Site Updates

With the site changing and growing we wanted to have a place to share some of the important ones with you. We'll start with Scoring.

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We have decided to move to a simple like-based approach for stories. Shortly, you will see the following options at the bottom of each story:

❤️ This will give the story a like, equivalent to 1 point

⭐ This will favorite the story, equivalent to 1 point, and also add the story to your favorite list.

So if you like and favorite a story, you will be increasing its score by 2.

If you like it, or favourite it, but not both, you will increase its score by 1.

You will be able to access the list of stories you have read and liked, as well as see which you have favourited, all from your profile menu.

If you dislike the story, you will not be able to negatively affect the score. You can still comment, however, we ask you to be respectful of our authors and keep your comments constructive and civil.

As much as I’m sure all authors appreciate you indicating you like their work, the comments and feedback are really what helps authors know what works, what doesn’t, what has resonated with readers, etc, so we would encourage you to take a moment and comment on something you like.

For all stories posted on site until the change, the current score will be added to the number of times it’s previously been favorited in order to arrive at the new score. This is regardless of what rating the story was given when it was scored.

These changes will hopefully be made live over the next week.

This is how I've thought it should work for a long time now. Glad to see this. I do want to emphasize and second this:

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As much as I’m sure all authors appreciate you indicating you like their work, the comments and feedback are really what helps authors know what works, what doesn’t, what has resonated with readers, etc, so we would encourage you to take a moment and comment on something you like.

I barely notice scores and likes. What drives me and what I want to see are good comments. A simple like or favorite doesn't tell me much about what the person liked or why they made that piece a favorite.

This sounds swell. Thanks for all the hard work in making the site better, Molly and everyone else who helps behind the scenes. Looking forward to seeing how it works!

Wooot! 🎉 :worship::worship::worship::worship:

And the new scoring system is up and running. Just used for the first time on the first comp entry. Something fitting about that. 😊

Profiles - Updates And New Features

The team is continuously working on the site to bring you improvements and is now ready to launch a new look and feel to the profile pages, with a number of updates and features thrown in.

As technology progresses and improves, we have always found it to be our responsibility to ensure that our standards don't fall behind. This is why our development of the site never stops, either on the front-facing appearance of the site or systems that operate behind the scenes.

Our focus with profiles has been to give an up-to-date look and feel, prioritizing improvements for mobile device users, making many of the options easier to use, and giving users more control over what content they would like to show.

Profile updates will start rolling out from the 31st of October!

By now some of you may have noticed a change in the profiles. We ask for your patience as we go through these updates. Comments may be missing from your profile since there are so many they are uploading separately. Also, some of your badges may be a bit screwy but we are working on those as well.

One last thing. At this time we are having a "Time Out" issue. I believe the time is an hour, but if you are writing on the site please be sure to save often so you do not lose your story. If this is not ideal you could always write off the site and then copy/paste your stories here.

I apologize to anyone that may have already lost stories and I thank you all for your patience during these changes.

Looks like mine is converted. Looks nice at first blush. New Year's comp badge is still broken but that's been an issue for a while so isn't related to this. Will take a closer look later.

Okay, so the ability to control which stories show and the order is cool. Just tried it out. Put the Tana Chronicles up in order for now. Once I have some new exciting material, I will probably change it up. Was my About here always that short or did it get truncated? I thought it was longer but maybe I am thinking of my profile on another site I am on.

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New Year's comp badge is still broken

Are there any other comp badges not working?

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Are there any other comp badges not working?

That's the only one that I have that's broken, and it was broken before the upgrade. It has been that way for a long time.

Also, is there an issue with Profile editing? I decided to change my About but Save is unresponsive on the editor for the About section.

Thank you!

Edit to add: Not sure where the rest of that thread went I suppose I deleted it. It was supposed to say,

Thank you! I've let them know. It's not working for me either.

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Also, is there an issue with Profile editing? I decided to change my About but Save is unresponsive on the editor for the About section.

It's good to go now.

Why are some things yellow?

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Why are some things yellow?

We are in the process of updating a few things, once it all goes through I'll have a better response. It's nothing bad though!

Please be advised that there will be scheduled downtime across our network on 30th November from 9:30 AM UTC to 10:30 AM UTC. This is because we are performing work on our core servers for improved performance and future-proofing. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.

