problems regarding registering/being a new user

[bellaugh]

i’ve already made a post about this before but a certain someone told me to make a new one so it gains attention so here i go

i said that a friend of mine is struggling to register and they have tried two times—the first attempt being a month (more or less) ago and they still haven’t gotten any confirmation email from that email address they used to register.

the second attempt was a few days ago, another email address, another username, etc. it still did not work—no email or any approval at all.

i have ANOTHER friend who is also trying join but says he needs approval from an admin and blah blah blah. that was a few hours ago and still, nothing. NADA.

at first i wondered, maybe this only happens to my first friend but there are now currently two people struggling to register!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING. please please please help :(( somebody!!!

so we tried to be patient. then i tried the invite link whatever but there’s nothing i could see. then i tried to get the attention of a mod but nahhh

so anyway do i really have to befriend a mod or what? bffr 🫩️

[koru_]

uh when i signed up, i didn't need to verify my email or get approved by an admin, i just got let right in. that is weird tho.

[bellaugh]

@koru_ me too! the difference is, i signed up using my switch and i DID have to verify my email and i just got let in. my other friends also got in pretty fine like @gatouz for example.

but for some reason after an update im not aware of, people are having a difficult time registering getting notifs like “invalid email” or “your account is temporarily locked” like wdym, their acc doesnt even exist

and when they DO try registering again with the same username and email, it says either “username taken” or “email address taken” meaning that it actually is in bdns’ records somewhere, the account is just not working at all

SO I DONT KNOW ANYMORE

[koru_]

@bellaugh mabye its some weird update to try to keep bots of the site or smth???

[Raven]

you have to get moderator approval when your IP address is connected to an existing account already

[koru_]

@Raven oh ok. cause my little brother has been trying to make an acc for a while and it keeps telling him his acc "is locked temporarily" :( he made like 20 diffrant acc trying to get on here lol

[bellaugh]

@Raven ah that must be why. im pretty near the first friend who attempted two times. my other friend though, he is definitely in another country and i doubt anybody near him would be in browsedns but that would be an assumption.

the real question is, how exactly do you approval or get approved because they really want to join bdns? do you have to use a vpn?