Website Update (Patreon)

Huge website update!

Due to the neverending increase in traffic on downloading and uploading profiles to my website it has become expensive to maintain where I currently host my files. I've found a service that lets me host my files completely free but it's one of those places that makes you wait 5 seconds before getting the file you want to download! On the other hand, I gave special access to all my donators that allows them to download using a new golden download button, they can skip the wait + ads completely and download using the Amazon s3 hosting. It's a way to thank you for your support. Any future donators have to donate a minimum of 5 or more dollars and they will also get access to this golden download button. Anybody that has uploaded a profile to my website will be able to download his/her own profile without waiting as well. You have access to the golden download button for your own profile. In addition to these changes, there are new filters available that let you sort profiles in many different ways. You can now sort by Newest and Oldest, Most Viewed and Least Viewed, Most Liked and Least Liked, and so on... We have also added in a new fun button that lets you randomize the profiles, kind of like the "I'm feeling lucky button" in Google. I hope you all understand why I've had to make these changes if you have donated and I forgot to make your account premium on my website, send me a private message and I'll fix that right away.

Why don't I use a physical server? Physical servers are a pain, I still have to pay for electricity and there's the risk that while I'm traveling my server might go down and I won't be able to get it back up till I'm home.

Just because your anti-malware software says the website I host on now is dangerous does not mean it's true. Every anti-malware software has a protocol to block websites with ads and you should just whitelist that website speaking from experience with heaps of anti-malware software. 

Why don't I use another service like Google Drive or Dropbox? Again I'm a college student who does not want to spend money to host files I've spent hours making for you guys. Dropbox and Google Drive will end up costing money like any other "secure service" out there. I still use Amazon S3 hosting for the golden download button on my website but it's basically free for me now that only a few people have access to it because they donated 5 or more dollars. That $5 goes to the pay for your access to Amazon S3 and I basically don't profit off of anything.

I have a Patreon goal that I doubt we will hit anytime soon but if we do I'll go back to the regular Amazon S3 hosting. 500 dollars a month would be enough to maintain the download traffic I get on my website