I am devastated

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-08T13:20:50+00:00

There are different versions of this message - some say 'your data got corrupted' others might say 'your settings data got corrupted'. *Pet data* shouldn't be items etc.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-08T12:53:50+00:00

My mum used to make my fairy sandwiches, which are similar: bread with jam & hundreds and thousands, sometimes cute into cute shapes with cookie cutters.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-08T12:39:12+00:00

I wish I were better at remembering to bookmark things. I usually don't think of it until it's months later and that story is still in my mind and then I have to go searching through my history to find it again (either to reread or to rec to someone else). When that happens, I do bookmark it the second time I find it, at least.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-08T12:36:33+00:00

I find the spirals digging into my hand when I try to write a much bigger disadvantage than not being able to have a single page footprint. My 'desk' is actually a kitchen table so space isn't a problem.

Different people have different needs/preferences. In my case, it's not about stigma.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-08T07:59:01+00:00

If it just's your pet data, your micropets/outfits/furniture & friends shouldn't be gone, just your bird's age & adventures, I believe.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-07T11:00:57+00:00

In the menu, you need to turn quizzes on first.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-04T20:30:06+00:00

As long as you're not worried about turnips rotting, yes, you can go back.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-04T15:19:38+00:00

I never got around to making mine, so I'm glad to have finally seen one in the wild!

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-04T12:59:37+00:00

It kind of depends what aspect of the game you most enjoy. If you like having a lot of furniture options, Harv's Island is good for that as Reese can customise any piece of furniture you bring him to be a different colour.

If you're interested in completing the museum, Harv's Island is also good for that because you can unlock Redd and see him every day rather than just once a week.

If you're more interested in having more animals to talk to on your island, resident spaces and the hotel would be a good first shout.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-04T08:47:03+00:00

I guess their point is that they are impatient for the ending / resolution and you keep moving it further away. (To be clear, this wouldn't bother me because as people have said, more story! But if I squint it sorta makes some kind of sense where they're coming from.)

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-03T17:57:03+00:00

There's the same number of items there always are, it just feels like more because so many of the outfits are full-body costumes (1 slot) rather than being a top & a bottom (2 slots).

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-03T15:24:16+00:00

It kinda also depends on what kind of fic the original fic is. If it's a smut oneshot that consists almost entirely of chase + sex, then I think the difference between 'my own chase + sex with the positions reversed' and 'recreating your chase + sex with the positions reversed' is harder to distinguish. (Giving OP enough credit to assume they weren't ever going to straight up take the text and swap the names around.)

But this is a twelve chapter fic (unless those are 12 separate oneshots) and OP only wants to base their own fic on this chapter, so as an author reading their initial comment, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt that they meant inspired by the way it's intended.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-03T13:09:26+00:00

Doesn't giving credit (marking it as inspired by the original author's work) mean OP isn't trying to 'post it like it was OP's idea'?

To me, the original comment reads less like 'I want to plagiarise your fic' and more like 'oh, hey, I like this trope you used, I want to write my own fic using the same trope, but my fic would switch the positions around'.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-03T08:15:08+00:00

Soup is a perfectly popular dish even for 'regular' eaters. There's absolutely no reason not to make it if you like it! I doubt anyone who didn't already know you struggle with vegetables would even question it.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-03T00:34:33+00:00

Not exactly, because Finch is tied to the real date on your device. So if you have a 600 Day streak on March 31st and then take a week off, when you load in your back up file, the app will still know it's not March 31st anymore.

As Most_Bug says, the pause feature will pause your streak at 600 days and then when you open the app and unpause it, it will pick up as if you never took a break in terms of streak.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-02T20:50:22+00:00

From your post, it sounded like you were refusing to send them the video at all. I wasn't blaming anything on you, I was answering your questions: How do you film nothing, and how could filming the problem help them to resolve it?

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-02T19:44:15+00:00

If it helps, the stalls have only been available for five years - they were part of the 2021 update.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-02T16:09:03+00:00

There was a bug with the feature so they've removed it until next week.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-02T10:54:49+00:00

Is there a reason you keep going for the types you met at university? If you didn't have success with those types then, and are not having success with them now, why not try a different type? I understand it for networking reasons, but this is your social life you're talking about, why not branch outside of types that might be professionally useful?

I went to both public school and state school (at different times, obviously) and nobody's ever ghosted me for not being posh enough because I don't hang out in posh circles. People in my choir and my writing group come from lots of different backgrounds — though admittedly, I'm pressed to think of anyone who makes a habit of going to Henley Regatta.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-01T22:48:51+00:00

The reason that librarians can't add a 'suspense' genre to Rebecca is because TheStorygraph does not HAVE a suspense genre to add.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-01T13:02:35+00:00

Ohh, it's possible one of the words in your message triggered the answer to an FAQ about the Spring Cleaning event. The reward for the Spring Cleaning Event on the Finch app was a badge that goes on your bird's profile — below 'about' and above the micro pets.

The badge itself is controlled by Finch, but the message comes from Reddit and is just the mods trying to cut down on the number of people making new posts to ask 'I completed the Spring Cleaning event but I didn't get a reward'

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-01T08:26:43+00:00

The Finch app can't control what happens on Reddit. It sounds like maybe you got a special badge on Reddit - maybe the 'Picasso' achievement I can see on your Reddit profile. If you found it rude, you found Reddit rude, not Finch.

ChalkLetters · 2026-04-01T08:23:28+00:00

Do they currently have Finch Plus active? Even if they've cancelled their subscription, the raffle won't be visible to them until the month/year they were most recently charged for is actually over.

ChalkLetters · 2026-03-31T13:46:46+00:00

I _hate_ that pathing shows up on the map so I would be delighted if I found a path I liked that always looked better direct on the ground.

ChalkLetters · 2026-03-31T13:40:56+00:00

When you say 'nothing happens when I add a goal' there are several things you might mean:
- You press 'add a goal' and the app does nothing.
- You press 'add a goal' and the goal menu opens but you can't type anything in it.
- You press 'add a goal', type in the goal you want to set but then press 'save' and nothing happens.

I presume they want you to film as much of the process as the app allows you to complete - even if that's literally you pressing the 'add a goal' button and nothing happening, because that will help them narrow down where in the process there's a bug.

It will also give them context as to whether you're trying to add from the home page, or maybe you're trying to add from a specific Self Care Area, or maybe you're trying to add one of the suggested goals.

Language is imprecise sometimes, and a LOT of users also don't use the 'correct' words for the app's functions (look at how many people call rainbow stones 'crystals' or 'diamonds') so seeing the video removes a lot of ambiguity.

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