* We are working to fix an issue with some users not showing proper story stats.
* Translation feature, currently app only, will be introduced to the web interface in a later update.
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* Natural speech TTS (text to speech) for English over network will be added in v58 and currently undergoing testing. This is primary for devices that doesn't support high quality voices from Google, Apple, or Samsung.
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2023 March Update:
* v57 app will be released in the next few days with many bug fixes and improvements.
* Translation in app has been upgraded to provide more accurate machine translation in all supported languages (require v57 upgrade for full support)
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Web stats: Jan 1-4 2023 stats are currently being processed with a slight delay. We expect the stats to be completed within the next few hours.
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App status: We have revamped our core network to auto heal based on performance metrics. In addition, we will introduce a backup network to alleviate issues users experienced yesterday.
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App status: Network dropped packet issues affecting users in US east and some UK/EU regions have been resolved. We are currently installing monitors to auto correct this in the future. twitter.com/FictionPress/s…
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App status: Network dropped packet issues affecting users in US east and some UK/EU regions have been resolved. We are currently installing monitors to auto correct this in the future.
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App status: We are resolving lingering network issues with users on the US east coast. twitter.com/FictionPress/s…
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App status: We are resolving lingering network issues with users on the US east coast.
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App status: We have resolved an network issue causing some users around the state of Georgia/USA to lose connectivity.
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App status: We have resolved an network issue causing some users around the state of Georgia/USA to lose connectivity.
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Notifications timeline🔔 data history officially starts today but our internal beta testing started a week ago so you may see some older events. As this is a brand new feature, we will gather feedback and round-out the rough edges in the coming days. 4/n
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Notifications timeline🔔 is designed to replace flaky email and allows us to guarantee event delivery to all our users. Exclusive to notification timeline are login and profile updates events. We expect to add even more events in the coming weeks. 3/n
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With Notifications timeline🔔, users are no longer dependent on unreliable email for alerts. Just download the app and you will never miss an update on your followed targets. Android, iOS/MacOS v53.0 app will be released within the next 8-48 hours pending app store review. 2/n
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Notifications timeline🔔, a new app-only feature, allows easy access via a single UI of all followed events: authors (new story, new chapter, profile updated), stories (new chapter), communities (added stories), forums (new topics), forum topics (new threads), and logins. 1/n
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Android dev update: upcoming v53.0 will also fix a bug causing TTS to not start in airplane mode for downloaded/offline stories.
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Android dev update: Squashed a bug causing "unlimited" download limit setting to be incorrectly applied. Fix will be part of a large v53.0 update in the next 48-72 hours.
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Android dev update: Squashed a bug causing "unlimited" download limit setting to be incorrectly applied. Fix will be part of a large v53.0 update in the next 48-72 hours.
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We have resolved a lingering email delivery issue to Microsoft (hotmail/outlook) and iCloud email accounts. We expect normal email delivery to the above destinations to resume in the next 4-12 hours.
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We now have confirmation email delivery to most email providers have returned to normal.
Reminder to all: login and enable 'email optin' to receive email alerts.
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Status update: email alerts over the past 8-12 hours had a temporary delay which has been resolved. We expect backlogged email alerts to be flushed out within the hour.
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If you have a legitimate reason of using a forwarding-only email provider, please reply to this tweet or email dev@fictionpress.com and tell us 1) the name of provider 2) reason for using service. We will whitelist all legitimate email forwarding providers that cater to humans.
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We are proactively limiting bot and abusive accounts often linked to disposable emails. Note that disposable emails are defined as temporary emails that only last a few minutes or days.
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We now have confirmation email delivery to most email providers have returned to normal. 👏
Reminder to all: login and enable 'email optin' to receive email alerts. 👌
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Email Opt-in setting is now fully active and we will respect this setting when sending email alerts. Please login to site/app to enable the option to receive email alerts. twitter.com/FictionPress/s…
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With the new opt-in option active, we expect normal email delivery to hotmail, apple, and other email providers to resume within a week.
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Email Opt-in setting is now fully active and we will respect this setting when sending email alerts. Please login to site/app to enable the option to receive email alerts.
