Comment on January 2025 Newsletter, Volume 196

  1. notquitepunkrock Sat 08 Feb 2025 07:55PM UTC

    cute, stylized drawing of a girl from the hips up. she's got a long neck and pale skin. her hair is light brown and half of it is a bun, though two strands near her ears are red. the watermark reads ummmmandy.tumblr.com

    Genuine question - what site warnings?

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    1. SuperGiantRobot Sat 08 Feb 2025 09:25PM UTC

      Some sort of anti-bot verification. Like I haven't been here for years.

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      1. notquitepunkrock Sat 08 Feb 2025 10:02PM UTC

        cute, stylized drawing of a girl from the hips up. she's got a long neck and pale skin. her hair is light brown and half of it is a bun, though two strands near her ears are red. the watermark reads ummmmandy.tumblr.com

        Oh! That thing! I also got that a bunch the other day, but i haven't seen it since the site was down for maintenance a day or so ago. I assume it was due to the influx of bot comments in the last few months. I've also been on here for like a decade, and I've only ever seen anything similar when there was an ongoing issue. Weird that it didn't go away for you, it was definitely pretty annoying.

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        1. OTW_News_Post_Moderation (Official) Tue 11 Feb 2025 05:54PM UTC

          NPM icon - stylized newspaper page

          Hello,

          We're sorry for the inconvenience. Due to a database issue, stricter security checks were enabled in order to minimise the load on our servers. AO3 was then taken into maintenance to address this issue, which should now be resolved.

          If you've got further questions, we recommend reaching out to Support. They have a contact form on AO3 as well as on the OTW website.

          Best,
          Aria
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