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Blizzards and avalanches are made up of snowflakes. I've never seen the term as insulting.

Yes, I implemented that filter back when her name was in the news and it was amusing. I actually agree that the time for the joke has passed. If anyone wants to suggest new text for any of the filters, feel free to suggest what you think is better. The comments that referenced the devil that prompted the filter weren't just simple Satanism. They were comments by people who were clearly deeply disturbed. They were a group I didn't want on the site. The same goes for the people currently using pérv. The way they're using the term the implication is predatory sex with under age kids. They were frequently mentioning 'young', 'incest' and 'rape' along with përv and its variants. I just can't have that shit on the site. Hence the filters. Yeah, there are totally reasonable and acceptable ways to use those terms. If I could exempt senior members I would, but I can't.

This site does not promote drug use. Period. Read the guidelines in the "sex with enhancements" section. Promotion of drug use is prohibited. If you see it, please report it. What is allowed is for drug users to share experiences. The goal is a more supportive community where drug users don't feel isolated and where they may hear something in someone else's experience that might save their life. Whether we like it or not, a lot of guys in the bareback community do drugs. Unlike some of the sub-communities that I try to discourage through word filters, they are genuinely part of who we are, so they have a place here. It's a walled-off place, but there's a place. Which reminds me, please report any mention of drug use outside the designated areas.

I set the rules around here and I am not a snowflake, nor am I even part of the snowflake generation. As I just explained (we were both writing our responses at the same time), the filters exist to discourage illegal discussions and to keep the site true to its original mission. They aren't there because people are "triggered" by things. There's a lot that's allowed on this site that's not "PC". And yes, some of it triggers some people. I really don't give a shit if you're triggered by something. We get a fair number of reports for things like racial slurs that we do nothing about because the context was consensual race play or fantasy/fiction. However, if someone, in anger, said the same thing to another user, that would be censored, not because of the words, but because of the anger. Being polite to other members is really important. Words, not so much.

To view? No there isn't. It's more of a filter than a ban. You don't get in trouble for using the banned word. But you will get in trouble if you try to circumvent the filter since it shows intention and disrespect for the rules of our community. The issue is that certain types of discussions are problematic and I simply don't want them on the site. Those discussions use specific words that are rarely ever used in other types of discussions. Filtering those words disrupts the problematic discussions and encourages them to find another web site for their discussions. Often these are illegal or borderline illegal discussions (e.g. drug use, sex with minors, etc.) – For legal reasons I simply can't have those discussions on this site – even if I don't really see a problem with the discussion. For example, I don't personally have a problem with someone having sex with a minor IF the minor initiated the interaction and feels empowered to stop the interaction at any time. But that's a scenario that's almost impossible to legislate, so "sex with minors is illegal". Period. But there are also discussions that are centered on "fringe communities" that are far outside of the mainstream (to put it politely). I don't necessarily have a problem with those communities, but those communities aren't what this site is about, so I filter the words they use to discourage them from using the site in order to keep this site true to it's original mission – to promote bareback sex and give a place where people can talk freely about their sex lives.

I understand what people want. But the software that runs this site wasn't built for stories. It was built for discussions. Eventually I'll get to coding a replacement for this site. At that point I can give you guys what you want. But that will be at least a couple years off into the future.

I moved your post because it has nothing to do with this site (hence doesn't belong in the help section for this site). But to answer your question, you're probably using a VPN (a Virtual Private Network). Or at least BBRT thinks you are. They probably have a list of IP addresses that have been known to be used by VPNs and they're blocking those IPs. If your IP had been used by a VPN service in the past that might be enough to get you blocked (assuming you're not using a VPN). VPNs obscure where a person is coming from. That can be problematic for site owners. Hackers love to look like they're coming from somewhere else. It's also possible that you turned on a VPN and have since forgotten you had it turned on. To run a test to see what BBRT might be seeing, go here: https://www.maxmind.com/en/locate-my-ip-address That will tell you a bunch of stuff (you'll need to scroll sideways to see everything). Is your location close to where you are? If not, then you're on a VPN. Is the ISP listed your ISP? If not, you're on a VPN. If you're still sure you're not on a VPN after looking at that information, then I suggest you try to get a different IP address. Assuming you're on some sort of home network, unplug your router before you go to bed, then plug it in when you get up in the morning and you'll probably have a different IP address. (Write it down before you go to bed – the link above will tell you what it is).

There’s no penalty for using a banned word. Don’t worry about it. But also don’t try to circumvent it when you see it’s banned. That I might give a penalty for because it shows intention.

Yup. Certain words were generating too much discussion that was borderline illegal. Because of that the words are banned.

It's not about being "PC". There's A LOT on this site that isn't PC. It's about staying within the limits of the law. I've said it before and I'll say it again (over and over)… Who you vote for makes a difference in your sexual freedoms. Who your friends and family vote for makes a difference in your sexual freedoms. Don't think you can ignore politics and then come on a board like this and complain that your freedoms are being limited. You, your friends, and your family members limited those freedoms when you voted the wrong lawmakers into office. Oh, and it's just going to get worse. About a week ago 4 Senators asked Attorney General Barr to do more obscenity prosecutions (conservative source, liberal source). Obscenity isn't just about images – text can be "obscene" as well. Barr was a big proponent of obscenity prosecutions when he worked in the Justice Department in the Bush (Sr) administration. If Trump gets a second term we're likely to go back to those rather dark days. And it's not just a problem in the US. Britain is trying to regulate porn (though it's temporarily failed), Australia wants to regulate porn, etc. The rules on this site are there to keep things legal and to keep the site off the radar of aggressive conservative groups. This is why the moderation of this site is "somewhat aggressive" and why that will continue to be the case with the sites I'm building. I don't need problems. If you become a problem, then you're no longer welcome here. This is a private site, there is no right to free speech. Free speech means you can start your own site and possibly face lawsuits and jail if you don't police it properly.

