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For users of bookwormstory.social you can follow this link to the new instance: bookwyr.me/c/aobprepub

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Hi everyone,

I've decided to include a tracking script on the site and in the name of transparency I would like to inform everyone about it. So here's that: the site, as of today, includes a tracking script.

A likely FAQ:

Why include a tracking script?

This lemmy instance has started picking up a lot of traffic, most of which likely isn't actual users but web crawlers.

For comparison another site I host had 98% of its traffic caused by AI web scrapers. In that case I used the tracking script to figure out whether actual usage was close to what I was seeing. While I have the access logs of my reverse proxy available to look through those are filled with federation traffic and as such not nearly as handy for diagnosing actual user traffic.

I don't want to be tracked, can I opt out?

Yes, please feel free to do so. Simply block the domain analytics.neshweb.net using your AdBlocker of choice or, if you are using PiHole or similar, you can block it on a network level.

What is getting tracked?

Pages visited, Operating System, Screen Size, Device Type, IP GeoRegion. Note: Of these only Screen Size and OS are data points I previously had no access to. All other data points were already being logged in the reverse proxy access log.

Who has access to this data?

Only me. The tracking service is, like lemmy, running on my own physical hardware in my home. There is no data exchange with anyone.

I've let the survey run for long enough now I suppose (at least I'm not getting any new responses) so I'm making this post with the "results". If anyone is interested in the raw data I'll post it but for now I'll just focus on the conclusion I've drawn from it.

For the most part responses only varied slightly but most of the questions were only there to help make a decision about the core question: What do you want to happen with this instance now?. The responses to which varied a lot compared to the other questions.

There were some votes against opening up the instance to other series discussions but I myself and the majority of votes are in favor so that's what will happen. However I really dislike seeing empty discussion threads so there will be some rules in place so this doesn't end up like a spam machine. As is with all things in life these are subject to change.

#1: There must be at least 3 users interested in regular discussions for a series to create a community for it here. There should be some regular volume of discussion for the series and 3 core users should facilitate that.

Note: If there already are discussion or fan art posts for a series on the Fediverse feel free to provide some of them to show that the newly created community would not just rot in a corner.

#2: If the series does not have weekly chapters there should be some form of plan for how to structure this so there is regular activity.

There is little sense in using a community only for volume discussions and nothing else those could just as well take place in ![email protected]. As such there should at least be some discussion in between volumes (discussions about characters, fan art, whatever really)

Note: If the series does not release on J-Novel Club please be aware that @[email protected] will be unable to automatically create posts for it. In those cases threads need to be manually created every week.

If anyone is interested in a series and thinks they can meet these 2 rules please message me either here or via Matrix (@neshura:neshweb.chat) so we can discuss the details.

Additionally I'll post a list of links to any volume or chapter/part discussion threads to the weekly thread over at ![email protected]. It's something I should have done with the PrePub discussions for Ascendance of a Bookworm as well but I didn't think of it until now.

Got this little gem today so might as well share it with you all. I really like how they did her hair, that's some 10/10 work right there imo.

cross-posted from: https://bookwormstory.social/post/2360045

Before I get into this I apologize for giving you all a heart attack. Actually no, I know what I am doing with that title, suffer!

Unfortunately the main story of Ascendance of a Bookworm released its last Pre-Pub chapter last week and with it a stop to the very regular weekly discussion threads. Obviously we will have Side Stories to look forward to, however those won't provide nearly the same regularity as the main story did.

Up until now the Pre-Pub threads have been the main driver behind activity on the instance and the closure of the story then opens the question of what will happen to this place going forward. First of all this instance will likely not be disappearing. I have my only active lemmy account on here and since I have 0 real hosting costs I have no problem keeping this going indefinitely, I also think it might be an opportunity to change things up a bit. However first and foremost this is a place for you all, not for me alone, so your opinion about what should or should not happen to this instance weigh a bit more than my own. As such I (with input from ludrol, btw thanks for always being there for me to push decisions onto) have compiled a survey about that topic. Do feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments as well though.

With that out of the way I'd like to express a sincere thanks for all the fun discussions we've had here so far, I genuinely enjoyed every moment of them and look forward to more of them.

Before I get into this I apologize for giving you all a heart attack. Actually no, I know what I am doing with that title, suffer!

Unfortunately the main story of Ascendance of a Bookworm released its last Pre-Pub chapter last week and with it a stop to the very regular weekly discussion threads. Obviously we will have Side Stories to look forward to, however those won't provide nearly the same regularity as the main story did.

Up until now the Pre-Pub threads have been the main driver behind activity on the instance and the closure of the story then opens the question of what will happen to this place going forward. First of all this instance will likely not be disappearing. I have my only active lemmy account on here and since I have 0 real hosting costs I have no problem keeping this going indefinitely, I also think it might be an opportunity to change things up a bit. However first and foremost this is a place for you all, not for me alone, so your opinion about what should or should not happen to this instance weigh a bit more than my own. As such I (with input from ludrol, btw thanks for always being there for me to push decisions onto) have compiled a survey about that topic. Do feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments as well though.

With that out of the way I'd like to express a sincere thanks for all the fun discussions we've had here so far, I genuinely enjoyed every moment of them and look forward to more of them.

Ascendance of a Bookworm Illustration from the JNC Nina booth at Animagic.

Trivia for anyone interested: they announced German licensing for Spice and Wolf as well as my Quiet Life as a Blacksmith (1st Parts alrewdy available)

Check the modlog for proof, a discussion post about moving this instance to an instance that shan't be named now got removed for "linking to instance featuring pedo content".

Ironically that exact possibility was reason for the discussion in the first place so seeing it happen this quickly is a bit funny.

Not sure how best to go about linking to said instance since it seems to get your content removed. DM's would be the only solution I guess but not sure if those are checked as well.

The initial hiccups with Federation seem to be resolved with 0.19.1-rc.1. Since I also managed to test the new Version of the Mestionora Bot (it should now actually post Part 2 and Part 3 Manga discussions in parallel instead of only Part 3, hooray) I will update the instance after PrePub discussions die down a bit.

Expected Timeframe is Wednesday 16:00 UTC - Wednesday 18:00 UTC.

During the Update changes to the expected downtime can be checked on status.bookwormstory.social.

If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask away.

cross-posted from: https://bookwormstory.social/post/678217

Warning: TO Books, Studio WIT and the official Ascendance of Bookworm X Twitter Accounts contain Spoilers beyond what has been translated in the Novel Pre-Pubs

cross-posted from: https://bookwormstory.social/post/678217

Warning: TO Books, Studio WIT and the official Ascendance of Bookworm X Twitter Accounts contain Spoilers beyond what has been translated in the Novel Pre-Pubs

Warning: TO Books, Studio WIT and the official Ascendance of Bookworm X Twitter Accounts contain Spoilers beyond what has been translated in the Novel Pre-Pubs