Hybrid login with smarter captcha verification is now active. The modified login system will now take into account your recent activity and skip captcha verification when conditions are met. Multiple device login and frequent login/logout will reap the most benefit.
Please note yahoo/aol email account users may currently experience a delay in receiving alerts of registration/reset emails. We expect the delay to resolve itself in the coming days.
Update on new login anti-bot measure. We understand the captcha can be a pain but security is our top priority. We are working on a hybrid solution so verified users may skip additional checks on another computer or mobile device. Hybrid solution will be ready in 24 hrs.
Extra security to stop automated bots have been added. Website uses will need to re-login. We will monitor the results and tweak the system as necessary.
...We will also be adding extra protection to both PM and Story submission later today to further combat these spam bots. Some users may be required perform extra captcha verification.
For the past week we have been in constant battle with bots and spammers. These bad actors have almost limitless number of email domains and IP addresses for which traditional protections do not work. We have disabled web PM email notification from untrusted accounts...continued
Please note we are aware the mobile site is having ads incorrectly injected into chapters by 3rd party ad system. We will be resolving the core issue within the next 24 hours.
Spambots are hitting users PM inbox with adverts. We have removed over 20K spambot accounts and counting. We will be installing additional anti-bot measures in the PM feature to combat these pests.
We are currently resolving an issue with deliverying some alert/account emails to gmail addresses. An update will be made when the situation has been fixed.
We have resolved a Facebook login issue via web/app due to recent changes made by fb. Please note Facebook login requires registered email account. We are currently working to allow fb login with mobile number.
For the start of 2019 we have improved the performance and reliabilty of app access (android/ios) significantly and are still hard at work to make sure it gets even better.
We are currently resolving a website issue regarding stats.