimfiction Patron today, pledge the low amount of $1 for every new story or chapter Fimfiction posts.
4580815 YEAH AD BLOCK
I personally don't mind the ads on this site. They're generally unobtrusive, and some are clickworthy for me.
I have to admit that changing the comment color makes it stand out a bit too much. I would be happy if it was simply displayed as a badge in your profile. That's much less obtrusive.
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I do kinda wish that the top bar stayed the normal color, and that it was just the sponsor bar that had the color on it. And the top bar color does still change if you are the top poster, so it's a little inconsistent. (In fact, I was just looking at a comment of mine where my username bar was purple, the sponsor bar was brown, and then there was a black admin bar below that...)
--Sweetie Belle
Hmm, not a fan of the very blatant color-coding of usernames in random comment threads.
I don't think either those who pay or those who don't are really interested in that sort of super-conspicuous rank distinctions.
Showing on people's user pages that they're contributing, that's fine. Having (figuratively) big floating arrows following them around wherever they go ... nah, don't really like that.
(Edit: At the time of this comment, the color coding was quite a bit more blatant than it is now, 9 hours later)
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I'd be more interested if I could pick the color and customize what it said. That would be fun to play with.
--Sweetie Belle
I don't even notice the ads most of the time, and if I did I would sure as hell not pay for it to be removed. Because that is a complete waste of money.
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The old site was half whitelisted for me. This version doesn't like to co-operate with that, so instead of mostly just chapters being ad blocked the whole site is. I honestly don't like that... Probably as much as Knighty dislikes me ad blocking the site in general.
well... love fimfic, use patreon a lot... need to check options, right now my patreon support runs above 10% from my monthly income (so many good creators...)
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Then think of the contribution as going towards buying bandwidth and web hosting for the site. I enjoy FimFiction and know There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
I would like one Patreon reward to be to place an ad on fimfiction. There's still no way to do that.
I'm willing to give it a go.
But will there be a way to get the ads back? Just in case I miss the experience of accidentally clucking on the Riptiders ad...
Will the badges be added in some style appropriate way to the mobile layout?
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Yeah. Fimfic is one of the few websites that don't annoy you with ads.
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while I do understand what you mean I don't like the idea of giving money on the internet, I have never paid for something online and I will never do it either.
Oh, so that's why my own Patreon account just dropped to $0.00...
How much to get rid of all Flash banners and mini-windows forever? I can start a tontine. As soon as everyone in it dies from the stress of having their system freeze up five times a day, Knighty collects.
So six days, tops.
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha sure you won't.
Let us know when your landlord or one of your bill collectors won't take any bills except over the internet, k?
Cuz that's gonna happen.
Sweet, I was hoping for an excuse to tell people who don't like Patreon to get fucked when I started my own. Cheers, Kniggles.
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I was mostly talking about things besides taxes but yeah some things are impossible to do without the internet nowadays.
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On a sort-of related note, it would also be kinda nice if group admin nametags could appear on the mobile site again...
hm. i may throw a few dollars your way. fimfiction is a great website
Honestly, I've always appreciated how unobtrusive the ads on this site are. Sure, some are a bit weird, but I've never seen one that pops op on my screen, scrolls down with me, or plays random music out of nowhere. It's one of the few sites I've intentionally whitelisted on AdBlocker.
Wish I had more moola to toss at you, but the site is definitely worth supporting in a tangible way!
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This. I'm not a huge fan of Patreon, or indeed of auto-recurring payments in general, and I tend to avoid them except when there's no alternative, as total costs can easily mount up once you support a few things.
Now, when I have a little more cash to spare than I do now (ie any at all) I could maybe be persuaded to make a small exception for a site I use and like as much as Fimfiction, but the "HEY LOOK HOW AWESOME THIS GUY IS!!" coloured name bars are really putting me off -- to the extent that I probably wouldn't spring for one of those even if I were wildly rich. Apart from anything else, it makes the comments section look a mess. Maybe the actual name bars should stay standardised, with any customisation just on the sponsor bar beneath?
Edit: Ah, the little change that's been done is just what I was hoping for. It looks much better now. Thanks! Will definitely give this some thought when the money's there.
Well since I can spare the money why not yknow?
Once I get Splatoon 2 I'll get you guys that Gold money.
Thank you! Pledge made!
Fimfiction 3,0 and now patreon? What's next, turning it into deviantart?
You'll get my money eventually, knighty. Just give me a month or two.
But what if we like the ads?
4581058 Is that a... trick question?
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Wasn't that an April's Fool at some point? Where it showed random people as being "Gold Members" for you?
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NNNNOOOOOO! NOT THE HORSE DILDOS!