SquidgeWorld Discussion And Fundraising Update
Let’s get the fun stuff out of the way first. With thanks to the 53 distinct donors so far, Squidge’s Hot Fic Summer Fundraiser is nearly there! So far we have raised $2,269.82 out of our goal of $2,500. Hitting our goal means keeping the lights on for another year. So if you’ve been sitting […]
Read MoreOvernight Outage
Sometime during the middle of the night, there was a power blurp here in the Pacific Northwest that took out our little datacenter. Things started coming back up around 5am Pacific Time (12:00 UTC) and all services but SquidgeWorld are now up. SquidgeWorld takes about 2 hours to process everything and finish coming up, so […]
Read MoreFundraising, Squidge Images, Commission Spammers, and Maintenance
Let’s Catch Up! We often find ourselves answering the same questions over and over again – so let’s post this for everyone to read. First off, it’s been way too long since we’ve given everyone an update on our fundraising. We started at the beginning of June, 2026, for our “Hot Fic Summer” fundraiser, and […]
Read MoreSqWA Default Configuration Change
We’re going to implement a configuration change for SquidgeWorld Archive that will affect all users that post fanworks and allow comments. Long story short, the “Comment Moderation” functionality will be enabled for all new works by default. This is the one we mean: Long story long, our recent influx of commission spammers, including the clown […]
Read MoreOvernight Update + TOS Clarification
First, our little datacenter went down with a power issue overnight. We were down about 6 hours total, but things should be back up and running. If you see any issues, please don’t hesitate to contact us. That said, it’s a good time to address something in our Terms of Service. We invite you to […]
Read MoreEmbracing Original Works
First of all, I’d like to ask anyone who’s gotten access to do tag wrangling here on SquidgeWorld – we’re still flailing from the AO3 downtime. We’ve got over 10,000 tags between Characters, Relationships, and Freeform tags still yet to be wrangled. And if you’re interested in being a wrangler, let us know! Second, we […]
Read More“OMG YOU’RE A FASCIST” and other adventures in modding SquidgeWorld
Because this is going around Tumblr, I thought I would address the issue. An assertion by an individual on Tumblr is going around calling me/Squidge/SquidgeWorld a fascist organization that deletes works with no cares or such. That we’re power hungry, etc.. Is there truth in this? If you know BOTH sides and not just the […]
Read MoreImage Hosting + SquidgeWorld
First off, SquidgeWorld didn’t fully come up this morning, but that’s because we’ve been working on Squidge Images. Our new anti-bot software didn’t start as it was supposed to, but that has been found and corrected. So SquidgeWorld is up and running now. Squidge Image Hosting went through an upgrade this morning and everything is […]
Read MoreREMINDER: Squidge Images GOING DOWN
In just under an hour from the time of this post (at 08:00 Sunday Morning Pacific Time) Squidge Images will go down for an upgrade. No official ETA on when it will be back up, but hopefully this afternoon. Need a reminder why? Read the original post.
Read MoreSquidge Images – PLEASE READ!
Two very updates for Squidge Images. The first update is we have opened up signup access for Squidge Images. Instead of having to leave us a ticket for an image hosting account, we have decided that it’s been long enough, and the folks who were abusing image hosting have most likely moved on. So all […]
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