Honestly, if you have political discussion in a private chat and it isn't an issue, then absolutely, I have no problem with it.

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.

Raven, signing off! ❤️✨️

Hey @Global-Moderators & @Public-Relations!

I'm Raven and today I'll be making my last announcement and I wanna share it all with this incredible team of individuals. As of today, I'll officially be resigning from my position as a member of the Administration Team, this was not an easy decision however I have already been thinking about it in the past week or two which is why we have an admin in training. I'm sure a lot of you have been noticing my inactivity in the past few weeks since the new year began and I frankly want a seasoned moderator to take over my position to be able to let them have a chance at becoming greater than mee.

I'm sure not a lot of you know but I'm beginning to prepare for a new job. Additionally, I have just learned that I will be expecting additions to my family in the coming months, truthfully, I'm starting to grow out of forum communities overall. Having been an BrowseDNS Staff Member since 2024, and used Switchbru and their services since 2022, I have seen this group flourish through the development and forum industry by a large margin, and I am very proud to have been a part of incredible success. I honestly can't wait to see where it goes from now especially with the next administrators. I'm starting to want to be able to just experience being able to binge shows all night long and hang out with friends whether that'd be online or hanging out, all without having to make sure if I missed any tasks or worry about my requirements anymore.

I'm proud to be member of BrowseDNS and will continue to be and I hope this amazing industry never fades away and this forum lives on for a long time, I'll never forget the incredible experience I've been in with this group especially with the family in the staff team because its something I'll miss so much and it's something I've never taken for granted. I'm very grateful for all the fun memories and serious moments I've had with the team, especially with my close friends and our executives! It's something I will never truly forget. My chapter of BrowseDNS officially ends here and I'm very grateful for everyone to have come and seen me all the way till the end.

@VGMoose @pwsincd I can not thank you two enough for your gratitude and respect even at times when I was difficult to put up with. I wish that this service thrives for a lifetime as it truly empowers people to become greater than what they may think they are.

Thank you for everything, and so long BrowseDNS!!

Raven
Former BrowseDNS Administrator

@Yougot1960ed said in what changed?:

@Raven Okay so than whats happening?

People just don't know how to follow the rules.. pretty simple

TOS has remained the same.

@administrators

@Kam said in Question about shitposting:

@Yanderemenhera eotf? edit: nvm I get it edge of the forum

edge of the forum is where it goes as long as it isn't stupid to the point it should be posted.. I am find with it.

@Kam said in banner?:

@Raven said in banner?:

@idekatp00-_ said in banner?:

You need 25 reputation, which means you have to get upvoted 25 times

Not true . At all

so it is true, a little bit. but not "not true at all" lol

No, it isn't true, as I said. I feel you're seeking attention, which isn't something I'd like to see, personally.

@Kam said in stop:

@Raven wouldn't the professional thing to do would have been to reply?

Why would I reply if I didn't unban you... that's just wasting my time

you get an email when we follow up on ban to investigate and when it's accepted

@Kam said in stop:

speaking from personal experience not from actual knowledge

I certainly read your response, you just didn't get unbanned.

@VGMoose said in Testing Forum Ads Again:

For those on Switch, is it that bad? Is that on Switch 1 (OLED, Lite, or original) or Switch 2? And which DNS are you using? (certain ones might have some built-in ad-blocking)

Popping up during conversations is a definite problem. I'm also not a huge fan of ads, so I'm always going to err on the side of making them be optional. The @Hide-BDNS-Ads group works well because you still have to seek it out, but also, signed-out users eg. people arriving via Google search can't join them.

If the ads are weird, how weird are we talking? Below is an example of the kinds of ads I'm seeing. Although it's a LOT of ad real estate, I also kind of feel like that's just how the Internet is these days?

Google has their own internal algorithms where they decide where to put the ads, but you can mark certain areas as "off limits" zones. That first page load though is some of the more valuable real-estate (which is also why so many news sites look so terrible). It's a trade-off for user annoyance VS ad performance, really.

Are you getting ADTraffic though? If not, what's the point in them being displayed for Switch Users.

@ilovecats2018 said in Testing Forum Ads Again:

We should make no ads a VIP perk

I like the way you think, you're a real businessperson.

@VGMoose said in Is there a way to save your topic drafts?:

Sorry, the drafts get stored locally and then get wiped when the browser reloads. The closest you can do is post and edit the thread.

We should have a category that only allows them to see their own posts, edit them, and move them to whatever category it goes in.

@Aries said in What are you doing for Easter?:

Nothing, we're not Christian so it's not a big holiday to us and i'm not at the age where i'm interested in easter eggs anymore :shrug:

pretty sure there is more to it than "Easter eggs".

please let's move forward and hope that we learned from our mistakes in the past. Everyone does questionable things and may make mistakes, but we should not hold grudges and focus on improvement, site-wide.

I am quite interested in your responses, let me know!

@Kam said in User of the Year!:

where is the link to vote? or is it not open yet 😭

Not yet, at least I don't think so.

@swiftie133 said in User of the Year!:

@Raven now ur kinda just yapping

Who... are you?

@NightmareWolfie said in User of the Year!:

@Raven I'd make categories, it's explained there, it'd be Users of the Year B3

That too, I dont mind that. Something similar to the BDNS Awards tradition wouldn't hurt.