Hello, BrowseDNS!

Our Administration Team would like to give you an update on the forum. Thus includes:

• What is happening to the community.
• What you should do to prevent any issues during these changes.
• Our Expectations

We would like to keep it clear — if you see any bugs, we are already aware and they are currently being worked on. Additionally, if you would like to help us by reporting these bugs, please make a thread in the appropriate category. Furthermore, if you have any questions regarding the forum issues that arise, feel free to message a moderator or an administrator at your earliest convenience.

To start, these are some things that you should be expecting for us to add:

1. Word Filter System (BEING FIXED)
2. Updated Categories

A. Some category options will be removed and replaced.

3. Updated Staff System as Well as Department Changes.
4. Rule Adjustments
5. Updated UI, Skin, and more.
6. New Plugins (NOT DECIDED, LEAVE SUGGESTIONS IN @Suggestions-Requests
7. New Moderators as well as Staff.
8. More Events & Engagement Posts from our Staff.
9. Site Adjustments Such As, Reputation Changes, Limits, and Security Related Areas
10. MUCH MORE COMING AS WELL!!!

We encourage you to remain patient during this time as we are slowly working to make these changes final and coordinate with the service administration. Any questions or complaints can be made in the complaints category.

Any Rule Violations while these changes are implemented WILL get you punished.

Thank you,

Raven
BrowseDNS Co-Admin

Monthly Sense Of Humor btw

Hello BrowseDNS Community,

To improve the quality of our discussions and ensure that posts are easy to find, we have updated the forum's default homepage. Users will now land on the Category View rather than the "Recent Posts" feed.

Why this change?

We’ve noticed many "regular" topics being posted in specialized technical categories. This often happens because the recent feed bypasses the context of where a post actually belongs.

What this means for you:

• Better Organization: You will now select a category first, ensuring your post reaches the right audience.
• Visibility of Rules: By entering a category, you will automatically see the Category Description and Pinned Posts (like the guidelines in @general discussion).
• Read Before You Post: This extra step ensures everyone is aware of the specific rules for a section before hitting "Submit."

In addition to this, you will no longer be able to change your default homepage. Moving forward, you can access the recents page by clicking on the sidebar or clicking the link directly.

Sidebar View:

Category Page:

Do not be upset over this decision, your complaints are ultimately the reason this decision is made. If you have an problem with this, take it up with your community, not us!

Thank you,
Raven
Forum Co-Admin

@Everyone
@Public-Relations
@Global-Moderators

The post queue has been added back. New users will need to gain at least 25 reputation to be removed from it.

Howdy,

It has been brought to my attention that there is still some confusion on where to post things. The most popular mistakes are the Questions/Help category options.

Later today I will add some symbols that will make it a lot more easy to know where to post. Before I can I will need to explain a few things.

What is a Parent Category?
A parent category is a category that separates multiple category options from other ones. For example lets say I wanted to connect the Edge of The Forum Category a parent of Food Category, the food category will display UNDER the Edge Of The Forum Category.

There can be multiple Parent Category options BTW!!! Typically we use Parent Category options to make things more organized and neat. So if you see the "Community Discussion" option, that is a parent category of multiple other category options.

What is a Co-Parent Category
A Co-Parent Category is a category that is the child of one category but also the parent of another category, think of it how your parents have parents!

So here's an example, I made Forum Games a Parent Category of Trivia and I made Trivia a Parent Category of Edge Of The Forum. It's like a family tree.

What is Child Category?
A Child Category is pretty simple. It is the child of a parent category.

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Now That we have discussed that, I have made a few adjustments regarding category options.

All Parent Category Options will have a Thumbtack as their image, you will see it beside the category name. EVERYTHING below it is a child category unless there is more parent category options to separate it and stop the flow.

All Co-Parent Category Options will display a Star as its image. To be clear a co-parent category does not stop the flow Kinda, it is still a child of the parent category but also has its children that are not related or connected to the parent category that the co-parent category is connected to.

Child Category Options will not display a star nor thumbtack, its image will be random or it will be related to what you are to post there.

Obviously, you can ask a Forum Moderator on where you should post something if you're not sure. You can also go to https://browsedns.net/categories to view everything I have explained. Every category should have somekind of description to it.

Our @Forum-Moderators, @Global-Moderators and @Administrators will continue to be consistent in moving threads to the correct category.

