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  • 25 weeks
    The Day of the Dead Anthology

    The Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is a now-famous tradition from ancient times that has been a huge part of Mexican Culture through the centuries. Like so many things in Mexico, it's influenced strongly by certain aspects of the Aztec people.

    It has shaped the way those of us with that heritage look at life and death in many ways, and most importantly on the remembrance of, and honoring the deceased. We traditionally decorate little altars dedicated to the memories of those that passed away… but it's not a somber occasion.

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  • 25 weeks
    Jinglemas 2023!

    Jinglemas is the annual tradition on Fimfiction to exchange stories around the holidays with users on the site. This single event allows all Fimfiction users to come together and celebrate the reason for the season. Ponies!

    Enroll in this Secret-Santa-style gift exchange to request a holiday themed story, to be written secretly by another participant during the month of December. And in turn, you will be tasked with writing someone else's request. Then all the stories will be exchanged at Christmas! Simplicity itself! Thanks to the hard work of the Breezies, everyone will be ensured to get their gift!

    You only have until November 24th to Sign up!

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  • 49 weeks
    PSA: Using AIs to Write and Publish Stories in Fimfiction

    Hello everyone, this is a PSA (Public Service Announcement, for those of ESL) to put to rest consistent questions about using AI to 'write' stories and publish them here. This is not intended as a poll or a request for feedback. It is exclusively a clarification on an already-existing rule.

    People ask: "Can I, oh great and powerful D, post a story or chapter that I got ChatGPT to write for me?!"

    And the answer, my friend, is... No.

    Absolutely not. Not in a thousand years!

    Because you didn't write it.

    It is not your creation. You are NOT the author. In fact, you are the opposite.

    There seems to be some confusion when interpreting the following rule:

    Don’t Post (Content)

    [...]

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  • 77 weeks
    Jinglemas 2022!

    Jinglemas is the annual tradition on Fimfiction to exchange stories around the holidays with users on the site. This single event allows all Fimfiction users to come together and celebrate the reason for the season. Ponies!

    Enroll in this Secret-Santa-style gift exchange to request a holiday themed story, to be written secretly by another participant during the month of December. And in turn, you will be tasked with writing someone else's request. Then all the stories will be exchanged at Christmas! Simplicity itself! Thanks to the hard work of the Breezies, everyone will be ensured to get their gift!

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    62 comments · 12,445 views
  • 104 weeks
    Phishing Awareness

    Have you ever found yourself in a situation like this?



    And then you magically find yourself in a suspiciously familiar site, except that you're not logged in, and it requires you to do so?

    Well. Don't log in. This is a scam, and a cheap one at that. 

    There've been recent attempts to obtain Fimfiction users’ personal data, like passwords and/or emails through links like the one I'm making fun of above. And a distressing amount of people don't seem to know what phishing attempts are.

    If you HAVE entered a site like this and put in your data, make sure to follow these basic steps at least.

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    167 comments · 15,419 views
  • 116 weeks
    All Our Best [Royal Canterlot Library]

    As should be obvious from 15 months without a feature, life has taken the Royal Canterlot Library curators in different directions. While there’s still plenty of awesome stories being written in the My Little Pony fandom, we’re no longer actively working to spotlight them, and it’s time to officially draw the project to a close.

    Thank you for all of your support, suggestions, and comments over the years. We’re grateful to have been able to share seven years of exemplary stories with you, and give more insight into the minds behind them. In the spirit of the project, please keep reading and recommending fantastic fics to friends—the community is enriched when we all share what we love.

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  • 120 weeks
    Jinglemas 2021 has come to a close!

    Jinglemas had 114 stories written and exchanged this year!
    You can read them all here, in the Jinglemas 2021 folder!

    Jhoira wrote The Hearths Warming Eve Guest for EngageBook
    GaPJaxie wrote Twilight and Spike Hide a Body for Telly Vision
    SnowOriole wrote The Armor Hypothesis for BaeroRemedy
    snappleu wrote Words Said So Often That They Lack Any Meaning for Trick Question
    NeirdaE wrote Starlight and Trixie Direct a Play for Moosetasm
    Ninjadeadbeard wrote Garland Graveyard Shift for NeirdaE
    Roundabout Recluse wrote Apples to Apples for Ninjadeadbeard
    MistyShadowz wrote The Times We Shared for NaiadSagaIotaOar
    Petrichord wrote A Gentle Nudge for Angel Midnight
    Jade Ring wrote Past, Future, and Present for Frazzle2Dazzle
    Jake The Army Guy wrote The Big Talk for Dreadnought
    The Red Parade wrote Heart Strings for Franso
    Greatazuredragon wrote A Hearth’s Warming Question for GaPJaxie

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  • 151 weeks
    Reunions: A Swapped Roles Contest!

    Okay guys here's something fun presented by Nitro Indigo.

    Presented by me, I guess, but I digress.

    Last year, I (Nitro Indigo) noticed that there was a surprising lack of roleswap fanfics on this site. To fix that, I decided to run a roleswap contest over the summer themed around secrets. While it didn’t get many entries, it nevertheless attracted the attention of some big authors and was the origin of two of my favourite fics. Overall, I think it was a success, so I’ve decided to run another one!

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  • 224 weeks
    Minor Rules and Reporting Update

    Hope everyone is enjoying the new year.

    Some small changes have been made to our rules as well as to the reporting process.

    Rules

    "No attacks directed at individuals or groups due to race, gender, gender identity, religion or sexual identity."

    This better clarifies our previously ill-defined hate speech rule and includes groups as well as individual attacks.

