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@vessel said in Addressing Weird Behavior:

@Raven ohh damn. Well, all religions make me uncomfortable /hj

Christianity makes me actually uncomfortable. Could we not talk about them aswell please? /srs

You're a fool. Just like Aries said, get a grip.

Do not reply to this thread if you are going to reply with utter bullshit rather than actually providing constructive feedback and criticism.

Derailing this thread will get you warned, stop.

well... this got deep. I will never leave BrowseDNS despite my challenges in life! ❤️

Seems all you got fooled, on a serious note, welcome @NightmareWolfie to the admin team.

After Careful Consideration, I have decided to lift the Shitpost ban to a certain extent.

What Is Allowed:

• Memes
• Jokes
• Humorous Posts

What isn't allowed:

• Unconstructive Topics
• One-Worded Topics/Replies (Send these in the shoutbox)
• Trolling
• Pointless posts..

Going forward, we will have a separate category that will be named "General". It serves as a general discussion category for anyone genuinely interested in on-topic general discussion. This Category will not have any form of shitposting. Failure to abide by this rule will result in this ban being added back or disciplinary action.

Edge Of The Forum will be a spot inside the Forum Archives for Memes, Jokes, etc. No Reputation will be gained from posting in this category. Upvotes/downvotes will remain removed from EOTF.

Additionally, all the current posts and topics inside Edge Of The Forum will be moved to General.

Any further concerns can be forwarded to the complaints category, not my DMs.

https://browsedns.net/category/75/browsedns-complaints-questions-and-warning-appeals.

Thank you,
BrowseDNS Admin Team

Every single day, it's the same shit!

All of you STFU and use the block button

Anymore questions can be sent to @Board-Of-Executives

​Hello everyone,

​To support the rapid growth and professional evolution of BrowseDNS, the Administration is officially establishing The Board of Executives.
​
This board serves as the senior leadership tier of our community, sitting directly below the Administration. We are proud to appoint NightmareWolfie and Nared as our new Board Of Executives.
​
🛡️ The Executive Mandate
​The Board of Executives is tasked with the high-level management of all site divisions. They will work in close partnership with the Administration to ensure that every department operates with the "High-Quality" precision our community expects.
​
Their expanded roles include:
​Management of the Moderation Department:

The Board will oversee all Global Moderators and Trialists. They are responsible for staff discipline, promotions, the 4-Day Elite Sprint evaluations, and ensuring the "Observer" philosophy is maintained site-wide.
​
Forum Services Oversight: The Board will manage the Forum Services Department, ensuring that user requests, support tickets, newsletters, media , and community features are handled efficiently and professionally.
​
Site Operations: They will oversee daily Site Operations. This includes monitoring site health, technical troubleshooting, and coordinating with the Administration on new feature rollout requests or structural changes.

​Strategic Planning: Working hand-in-hand with the Administration to develop long-term goals for BrowseDNS, ensuring we remain the premier destination for our users.

A New Era of Leadership

​By forming the Board of Executives, we are ensuring that every department has dedicated, high-level leadership.

NightmareWolfie and Nared have been granted the authority to make executive decisions to keep our operations running smoothly.

​Whether it is a moderation issue, a service request, or a general operational question, the Board of Executives is here to lead the way.

​Please join us in congratulating our new Executives as they take on these vital roles in shaping the future of BrowseDNS. Congratulations @Nared & @NightmareWolfie!!!

I want to personally congratulate them both on their promotions, they have worked hard as hell and have shown significant improvement since myself and Maribitt have brought them on to the team almost two years ago. Thank you both for your service and commitment to the service and our team.

​— BrowseDNS Administration

Howdy,

We have ended this poll event! Thanks for everyone who left these kind and amazing responses, it means a lot to myself and the rest of the global moderators to have the opportunity to go through and read them. This was a very tightly competitive and exhilarating contest, congratulations to our winners.

