My eyes!! I LOVE the dark side! I mean theme!
Where’s my cake?!
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You can now choose dark mode directly from the drop down menu in the upper right. You’ll see an option at the bottom called “Change Mode.”
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Oh my word dark mode is wonderful.
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Oh wow I love this so much 
such a lovely color scheme and so much nicer when deep diving on old lore at weird hours of the night
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And I lost the discord again
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@Connielass, Catherine and I don’t always see this topic right away, and it’s more for general discussion, so if you’re having technical trouble with anything regarding Ackerly Green please use the contact form on the main site so we can address it. Thank you!
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Have you guys heard of book nooks? I just found out about them today, and think of the wonderful AG options…
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I recently backed a kickstarter for a guy who’s starting a company making them!
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They look so amazing! The annual flower show in Philly always has a section that displays things like these, and I’m always fascinated by how people can make them. I don’t have the patience to make them myself, but I think they’re beautiful.
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OMGOMGOMG I need like a million of these!
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Well, gonna plug it here so people will see it;
I’m active multiple times every day in this community even if I don’t post. I’m just highly introverted, but I have gotten the Aficionado badge. I respect people’s ideas and the fantasy this community can build collectively. But for whatever reason I keep getting all my discord privileges taken away so I am no longer able to even talk there.
So why is this happening and who is doing this? PM me if you have to, because I would like some answers.
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Please see post above, but also, a leader is reaching out to you about this issue. It’s userbase wide, not just you. It’s a plugin we’re having issues with.
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Thanks CJ, I for whatever reason didn’t see that post 
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No worries! 
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I’m lucky, we’re quite high up here. Couple trees down, some lightning damage from the other day, but nothing actually to my property. Supposed to have been going to York next weekend too, but they’re very flooded there, so that’s a no go. Lot of others not so lucky, so very thankful.
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Glad you’re safe.
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Hey is there a way I can op out of ads appearing on the forum for my self?
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I’m of the same mind. Unfortunately the window was not big enough for me to enroll and now all these ads are just a reminder of how I missed my chance.
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I believe the ad you’re seeing is for our candles not TBS, right? If so, it’s a test ad I created that my developer included in the new plugin, which also includes the dark mode, etc.
I’m working on a bigger post about all this but wanted to clarify a few things here so maybe we can continue this discussion.
I am testing adding reminders and very minimal ads to the out-of-world areas of the forum, like this topic. Ads that would point readers to new books and new merchandise, but also reminders for the community hangouts we have each month, and our company calendar which will show not only upcoming events in and out of world, but also what Catherine and I are up to behind-the-scenes.
If we launch these ads officially, they will never be 3rd party ads, and they will always be created and managed by me personally, like the candle ad was.
One of the primary reasons we are testing ads like the one you’ve seen is because even my most engaged readers have super busy lives and don’t know about a lot of the things going on around Ackerly Green, even with emails and announcements here on the forum. Like The Briar Society. Early enrollment started back in the first week of December but many people didn’t know that. We sent emails and made announcements here, but a lot of people didn’t see them and they got lost in the shuffle. People like you, who were interested in enrolling, which is a bummer.
We want to make sure people can always sign up for all the experiences they want to, and get involved as much as they want to, and also, at the end of the day, I’m just an author working alongside his assistant to try and manage this amazing world that’s grown around my stories. To continue doing this, which is my full-time job and more, I have to do what I can to make money to support the company and myself. Things like AG+ and The Briar Society, and even merchandise like the candles literally keep the lights on here at AGP.
I’m sorry if it seems like I’m asking for more than that. My focus here is not on money. It’s on this world and this community. I left a career in screenwriting to pursue this dream, a dream which was originally to create a free interactive experience (The Monarch Papers) that would introduce a more traditional publishing plan.
But at the end of TMP I saw that my readers were far more interested in that immersive experience continuing and so was I, so I completely changed my business model last year. Instead of books being the main revenue-generating work, I worked to make the interactive parts and merchandise revenue generating so that I could keep the business running. So that’s what I’ve been trying to do.
Ackerly Green is not a profitable company right now. It never has been. I personally pay every month to operate it. Because I love it and I believe in it and I believe in this community. But I can’t keep doing that forever or I’ll go broke, :(
I am sorry if you were upset about the ad, or missing out on The Briar Society. We worked hard to make sure that the enrollment window back in December was big enough and that we sent enough emails this month to remind people about the last enrollment day (I think we sent 5-6 
), but I completely understand that you needed more time. We’re putting up a waiting list today so that if people drop out of TBS for whatever reason, others can join.
I really am just trying to make something wonderful for all of you. I just have to make a living doing it, too, I hope that makes sense. Most people in my real life think I’m absolutely nuts for running a company for four years that’s not only never made a profit, but also costs me lots and lots of money. But I believe in it, and I think it will be a success.
BUT, if you have other ideas about how we could do all of this better, I would love to hear them. I feel like this community is at its best when we’re putting our heads together.
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