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We have added a new global notification "Email Opt-in" toggle for all accounts. The new global setting, which is disabled by default, will control if we send out notifications via email. Current the settings UI is available on both desktop/mobile web. 1/n twitter.com/FictionPress/s…
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Android/iOS/Mac apps have all been released to respective appstores with Email Opt-in control. This global setting will enable email notifications starting November 16th. Please visit the app or website account page to enable this feature if you wish to receive alerts via email.
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We have added a new global notification "Email Opt-in" toggle for all accounts. The new global setting, which is disabled by default, will control if we send out notifications via email. Current the settings UI is available on both desktop/mobile web. 1/n twitter.com/FictionPress/s…
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Email opt-in self reset has been extended to 6 months vs 90 days. Prior to reset, site will notify user with UI prompts. Please note the twice a year reset is required to weed out bots and inactive accounts.
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With both the "Email Opt-in" toggle and brand new "Notification Feed" feature, we hope to mitigate all near and long term pains caused by the email only notification system currently in-place.
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We are working overtime to get the notification feed feature out the door as soon as possible. Beta testing will start in 24 hours and we hope to have it ready in 2-3 days. 6/n
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We are also actively developing notification feed feature that will fully detach the reliance of users on email for updates. The new notification feed will allow users to see all the updates from followed stories, authors, forums, topics, and much more. 5/n
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Having this opt-in toggle allows us to safely deliver emails in the short and long term. With the setting active, we expect full email delivery recovery within 10 days. 4/n
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To ease the migration caused by this new global notification email opt-in, we will only start to enforce this new setting starting on March 14th. 3/n
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We encourage everyone that wish to continue to receive email notifications to visit your account and enable this feature. Default is disabled.
Android/iOS/MacOS apps updates with "Email Opt-in" ui have been pushed to Google/Apple pending appstore reviews for release. 2/n
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We have added a new global notification "Email Opt-in" toggle for all accounts. The new global setting, which is disabled by default, will control if we send out notifications via email. Current the settings UI is available on both desktop/mobile web. 1/n
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We are working hard on two independent tracks/methods which will solve the core issue behind email delivery both in the short and long term. Expect completion in 2-3 days. twitter.com/FictionPress/s…
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We are working hard on two independent tracks/methods which will solve the core issue behind email delivery both in the short and long term. Expect completion in 2-3 days.
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Email delivery and alerts are severely impacted by a network issue not under out direct control. We are working with the relevant parties to resolve this issue.
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Resolved issue which caused some Amazon logins to fail.
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Email delivery and alerts are severely impacted by a network issue not under out direct control. We are working with the relevant parties to resolve this issue.
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MacOS native app v52.1 is set to release on appstore in a few hours which fixed UI compatibility with Mac OS Ventura 13.
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Android v51 now in general release on Google Play and Amaazon store.
* 10% faster app startup
* fixed large library sync operation blocking other api requests
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Android v51 app is on schedule for Google playstore release in about 24 hours. Since last dev update we have improved app startup time by 10%. twitter.com/FictionPress/s…
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Resolved a potential broken web link issue to crossover category from within some crossover stories.
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Android v51 app is on schedule for Google playstore release in about 24 hours. Since last dev update we have improved app startup time by 10%.
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Android v51 app is undergoing final testing and will be released in both Google Play and Amazon store within 1-3 days.
New: Sunflower theme
Fixed: TTS Using wrong dialect when multiple voices extist for a language.
Plus reduced memory usage and many quality of life improvements
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A temp issue where some web pages returned blank has been resolved. This lasted about 3 minutes and was random in location.
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Android v51 app is undergoing final testing and will be released in both Google Play and Amazon store within 1-3 days.
New: Sunflower theme
Fixed: TTS Using wrong dialect when multiple voices extist for a language.
Plus reduced memory usage and many quality of life improvements
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iOS/MacOS v52 now released in appstore with a new Sunflower app theme.
v52.1 will be ready soon with story status rendering fix (no red dot for updated entries).
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iOS/MacOS app v52.0 with lots of minor fixes and quality of life updates has been pushed to Apple for review. Expect release in about 2 to 3 days. Note that v52+ will no longer support iOS 10 devices as Apple has officially dropped Xcode support.
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