1st Place :first_place_medal: - @YourAriesBestie

Statistics:

Aries received 35% With 17 responses

Best Message:

The Best message was made by @MisosoSoup and they stated "I just recently joined bdns and this person was genuinely kind to me and helped me out when i reported something. They are genuinely a nice person considering I just got here. this shows how welcoming and professional they are"

2nd Place :second_place_medal: - @NightmareWolfie

Statistics:

NightmareWolfie Received 33% with 16 responses

Best Message:

The best message was by @moonlitprxsm and they stated "The way they solve issues and investigate is really admirable. I also like how they speak to other users when informing them about their consequences or clearing up any issues. They're also really fun to talk to and I have really intelligent conversations with them :)"

Third Place :third_place_medal: - @moonlitprxsm

Statistics:

Moonlitprxsm received 10% with 5 responses

Best Message:

The best message was made by @eden and they stated "They have been nothing but awesome to all the community, truly. I really think they deserve this award."

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact an available administrator.

Thank you,

Raven
BrowseDNS Admin Team

@maple said in Password Changing Policy:

using ip addresses for authentication is extremely risky, even if switch users may not be able to easily access email. ill label a few reasons.
(1.) often, residential ip addresses are dynamic, so theyll change often. this can prevent someone from authenticating.
(2.) when a user requests a password change via email and doesnt receive an email, they are encouraged to contact bdns and submit their ip address. what if an attacker ip logs a user to take over their account? will the sender email address be verified, and what if the user registered with an email address they can no longer access? how will any of this be verified?
(3.) user accounts could be stolen if an attacker on a local network impersonates them.
while the attack scenarios can be considered edge cases, they still need to be considered, especially in a forum this large. someone is bound to run into one of these issues eventually.

instead of ip authentication, i suggest any of the following:

• knowledge based authentication. such as having multiple security questions that the user creates upon registration.
• access based authentication. force users to register with email addresses. for switch users, provide suggestions on email providers that are minimal and work with low resource consumption.

i dont mean to complain or whine about this password reset policy, im just concerned it could backfire and cause future issues.

Thanks for the post.

If you are locked out of the email that is connected to your account, unfortunately there is nothing we can do and you'd be forced to make a new account. I do believe that with dynamic IP changes, we could always look for IP address details, if they do not match then you'll see the same result.

All I will say is I do have a few tricks up my sleeve so I am well aware of the security risks that come from this. If your account is hacked that is a completely different street, typically once we receive a message (or) email that the account is hacked we would begin with ip address information and obviously the rest of the verification things that I will keep strictly for myself and for Maribitt to hear.

The administrators are likely to provide other verification steps as they control our contact emails, this is just a start of what you'd be asked.

I would be looking for users with emails to use 2 step authentication...

I do not believe this hacking situation is a problem as of now. However, I will also look at the administrators guidance on this as it is a very tricky and serious thing to try to fix.

I'm positive our backend is tough to hack into, same with the accounts and the administrators are always quick to respond to these situations.

All reports of hacked accounts are taken seriously, first we will ban the account and leave it up to the administrators to handle.

Catfishing is completely unrelated and I highly doubt we'd have an issue when it comes to password changes. This is why it is extremely important to use emails and use 2 Step Authentication on your emails that are connected to your account!

I have not really talked about these hacking problems you all have stated and we have never encountered these issues.

We could do somekind of co-account thing so you could registered it as a backup account and we'd take note of it, that way it would be completely private and a safe way to do this.

Edit: To be clear, I will look for email services for Switch users to use when I get home from work.

As of now we will be implementing a new policy for password changes, this has been an ongoing issue.

When can I request a change?
Switch Users are eligible for a change anytime. Their password will only be changed if they use the registered IP address that was used upon their account creation or the last IP used after you were logged in. Create an alt account

Desktop/Tablet/Smartphone Users are required to have an email registered depending on the circumstances. You will be able to request a password change without email twice. Like Switch users, you must use the last logged in IP or the IP used upon your account creation. Remember to create an alt account or DM a Global Mod on the BDNS Discord

If at anytime you do not receive the password change email (which works), you should email contact@browsedns.net! We will ask you to upload your IP using a reliable IP grabber like whatismyip.com, after verification is complete you will be able to change your password.

