Announcement April Fools 2022 - Reserve Your New Username NOW!

[Luv Ducks]

D caf i nate

I have tried that before and I hate that too. I drive a school bus and have to be more wired than the kids so coffee works well for me, lol.

 

[micstrachan]

I think it means they are madly scrambling to get all these names changed and haven't gotten to us yet.

^^THIS^^
I wonder how many are working on this? Only a little under four hours until midnight PST in USA.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

That sounds awfully graphic.

 

[fishnmama]

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.

ddjaynes

 

[featherhead007]

^^THIS^^
I wonder how many are working on this? Only a little under four hours until midnight PST in USA.

You can bet, they are working hard on it!

 

[Weeg]

Thank you to the mods for working so hard to protect our privacy and make this happen!

I'd imagine that chasing 500,000 usernames is quite the challenge. Thanks mods!

 

[Luv Ducks]

You can bet, they are working hard on it!

I was just fortunate to see the post. I would have been lost if I had not and really missed this site.

 

[SilverBirds]

^^THIS^^
I wonder how many are working on this? Only a little under four hours until midnight PST in USA.

They'll probably drop it after/around midnight and send an email to everyone with their new changed user.

 

[Luv Ducks]

They'll probably drop it after/around midnight and send an email to everyone with their new changed user.

I just appreciate all of the hard work they have done for us. There are a lot of people on this site and it could not have been an easy task. Thank you all so very much for helping us out in this matter.

 

[EliteTempleton]

I actually changed my username discreetly you guys got me if this was a joke!

I think it only works if the admins do it because the SQL Update requires a database expansion. You can read about it on the Microsoft website:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sq...ulnerability-assessment?view=sql-server-ver15
#3 in the getting started steps. Going to be a long night, hopefully they've got some holiday style spirit to get them through.