Hey there fuzzies!

We did it! We made it through without catching fire! (hopefully)

[img]https://d.furaffinity.net/media/jou.....ance.png[/img]
[art by  y2hecate]

This upgrade includes an expansion of our backup storage for user uploads (effectively doubling what we currently have), a new server to increase compute and storage capacity, improved internal infrastructure monitoring, and additional bandwidth to help during peak times of usage.

If you notice any issues please report them to our techs here! Report a problem

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Wall-o-Awesome

We are also excited to announce the launch of our Wall-o-Awesome!

The Wall-o-Awesome shows the list of all of our FA+ subscriptions and donations to the website. Each tier represents what level of support was provided to Fur Affinity (with each $5 donation counting as a month of FA+). These tiers will also result in badges being rewarded to users on the list. Those are still a work in progress but will be released soon.

And we’re getting involved too! You can have your donation go to either myself or Rednef (ya know, that OTHER mascot…), and a winner will be decided every month for who the best mascot is! All donations to the mascots will be used for FA upkeep and preventative maintenance!

[img]https://d.furaffinity.net/media/jou.....scot.png[/img]
[art by  inferndragon]

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Roadmap 2025

We are also happy to share an update to our roadmap!

Main ticket items
⭐ Tag Blocking Part 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (FA+ Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Display Names (Everyone Launch) - Completed ✅
⭐ Technical Debt Fixes - Completed ✅
⭐ Large Bugfixes Round 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ Implementing Cloudflare Turnstile (Tool to verify users and block bots) - Completed ✅
⭐ IPv6 Support - In Code Review ⏳
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 1 - Completed ✅
⭐ 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) - In Development ✏️
⭐ Audio Player Updates - Completed ✅
⭐ Writing Upgrades - Completed ✅
⭐ Fixing Thumbnails - Researching 📖
⭐ Dev Friendly Initiative - In Development ✏️
⭐ User Block Improvements Phase 2 - Researching 📖

Side Quests
✏️ Site page “Banner Museum” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “I Was Here” - Completed ✅
✏️ Site page “Wall of Awesome” - Completed ✅
✏️ Moved ads to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) standard sizes - Completed ✅
✏️ Added a Mature rating to ads - Completed ✅

This update also includes new new features:
⚙️ Wall of Awesome added.
⚙️ Shouts now have pagination.
⚙️ All written works except for ".doc" can now be rendered in the browser.
⚙️ Relocated Dragoneer's famous taco recipe in the code
⚙️ Added the "Click here to close" bar at the bottom of the screen for closing the Image Viewer.
⚙️ Audio submissions now use plyr.js, adding speed controls as well as a more consistent player across platforms.
⚙️ Updated the watch and block buttons to no longer require a complete page load to apply.
- Block and Watch will no longer use the "+" or "-" noise.
⚙️ Blocklist on Profile page is now an import.
- The intended method to block a user is to do it via their userpage. The text box on the profile info is meant to be used for importing large lists.
- FA+ users can import 10k names while non-FA+ can do 5k.
- This has a cooldown of 1 week regardless of FA+ status.

⚙️ Added a "Bad Tags?" button to the submission page that links to a trouble ticket template for easy reporting.
⚙️ Added "Show/Hide Blocked User Content" option to the profile info page.

And some maintenance fixes as well:
⚙️ Fixed CSS for tags on Slate and Retro to make them easier to read.
⚙️ Birthday changes are now limited to 3.
⚙️ Watchlist now sorts by display name.
- The page is also a full page instead of an isolated one, so you're no longer trapped in the "Watch Dimension"
⚙️ Comment icons should now scale properly across devices as well as avoid screen shifting.
⚙️ Added alt and hover text to user symbols so they're more descriptive as to what they mean.
⚙️ Images are no longer censored by default and will be censored as the page loads.
- This benefits users that use noJS or something that prevents Javascript from running.
⚙️ Mini-descriptions now show the reason for blocking content.
⚙️ FA logo now uses webp with a png fallback.
⚙️ Updated "Show/Hide Content" text to specify that its referring content "Without tags", as there was some confusion that led to accidental toggles.
⚙️ There is now a counter of how many tags you've blocked on the profile info page.
⚙️ Attempted to fix a bug on Firefox that renders unicode as emojis. This will likely only fix it on Windows 10+.
⚙️ Image viewer on submissions now uses the device zoom to figure out how big to show.