April Fools 2022 - Reserve Your New Username NOW!

[Nifty-Chicken]

Happy April Fool's day everyone!

Here are some of our past years' April Fool's threads:

2007 - April Fools - BYC Expanding - BackYardCows.com
2008 - April Fools - BYC Hacked!!
2009 - Thanks Everyone! Third Annual BYC April Fools Day Was LOTS of Fun!
2010 - April Fools - New BYC Store Product: The EggCell !!
2011 - NEW BYC Program & Partnership - Sell Your Extra Eggs! April Fools 2011
2012 - April Fools 2012 - New Forums / Sections - Exotic Backyard Animals
2013 - Big Announcement: BYC & Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook Partnership - BeakBook - April fool's 2013
2014 - April Fools 2014 - BYC Sponsored Study: Increase Chicken Broodiness By Up To 48% With Aluminum Foil
2015 - April Fools 2015 - Announcement - BYC Staff / Moderator Term Limits & Retirement
2016 - April Fools 2016 - New Development: Chicken Feed That Changes Egg Shell Color!
2017 - Introducing: BackYard Robots - April Fools 2017
2018 - New BYC Cryptocurrency: ChicKoin
2019 - BYC Now Fully Self-Moderated
2020 - New Chicken Breed: Quickens
2021 - Coming Soon! Local BYC Physical Store, Café, & Meet-up & Community Center

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Short version: Reply to this post with your new username reservation ASAP!

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Hello Peeps, we've got some important and urgent news to share with all our members.

We recently learned that we have to do an important security server and database update. This MUST be completed by the end of the day.

The good news: this will make our community 2x more secure and will reduce our spammers and trolls by up to 72%!!

The unfortunate (or perhaps for others, fortunate) part of this update: We will require everyone to choose a NEW username. For security purposes the new username MUST be something that isn't currently in use.

We regret that this is necessary, but it is something we must do to improve the security of our amazing community!

So, please reply with what you'd like your new username to be. This is a first-come-first-serve process and will reward the peeps that are online, active, and see this message. Once you reply with the username you want, this will be the system-of-record that you requested it first, and we'll reserve it for you.

We know for some this will be difficult, and we ask for patience and understanding as we go through this necessary process. We will eventually, hopefully, be able to convert usernames back to their original ones if members so choose, but it may take some time.

All BYC rules and terms apply when picking new names. Let's have some fun with this since we have no other choice. Thanks for understanding.

 

[Weeg]

Can I do Weeg1, or is that to similar?

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Can I do Weeg1, or is that to similar?

It's not currently taken, so yup, you can use it. We'll count your post as your reservation for Weeg1

Thanks!

 

[chrissynemetz]

I would henceforth like to be known as Bob-just-bob

 

[BYC Project Manager]

I would henceforth like to be known as Bob-just-bob

Thank you, your new username has been reserved.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

I would henceforth like to be known as Bob-just-bob

Oh, that's a fun one! Good job Bob-just-bob!!!

 

[BelovedBirds]

Short version: Reply to this post with your new username reservation ASAP!

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Hello Peeps, we've got some important and urgent news to share with all our members.

We recently learned that we have to do an important security server and database update. This MUST be completed by the end of the day.

The good news: this will make our community 2x more secure and will reduce our spammers and trolls by up to 72%!!

The unfortunate (or perhaps for others, fortunate) part of this update: We will require everyone to choose a NEW username. For security purposes the new username MUST be something that isn't currently in use.

We regret that this is necessary, but it is something we must do to improve the security of our amazing community!

So, please reply with what you'd like your new username to be. This is a first-come-first-serve process and will reward the peeps that are online, active, and see this message. Once you reply with the username you want, this will be the system-of-record that you requested it first, and we'll reserve it for you.

We know for some this will be difficult, and we ask for patience and understanding as we go through this necessary process. We will eventually, hopefully, be able to convert usernames back to their original ones if members so choose, but it may take some time.

All BYC rules and terms apply when picking new names. Let's have some fun with this since we have no other choice. Thanks for understanding.

BelovedDucks
?

 

[BYC Project Manager]

BelovedDucks
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BelovedDucks is available and has been reserved for you, thank you!

 

[Romaana]

Romaana01

 

[BYC Project Manager]

Romaana01

Romaana01 is available and has been reserved for you, thank you!