This site runs on 3rd party software. I don't really know what the software developer plans to do. Plus, I'm slowly redeveloping my sites. Eventually the content here will get migrated to other sites. Albums will work completely differently. They will not be migrated as-is from this site. Instead you'll have to migrate your images and then you can use them in albums on the new sites. I was about to go into detail about it, but there's no point since it's just speculative at this point other than the fact that they won't work the same way.

Clearly you didn't read the thread before asking your question…

Nope. Not possible. Sorry.

OK, all fixed! In an attempt to make things faster I managed to break something unexpected.

Some new problem cropped up. Let me see if I can get to the bottom of it.

I modified things so the blocking is somewhat less aggressive (depending on what the person/bot did to earn the ban). So possible mistakes get unbanned quickly.

Yes, Member Map was disabled. It needed a software upgrade, and when I did the upgrade on some other 3rd party software (that provides the ability to have your account deleted) that upgrade took down the site for a while. My impression was that not that many people were using Member Map and it never really did what it was supposed to do all that effectively, so I just disabled it. Only a few of you noticed that it was missing. My suggestion is to use the regional hookup forums to find guys in your area. That's why they exist. That said, early next year I'll have basic profiles working on my new sites, and that will include neighborhood-level geotagging. The sites are niche based so… #BBBH Men for bareback breeding Cumdump Network for oral and anal cumdumps Oral Pigs for oral Poz Pigs for poz guys, and neg guys who are into poz guys Puff Puff Cloud for chem sex (invite only) Twisted Pigs for hardcore fetish (piss, fisting, BDSM) Public Urinals for piss bottoms Spunk Buds for vanilla sex (which includes bareback these days) [Do not try to register for those sites, it's not ready, and your profile name here is already reserved for you on those sites.] Eventually those sites will be full-on hookup sites, but it will start with just simple stuff – geotagged profiles with a few pics. Then messaging (which will replace the chat system here). Then better hookup features. And finally (in the distant future), all the forum posts and blogs here will be migrated to those sites. So hang tight and you'll get something much better than the old Member Map in the not-too-distant future.

I've encrypted all the sensitive data in the database. I'm seeing similar page load speeds as before. So it seems to have gone well. Once again – there is no perfect security on the Internet. But there's at least one less thing a hacker can do to compromise this site. Since none of the problems that were reported were actually related to the database upgrade, I'm going to lock and unpin this thread.

A database upgrade can't cause the problem you describe. What you're describing is an interface issue. Databases have nothing to to with user interface. This has to do with how URLs are handled differently now. I'll see if I can disable the old emoticon system that was really just inserted images. People will still be able to actual emojis (characters typed in their keyboard). That happened a few weeks ago. It needed an upgrade, was rarely used, and never worked as intended. So I've disabled it. So moving forward, there's a software upgrade that I'll do in a moment and then there will be occasional outages as I encrypt the data that needs encryption.

Welcome to iOS 13. I have the same problem in every app on my iPhone since they released v13. It has nothing to do with the upgrade today. I really have no clue what you're talking about. I see no emojis on that thread. That said, there was one change in the upgrade that would affect emojis. But the change was only made to a search index table. So you won't be able to do searches that include emojis. But I can't imagine anyone doing a search with an emoji.

I've just enabled attachment deletion for Members and Senior Members.

Well, you're already up to Junior Member, so you didn't have to wait long for that to be resolved!

Did you read this thread before commenting? The answers to your questions are in the discussion above. But that said, it seems to be working as hoped with minimal impact to users who are active on the site. So I don't see changing anything.

When I added "Junior Members" I restricted "New Members" further.

One other thing I should mention… I strongly encourage you guys to start using DNS over HTTPS ("DoH"). Right now what goes between your web browser and my server is encrypted. But when your computer first resolves the domain name into an IP address – that is done in clear text. So anyone with network access can see that you're visiting this site – they just can't see what on the site you're looking at. While your OS should support DoH, it probably doesn't. Mozilla is the organization pushing the hardest for DoH, and they've put a work-around in the Firefox browser that lets you get around the fact that your computer doesn't support DoH. Here's how to turn on DoH in Firefox… Go into Preferences Search for "DNS" Click on the Settings button for Network Settings Click the checkbox next to "Enable DNS over HTTPS" Click the OK button After that point your DNS queries will be encrypted – but just for the stuff you look at in Firefox. If you want to read further about this, check out this article… https://blog.cloudflare.com/dns-encryption-explained/ The short version is that there are two primary ways to do encrypted DNS – DoH and DoT (DNS over TLS). DoH does the request over the same port as normal web requests (when you're requesting a web page). DoT uses ports that have been traditionally used for DNS. A lot of corporate and government firewalls (even ISPs) force DNS queries to go through their DNS servers. Which means they can monitor the sites you go to and stop you from looking at things they don't like. DoT continues that model – it just encrypts things along the way. Governments and corporations who want to control what you look at are terrified about DoH. The UK was planning to block porn, but they finally gave up when they figured out that DoH (and VPNs) will make it impossible to do what they were planning to do. DoH will also be a huge help to dissidents around the world – DoH makes it incredibly difficult (more or less impossible) for governments to control what their citizens see. And that's a VERY good thing!