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The Following Categories have been deleted...

Switch Questions & Help (HomeBrew & Development) - You may now post all your hombrew questions in the co-parent category which is "Homebrewing Your Switch".

Phones/PC Questions & Help (Homebrew & Development) - You may now post all your questions regarding homebrew and development on phones/pc in the Phone/PC Category.

Emulators & More Questions/Help (Homebrew & Development) - You may now post all your questions in the Emulators Category.

General - All threads posted in general have been moved to Edge Of The Forum

If you have posted threads in the categories mentioned above, they will be merged with their co-parent. DM me if you have any questions.

We have also added the Food Category, Staff Communications, BrowseDNS Questions, Complaints & Warning appeals and Trivia.

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Themes

We have changed our default theme to Lumen, which gives the classic BrowseDNS Vibe.

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Forum Settings & Information

The Character Limit for bios is now 5000, it was originally 1000 which seemed to have caused some issues.

GDPR - Account Deletions: We will still follow the guidelines for GDPR which grants you the access to permanently DELETE your account. We are currently in talks to allow it but have a delete time on it. For example, if you try to delete your account you will need to wait 7 days for it to properly delete.

Post Queue: The Post queue is removed until further notice.

Chat Reputation Requirement: This setting is back to zero and has been removed until further notice.

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Global Moderation Changes

New Global Mod, @NightmareWolfie!!!!

@Nared is now our Senior Global Mod!!!!

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I will continue to post these newsletter frequently. I will adopt this into my duties as a member of the admin team. You will still receive your regular newsletters from the forum services team.

Thank you,

Raven
BrowseDNS Forum Co-Admin

I honestly don't care much about politics, I just want someone who will actually do something good for our country considering we are on our downfall as we speak. I feel as if Donald Trump only cares about power and fame.

@Skye_twitch What makes Trump better qualified? Please elaborate

I rather have a President who tries to do something than someone who is only worried about their Campaign 24/7. The Assassination Attempt on Trump nearly ended his life. He decided to make a Campaign move after nearly dying. This Was a mistake, i will be suprised of Trump makes it 4 years without getting another assassination attempt on him. I don't want someone to die or get injured trying to fix our country, i care more about safety than a good president. Lets also keep this civil please lol, we are Americans!

I would prefer if we stayed away from this topic

I am thankful for the trust people embed into me.

Stop acting like a dickhead to people who have done nothing to you, @Andyboi!

Even if you don't like some individuals which is understandable. Don't show that publicly.

Anybody else who makes posts regarding this will be muted for 2 days.

Posting this here is not a good idea, we are not trying to get caught up with the Russian Government.

@ZenkoZan

This is exactly why the world is how it is today.

You don't understand the amount of work it takes to keep a roof over your heads, instead you sit here and bash parents about how they're raising you. If you're eating food and living under someones roof, they obviously care about you enough to pay for you.

@sillysora99 Honestly, it is their house and i think you should follow their rules without any further issues. The audacity for you to say something like that shows how ungrateful humans can be.

@IM_N0T_ØKAY said in I got the Job :D, Say Hello to the latest member in Forum Services:

@Raven I meant you'll rehire me in a few months thanks to me talking with Wolfie. i also meant i screwed up on my first day

That is @NightmareWolfie, not me lol

Humble yourself a lil

@IM_N0T_ØKAY said in I got the Job :D, Say Hello to the latest member in Forum Services:

Tip from a former mod @raven will rehire soon...dont screw up first day

have a good night, @FutureRemix1

people just say shit to say it. I swear 😭

@Johnny.SS If I said move on, why continue? Especially when you're part of the reason the thread was locked in the first place.

Continuous disregard for community values and our standards will not be tolerated. Take this as a warning to everyone else.

Do not recreate locked threads and continue the conversation and act like there is no problem with that. That's extremely foolish to say!

This would generally be considered a controversial topic.

Modern-day Satanism, especially organizations like The Satanic Temple, falls under religion and social/political ideology, which are inherently sensitive discussion areas.

I wasn't necessarily saying it wasn't allowed. However, if we wanted to, it could technically fall under the religious talks rule. Most of JesusLovesYou's posts are warmhearted and aren't necessarily looking for discussion, while this thread here seems rather discussion-based.