@Global-Moderators
@Administrators
Regards,
BDNS Forum Administration

Okay so to be clear, BDSM is inappropriate, sexual and probably prohibited on every 13+ website. It technically falls under being inappropriate, but i think it is better to be clear.

and Nareds new rule is 100% reasonable. We were spammed by over 10 bots while you were offline.

and my recent rule saying not to mentioning drugs, weapons or anything of that nature is just... something you wouldn't want on a 13+ website.

All three new rules are in place to create a safe atmosphere, and if you're trying to justify that they're not needed then I find that ridiculous. The @administrators already know they can come to me if they do not agree with any of our rules.

Anything else that you are concerned about?

Mentioning or Speaking about drugs, weapons or any illegal activity is prohibited.

Good Morning,

Tomorrow we will be doing a little get together event. I'd like all of us to just come together and see who's the best fortnite player (It's me, right? /j)

Obviously if you don't have fortnite or fortnite downloaded don't worry i'll think of more contests in the future.

Again, tomorrow at 7PM EST timezone. We will do zone wars, team rumble and other pvp gamemodes. Leave your ideas in the comments.

I will post my username that you will need to add as a friend in order to participate shortly... PM me and LMK that you sent me a friend request.

Regards,
BrowseDNS Forum Services

Last chance... we would like to train all the new mods at once so this is your last chance to send your applications.

https://browsedns.net/topic/4707/m

BDNS Newsletter - June 2025

Introduction
Hello and/or welcome to the brand new BDNS monthly newsletter! Every month there will be a new newsletter covering all the updated information that you need.

Forum Services
The Forum Services Team is a new team that is dedicated to keeping your experience on BDNS the best possible! How do they do that? Well they improve community partnerships, organise events and write newsletters! The Forum Services Team is also looking for applicants so if you'd like to join, apply today!

Summer Event
On other amazingly important news, the all new summer event has now started! You will be added to a team it will be either: The Basilisks, Wasps, Bluebirds or Fireflies. Later today the questions that your team will have to answer will be posted and you will be added to a group chat to discuss your answers that will then be Dmed to @YourAriesBestie . The winning team will receive a badge that will proudly display that you won The Summer Event. The event ends August 1st. Remember, no googling! Good luck!

Register Today!
There is truly no better time to register for BDNS than right now! With the all new Summer Event there's loads to look forward to! So what are you waiting for? Register now!!

Mods
As of recently The Globals have come into agreement to completely reset all mods. If you were previously a mod and you still want to be one you'll have to reapply. If you're interested in becoming a mod there's truly no better time than to apply, so go for it! Mods help make this site better, can you?

birthdays in July!
Here on BDNS we like to celebrate our users, especially when it comes to birthdays! Here's an early Happy Birthday to:
@Lana-Sonamy - July 4th
@Almond - July 8th
@theWater - July 15th
@kets444eki - July 25th
We hope you all have an amazing day! :heart:

That's all from us today folks,
Happy Browsing - BrowseDNS Forum Services

Our Global Staff have agreed to do a reset on all of our moderators. We are making efforts to improve the team and our dynamics. The Managers will stay, so the forum moderation manager is @NightmareWolfie .

If you notice you're being removed ITS OKAY. We will hire the mods who we think are great aspects to the team. We also encourage you to send us an application before it's too late. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!

Greetings folks!

BrowseDNS is launching a new program, we are happy to encourage you to help us reach our goals. BrowseDNS is the technical support forum for Switchbru, over the time it has turned into a semi-active community, we are going to dedicate this year to growing and getting as active as we can. We want to have tons of users pouring onto our services. This will spark adventure for not only BrowseDNS but the ForTheUsers services.

Now that you know that, we are asking you to help us by doing the following:

• Tell everyone you know about BrowseDNS, Switchbru, etc.
• Be active and be involved with the community
• Advertise! Advertise! Advertise!

Lets reach these goals together! Join our group too! @TheRoadToSuccess