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Sep 10, 2013 4:46 AM
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Chanaynay said:
I'm not sure if this question has been asked yet but is there any sign that our passwords/emails have been leaked? As stupid as it is, I do only use one password for all my accounts and last time this happened on LastFM I just ended up changing my password on all my accounts that I cared about. Just wondering if I should take the same course of action again this time.
Your password has not leaked. We do not store unhashed passwords anywhere on the site so it is not possible for them to leak. However if, for example, someone manages to bruteforce your password, you will be giving them free access to all of your personal information. I cannot stress strongly enough that I do not recommend doing this. Do not take the chance. Especially since you've just posted publicly that you do this.

Please change your passwords immediately.
KinetaSep 10, 2013 4:55 AM
Sep 13, 2013 6:05 PM

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Its been quite a long time, how long the BBCode will stay disabled?
Sep 14, 2013 2:19 PM

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can you please remove the bb code block now? obviously most people know how to secure and protect our accounts, but this is making me angry, please I really want to see my pictures now!
Sep 15, 2013 12:07 AM

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so...umm...when's bbcode coming back?
Sep 16, 2013 1:39 AM

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Ahh I was wondering why BB-Code wasn't working.
Sep 16, 2013 6:29 AM

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I thought BBCode is only disabled on signature, but I realized I can't use it on comment as well.
I hope the BBCode will be enabled soon, because it feels really inconvenient like this. :/

Sep 16, 2013 10:08 AM

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I've been keeping quiet about the whole BBCode issue for a long time because I thought it would be back up soon, but it's been far too long now. Is there any estimate or date of when the BBCode will be enabled again? I mean, it's been a really long time and I don't see exactly what the holdup is.

I know it was first disabled because of gratuitous pictures being put up on MAL, but the fact of the matter is that it is close to impossible to stop those guys from doing what they do. As far as I'm concerned, you should ether A) completely disable the BBCode forever, or B) take a chance and enable it.

I wish there were other options - I really do, but this is just how the internet works.

Just my thoughts....
Sep 20, 2013 1:02 PM

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At least let the users have their signatures again
Sep 20, 2013 4:45 PM

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No BBCode in signatures and comments makes lolo go something....something.....
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Sep 20, 2013 6:30 PM

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Please enable BBCode. I feel it's unfair that some people have signature images when some others don't.
*sigh* How I wish I didn't change my signature so I'd still have it by now... :(

Sep 20, 2013 7:55 PM

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Thanks for the tips :)
Sep 20, 2013 8:04 PM
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seems like mods are too lazy to find another solution for the problem
probably the bb codes will be disable for ever rolf
Sep 20, 2013 8:32 PM

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From the looks of things, people who previously had signatures will still be able to see it, don't think I will change my signature for a while then.
Sep 21, 2013 7:11 AM

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For those who know how to protect themselves, I made a userscript that enables potentially unsafe bbcode (e.g. img and url) at client side:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/178310

I haven't conducted extensive testing but it is working so far for me.
Let me know should you encounter any problem.
Sep 21, 2013 11:01 AM

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when bbcode work???
Sep 21, 2013 11:22 AM

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ShanaFlame said:
From the looks of things, people who previously had signatures will still be able to see it, don't think I will change my signature for a while then.


I wish i had read this back when they first posted it before i changed mine :(

Now im kinda out of luck, changed my signature the same day they disabled the bbcode.
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Sep 21, 2013 5:46 PM

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Is there a time frame on when the BBcodes may be back up?
Sep 21, 2013 7:35 PM

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Maybe it's still disabled because the site staff is tired of having to deal with all the gore images popping up(wouldn't blame them)left and right, and they're hoping if it's off for a while the hostile user(s) will lose interest?
Sep 21, 2013 11:17 PM

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Banned for selda instead of zelda.
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Sep 22, 2013 1:40 AM

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Hey, lay off. xp Selda's my real name.
Sep 22, 2013 2:01 AM

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Selda said:
Hey, lay off. xp Selda's my real name.
Also wrong thread. I thought this was a forum game XD
Sorry Zelda
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Sep 22, 2013 5:01 AM

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johnyjohny said:
Selda said:
Hey, lay off. xp Selda's my real name.
Also wrong thread. I thought this was a forum game XD
Sorry Zelda
That is one sexy profile pic



Sep 22, 2013 5:16 AM

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Selda said:
Maybe it's still disabled because the site staff is tired of having to deal with all the gore images popping up(wouldn't blame them)left and right, and they're hoping if it's off for a while the hostile user(s) will lose interest?
doubt interest would be lost considering this is year 3 already
Sep 22, 2013 1:15 PM

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They've been at this for three years? :/ Wuh.. I can't understand why anyone would want to do it in the first place, but for that long especially. Do we have any theories about who is doing this and why?

