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The Situation

Many of you are concerned about the situation that resulted in THF getting banned from Paypal. We are taking the stance of not giving anymore attention to the people that did this, so this will be the last time we post about the situation and we will not give out names.

A group of fans were upset with THF over our ad policies. They got us banned from Paypal in order to cut off our funding. They thought that if THF was unable to get donations to pay for the webhost fees, that we would then come to them for aid and have to play by their rules for funding.

This plan obviously did not work and we are in the process of finding another way to transfer money for donations.

The website is currently in a very safe place, and we will speak to you again very soon in the future with more information.

Now let's all stop panicking and start ficcing!

- cynical_terror on 03/03/10 10:49 pm
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Deleted Fics

You may have noticed that some rather popular fanfic has been deleted from THF over the past few days. I know a lot of you are upset about this and want to know why the fiction is gone.

THF has not deleted anyone's stories. The authors chose to delete their works when we were banned from Paypal for our explicit content. I know a lot of the authors were worried about having their stories on the site and were afraid of being targeted by the group of fans who attacked THF.

This is a valid concern for the authors and they had to do what felt right for them. We do not blame them for deleting their fics and we encourage them to repost if they feel comfortable in the future.

Please do not contact mod's personal emails about this situation. We've had a bit of an angry backlash over these deletions and we would just ask that you contact the site email at thfiction@gmail.com with your questions and complaints instead of individual staff members. This whole situation is very overwhelming for the staff, and we need support from our members on this. We need you all to have our back during this rough time.

Also, if you want to find out if the authors will be reposting their fic to the site or if you can get copies of their stories, please email them directly. We are not responsible for authors deleting their stories and we can do nothing to get their stories back on the website. It's in the hand of the author.

This situation has spiraled out of control and I would just personally like to apologize to the members for these problems. We will try our best to handle this situation and make sure THF stays afloat without any trouble.

We did not ask to be attacked like this, and we do not want our members to suffer because our website was targeted by a group of bitter fans.

It was THF's third birthday on Monday, and we want to be around for years to come, so we are fighting for this site and we are proud to have you all as members and authors. Please try to be patient and understanding as we attempt to get over this little bump.

Any authors who have deleted, please use this news post to inform readers what your stance is on your stories if you like. We love to host your work and we want you to feel safe using THF and we are doing everything in our power right now to make sure everyone is comfortable with posting on the site.

Thank you!

- cynical_terror on 03/03/10 03:59 am
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Important THF News

We have to make a bit of a sad announcement. Because of some issues within fandom, a group of fans reported THF to paypal for our explicit content. Paypal did an investigation of our site and found that we broke their TOS for the sexual fiction we host.

Because of this, THF is now permanently banned from using Paypal, which is how we collect our donations. We had some valid reasons to believe that this group of fans was attempting to cause some other problems that would result in THF being removed from our webhosts and taken off the net.

We have spoken with the people who had us banned and they have promised to take no further action in harming THF. At this time we are not worried that THF will be removed from our server. So, there is no need for anyone to delete their stories, though backing up your work is always suggested.

The big problem that has resulted from this is that THF is no longer able to use Paypal. Luckily, we have paid our webhosts (thanks to all of your amazing donations!) five months in advance. We also have extra money saved from these donations to keep THF afloat a bit after that as well.

We will attempt to find a new way to collect donations in the near future, so don't worry about the website going down because of payment issues.

We are very upset over what has happened, and that this group chose to take such harsh measures against us. We've already had some authors remove their fan fic from THF because of what has happened and that makes us very sad.

We appreciate all of your support through this, and we want to try and do everything we can to keep THF on the web and our members happy with what we offer.

You are all amazing. :)

- cynical_terror on 03/01/10 09:21 pm
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Schrei Box

Hey guys!

The Schrei Box is now open in the Member's Lounge. If you use the box, please remember to be courteous to other members. If you have an issue with anything happening in the box, please email the admin instead of fighting in the box. The box will be closed again if there are problems.

Thank you!

- cynical_terror on 02/26/10 02:23 am
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Gold Member Forum

For our Gold Members (those who donated to keep THF online) we are offering a new forum. This is for Gold Members only.

The forum can be viewed here: http://www.tokiohotelfiction.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl

We are still setting it up, but we hope it'll be a bustling community in the future and that we will be able to provide even more features for our Gold Members soon!

Please only register if you are a Gold Member. We will be approving all those who register, so please do not register if you haven't donated.

Thank you all for your support!

- cynical_terror on 02/16/10 07:26 pm
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