    "No celebration, glorification or encouragement of real life criminal activity."

    This includes past, present and potential future crimes.

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    747 comments · 15,912 views
  • 226 weeks
    Jinglemas 2019

    There's truly no time like the holidays. What's better than copious amounts of food, quality time with family and friends, hearing the sweet sound of Trans-Siberian Orchestra on repeat, and unmanagble financial stress from our capitalist overlords?

    Gift exchanges of course!


    Our Own Little Way of bringing Hearth's Warming to Fimfiction

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Feb
8th
2014

Site Post » Charity Drive Donation Page · 4:15am Feb 8th, 2014

It's less than 24 hours now until our stream and I've put the donation page up now so that those of you who cannot attend can donate from now onwards.

Mewball (http://mewball.tumblr.com) has kindly offered a free commission which you can win if you donate at least $10. Everyone who does will be entered into a random draw to win. You must donate by the end of the stream to be sure of entry (4am GMT, Sunday). You MUST leave your fimfiction username with your donation if you want to be entered! Mewball does fantastic art like the image at the top of this post, so it's well worth donating for!

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow, the 8th of February, at 8pm GMT, 3pm EST, 12pm PST for our stream!

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Comments ( 99 )

I'll probs be there. I expect it to be horrible. :trollestia: Don't let me down, knighty.

the stream will probably be really boring
as usual
but i might watch it anyway.
win me over, knighty.

I wish I had money to donate. :fluttercry:

I'll probably pop in when I get a chance to after work. :moustache:

Best of luck!

I hate to say it but I have no money to spear.:fluttershysad: After reading who they're do this why would people bully kids that bad?

For a second I thought this would be directed towards a specific person. Glad to see it's for a charity organization and not specific people.

I dot have any money:twilightblush:

but ill come :pinkiehappy:

A shame the yearly Vinesauce Japonies stream will be happening on the same date.
Oh well, I might try to donate and check out the stream during a break if there's any.

dw

man i wish i had some money to donate but im only 17 and i don't have a job yet :fluttercry:

One of the first things I am doing tomorrow is making certain that I have the donation pre-authorized through my bank. Where as the charge is going to an overseas location, I need to pre-approve this.

knighty
Site Owner

1809079 You shouldn't need to worry because justgiving should handle it

90% for charity
10% for the site

1809086 It is a thing within my own bank. I cannot even get Skype Premium for a month without pre-authorizing it through them. Once I let them know, they will know that they can OK the payment.

Is this something that will be done every year? I'm hoping so, because I do like this.

1809072 I've known people younger with jobs...

Ill be donating Money all The way from norway

I'd like to donate, but I'm barely staying afloat as is. Sorry. :pinkiesad2:

Want to donate but I'm basically broke! Any other way I can help?

It wasn't much, but I donated, and it feels good :pinkiesmile:

knighty
Site Owner

1809147 Share the stream with everyone you know!
1809148 Thanks so much!

1809183
What is this stream about?

knighty
Site Owner

1809190 Check the link for the stream info and scroll down

1809192 donating 50 on payday..... Too bad i cant make it tomorrow

1809183
Read it :pinkiehappy: I should of done that first :rainbowlaugh: Thank you!

I heard the voice actors from mlp fim sent him personal messages in the characters voices.

If only they took dogecoins.

1809258
If only you took a shower.

EDIT: Just kidding! Basically nowhere takes Dogecoins at the moment, though.

1809269 [youtube=youtube.com/watch?v=PSRildGCw64]

what currency?

1809284
The website supports a lot of currencies. You can donate in whatever your native currency is!

1809360 I use the Pokemon bank, can I make an exchange?

Just donated. See, I can be a good person too!

Miller Time or healthy conscience?Mill-:fluttershysad: ok $20 i guess come tommorrow. :scootangel:

Just sent in my donation. I'll try to be present for the stream for as long as I can.

What are the donations for?

This is a really good thing you're doing. Mom says I can't donate, however, because I already did the st. Judes math-a-thon donating. I'd be lucky if she changed her mind in the next 5 hours.

Sorry, but my mom banned me from donating to anyone. I'm not trusted with money, in the form of cash or a gift card. I would donate if I could, though!

I'm running a bit low on the funds but I'll donate anyway. Any honest cause deserves some help.

>free commission
>donate at least $10
That's like saying that the shitty Gameloft pony game is free :rainbowwild:

I'm so sorry, but I don't have any money to donate, but this is an amazing thing you are doing! It makes me happy to see people doing such kindnesses because they want to

Just donated what I could. Hope it helps.

~Hearn

The X in front of the announcement doesn't work. I have no way of donating anything besides maybe offering a commission story chapter (+/- 15,000~20,000 words depending on the idea).
Make the X work. Announcement is in the way.

1809463
It's secretly a drive to fill Knighty's wallet. But he won't tell you that.

And you didn't hear it from me.

Donation: Made!:scootangel:
Happy to help!:pinkiehappy:

Sadly I don't have any money to spare. It's tight as it is for me, but I will make a shout out for this on my Youtube channel. Hope that helps.

What is this!? :trixieshiftright:

where do the donations go

For what this site has done for me, I'll gladly donate.

Tulip #49 · Feb 8th, 2014 · · 11 ·

Mewball (http://mewball.tumblr.com) has kindly offered a free commission which you can win if you donate at least $10.

What "free" in that if you already spent money on it? Your declaration - deception.

1809621

It's an extra bonus prize draw for donating to a children's charity. Not sure that is comparable :twilightoops:

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