Hey y'all!

We have some reminders about account security, and some tips on keeping your characters secure!

- NEVER share your password with anyone! Although you might want to share with people you trust, those people may not always be trustworthy, and falling-outs can happen.

- Use COMPLICATED passwords! This doesn't necessarily mean smashing your face on the keyboard and hoping for the best... You can use abbreviated phrases to make a secure password!

Bad Passwords - ilovedogs, rainbow, etc. Basically, simple phrases and dictionary words are easy to brute-force, and are BAD at keeping your things secure.

Good Password - ihsmfcwir203 ... Looks complicated, right? But it's easy to remember if you break it down... In High School My Favorite Class Was In Room 203. This method gives you a secure password, while also making it easy for you to remember it! You can also throw in some numbers in exchange for letters for added security. However, the LONGER the BETTER, so keep that in mind!

- Don't use the same password for everything! Once someone gets ONE password, that means they get access to EVERYTHING! Change it up! Keep your stuff secure!

- As tempting as it is, do not use a password manager. While they CAN make your life easier, they can also be a  huge pain, since they're vulnerable to breaches. Lastpass, for example, was breached in 2011.

Hey FAM!

Just a quick reminder:

If you are linking art on FAM or FAZ, please be sure to label any links containing NSFW images. This includes (but is not limited to) nudity and gore.

However, linking pornography of ANY KIND is PROHIBITED on both sites. This includes erections, penetration, masturbation, spreading, etc. If you are found to be linking porn, the link will be removed, regardless of whether it's marked NSFW or not. Please do not link it here.

If you're not sure whether something is allowed or has to be marked, please feel free to PM a staff member and ask. We're happy to assist!

Hey FAM!

Just a quick reminder about leaving trader feedback.

If you feel you had a bad experience with a trader, by all means leave feedback! But be sure your wording is appropriate and non-vengeful, as "revenge" based feedback will be removed by staff. We encourage feedback where applicable, but remember to keep it mature and professional!

Thanks!

Hello FAM!

For a long time, we've asked that users change their thread titles to "delete" when you're ready to have them removed. We have also asked that users do not use the phrase "don't delete" in their titles or post bodies, because we do not ever delete threads we are not asked to, and it messes up our searches when we go through to prune old threads.

However, despite all our requests and title changes, we have had many users continue to use "don't delete" or "remove" (the latter instead of using 'delete').

Because of this, we will now be removing ANY thread with "delete" in the title, regardless of what else is present. Please take the time to change your threads to an appropriate title to avoid getting caught up in the sweeps. We will allow for a few days for users to get their things in order before we start running sweeps again.

Alternatively, mods can be PMed directly for thread removals.

tl;dr:

- Mods will NEVER delete a thread unless we're asked to.
- We will be deleting ANY thread with "delete" in the title from now on, including "don't delete" because they are messing with our searches.
- Threads with "remove" in the titles will likely get overlooked and not deleted unless we see them during regular thread browsing, and we will not be filtering for this anymore.
- If any of the above will be an issue, please take the time to change your thread titles/post bodies so they don't get swept up or overlooked when we start doing sweeps again.

We will give users about a week to fix things up before we go back to sweeps.

So we've had a few people contact us about this issue lately, so I figured it's a good time to explain what's going on!

If you're ever on FAM and receive a message stating you were banned for a DOS attack, don't panic! This is triggered (most often) by either having lots of tabs open at once, or refreshing a whole lot. When you do this. the website thinks you're attempting to perform what is known as a DoS attack, or Denial of Service, by overloading it with lots of page refreshes. This slows things down, and can actually bring the site down if it's bad enough. So what the system does for us is sees that some unusual page loading activity is happening, and it stops it to prevent the site from crashing.

If you get hit with this, don't panic! It will clear up on its own. Of course, if we find out this is being done on purpose, the users responsible will be permanently removed from the site.

If anyone has any questions about this, feel free to ask!