I haven't logged on for a long time, and it's a whole new site! I have no idea what's going on, ha ha!

I wanted to be re-order the stories showing on my profile page, but can't seem to find any way to do this (or understand it, at least). Is this still being updated, or is it just my perpetual dimness, please?

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I haven't logged on for a long time, and it's a whole new site! I have no idea what's going on, ha ha!

I wanted to be re-order the stories showing on my profile page, but can't seem to find any way to do this (or understand it, at least). Is this still being updated, or is it just my perpetual dimness, please?

To change the three stories (max) on your profile page:

• Go to your profile

• Click the Edit Profile button

• Find the Featured Stories section

• Click the Edit link at the far right across from "Featured Stories"

• It now shows three story positions, Story 1, Story 2, Story 3

• For each story choose "Specific Story" in the first dropdown, then use the second dropdown to choose the story you want in that position.

• Once you have all three set the way you want, click Save

• Click Back to Profile at the top to return to viewing your profile so you can make sure you got things the way you want

You might notice at the bottom of a story there is a link to a new feature, coming soon. These are story tips.

The development team has been working on this for months now, and it will basically be a way for readers to show their appreciation to authors they enjoy reading.

New members signing up will receive coins as part of their membership fee, and existing users can buy coins to distribute if they want to.

If you don't want to participate in this, that's absolutely fine. There is no requirement to use any of the coins you may be gifted.

We have some fantastic authors here, so this is an excellent way of helping them get a little back for the stories they create and share here on StoriesSpace.

More details here:

https://www.storiesspace.com/coins

Sounds like the coins will be fun ..

But paid membership doesn't work for me....

Great that the coins will help the authors here

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New members signing up will receive coins as part of their membership fee,

So does this mean paid memberships are coming? If not how will this work here? Buying coins seems like a kind of stealth paid upgrade to me.

Given our small numbers, I do not see this being as advantageous here as there but it will be interesting to see how it works out.

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So does this mean paid memberships are coming? If not how will this work here? Buying coins seems like a kind of stealth paid upgrade to me.

Given our small numbers, I do not see this being as advantageous here as there but it will be interesting to see how it works out.

Yes, we now have paid memberships for new members.

I'm not sure how this can be seen as a negative for our writers. We have top-notch writers here, why shouldn't they be rewarded? Everything new takes time.

We also have things in the works for SS, things to help grow the site and they will be laid out here as they become available.

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I'm not sure how this can be seen as a negative for our writers.

Never said it was a negative, just not sure how much it accomplishes in a community this small vs. the very large one across the virtual street.

I would love it to work, but I need to be sold by more than words. Let's see how it goes.

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We also have things in the works for SS, things to help grow the site and they will be laid out here as they become available.

This, on the other hand, is good news. This place sometimes feels neglected next to (redacted).

So.. we buy coins and tip the writers of the stories we like? I guess it sounds good in principle but for paid memberships, are we talking about paying to publish? or paying to read?

I noticed we have all been made platinum members. Looking at the site across the street, does that mean we all have lifetime memberships here already?

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So.. we buy coins and tip the writers of the stories we like? I guess it sounds good in principle but for paid memberships, are we talking about paying to publish? or paying to read?

I noticed we have all been made platinum members. Looking at the site across the street, does that mean we all have lifetime memberships here already?

Once it is put into action, yes, we will be able to buy coins and tip our fellow writers.

A few facts:

Tips can be made anonymously.

Only you will see how much you have. It's essentially a digital wallet.

New members will receive coins as part of their sign-up. If they don't want to spend them, they don't have to, but there will not be a discount for not participating.

I will update you more about this as it becomes available.

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As for the memberships, if you have been a member here since last year you have been given a platinum membership already. This will carry you for a lifetime as long as you have your current profile. New members signing up will need to purchase a membership for certain features.

Just wanted to let you all know that the tipping is now live! The link below can be found at the bottom of the page along with all of the other site information. There is also a link at the bottom of everyone's stories.

https://www.storiesspace.com/coins

Can you flip a virtual coin?

Glad to see this live. Should be interesting to see how it goes.

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Just wanted to let you all know that the tipping is now live! The link below can be found at the bottom of the page along with all of the other site information. There is also a link at the bottom of everyone's stories.

https://www.storiesspace.com/coins

Look like the image at the top of our user menu is broken. I assume it should be an image of a coin or similar?