#scarves log

[ritco]

Imgur is cleaning out their database

I know this is a long shot and it's mostly a reddit thing, but if anyone has at any point hosted any remotely NSFW fan content on Imgur, they will soon be removing it. They are also removing all images uploaded by people without accounts they call "old, unused, and inactive content", which will be years worth of things just gone.

They'll be using automatic detection software to help delete things, so I'd recommend you back up anything you have hosted there in general just in case. I'd hate to lose more fandom content and art than we already have in the Tumblr purge.

I used to recommend using Imgur (among other sites) to host images used in stories on S&C, so please be aware of this and preferably use a different site going forward. If you did use Imgur for this, or for any other reason across the internet, please make sure you update this content and/or host it elsewhere to minimize the loss. This will go into effect on May 15, 2023.

[ritco]

hello! just wanted to drop a random message to say how lovely it is that S&C is still online and available. thank you!

thank you for taking the time to send this, I really appreciate it!

[ritco]

woah, I see AO3 is down today! normal total users is like 120-160 a day for S&C.

[ritco]

Are you reviving the s&c website or starting another website with the same name??

And if this is a revival then does that mean that the fics that were available on s&c before will be on the current site??

Revival. I got with OzBrat, the original owner of the site, to get the database with the accounts/fics and re-wrote the code that runs the site. So it's all the same accounts and fics that were there before the site went down. (The site is live at scarvesandcoffee.net)

You can find out more information in this announcement post about it if you missed it. There's also an update blog here on tumblr, @scarves-and-coffee .