3 years, that's basically as long as I've had my account. But I guess I missed other attacks because I mostly just update my list and don't come every day.
Sep 22, 2013 2:23 PM

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Selda said:
They've been at this for three years? :/ Wuh.. I can't understand why anyone would want to do it in the first place, but for that long especially. Do we have any theories about who is doing this and why?

3 years, that's basically as long as I've had my account. But I guess I missed other attacks because I mostly just update my list and don't come every day.


the culprit is known but the reason as to why is anyones guess.yeah lol,it took the longest to put to rest during year one so the security and stuff i take it is improving which is nice but yeah..its sad it keeps happening but i don't think turning the bbcode off indefinitely with plans to put it back is gonna be any help...unless some sort of extra annoying security like needing to input a code everytime you want to post something gets implemented that its gonna deter any future happenings
Sep 22, 2013 2:41 PM

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When will the BBcode come back :( ?
Sep 22, 2013 2:47 PM

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Hazanka said:
When will the BBcode come back :( ?
Sep 22, 2013 2:49 PM

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It needs to come back soon. :c
Sep 22, 2013 3:01 PM

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It is pretty annoying... I didn't know about it until after I had changed my signature and now I have all this dumbass bbcode down below xD
Sep 22, 2013 4:24 PM

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This is annoying me... Admins... hurry up!
Sep 22, 2013 5:27 PM

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how much longer are BBCodes going to be disabled? we haven't had an update in almost a month on this post
Sep 22, 2013 10:20 PM

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Iner7ia said:
It is pretty annoying... I didn't know about it until after I had changed my signature and now I have all this dumbass bbcode down below xD

me too... look at this ugly signature of mine =___=

Sep 23, 2013 2:31 PM

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2-D said:
Hazanka said:
When will the BBcode come back :( ?

:(( <-- double chins for double sadness
Sep 24, 2013 12:53 AM

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Damn it! I completely forgot about the whole BBcode debacle. I just made a new signature and replaced it with my old one... in which now it won't even appear. Now I got nothing. I deserve a pat on the back for that one =___=
Sep 24, 2013 3:15 AM

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IndoExamurai said:
Damn it! I completely forgot about the whole BBcode debacle. I just made a new signature and replaced it with my old one... in which now it won't even appear. Now I got nothing. I deserve a pat on the back for that one =___=


Don't beat yourself up, that is a sexy image link.

<<Jelly

Hopefully they bring BBCode back soon though.
Sep 24, 2013 8:52 PM

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IndoExamurai said:
Damn it! I completely forgot about the whole BBcode debacle. I just made a new signature and replaced it with my old one... in which now it won't even appear. Now I got nothing. I deserve a pat on the back for that one =___=


Story of my life (TT.TT). But nice signature.
Sep 26, 2013 3:36 AM

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Iner7ia said:
IndoExamurai said:
Damn it! I completely forgot about the whole BBcode debacle. I just made a new signature and replaced it with my old one... in which now it won't even appear. Now I got nothing. I deserve a pat on the back for that one =___=


Story of my life (TT.TT). But nice signature.

I too mistakenly changed my signature without realising the implications.
Sep 27, 2013 12:15 AM

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Hey man its become pretty annoying , enable the signature codes now, why is that some users's signature are showing up while others are not ???
Sep 27, 2013 1:22 AM

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Persius said:
why is that some users's signature are showing up while others are not ???


That's because those signatures were there before the code was disabled, and they haven't updated it(and messed the code up). The same goes for blog entries, forum posts and comments made before the code went down.
Sep 27, 2013 5:03 AM

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It really sucks that the BBCode is disabled, but would you guys rather have a site down like before with the BBCode on? Or it disabled and we are freely able to update our lists and chat on forums? Me I'm hoping they can bring it back as soon as possible, but I'm contempt with the site being up again. Just my 2 cents.
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Sep 27, 2013 4:19 PM

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Iolo said:
It really sucks that the BBCode is disabled, but would you guys rather have a site down like before with the BBCode on? Or it disabled and we are freely able to update our lists and chat on forums? Me I'm hoping they can bring it back as soon as possible, but I'm contempt with the site being up again. Just my 2 cents.


I don't think it would be that bad if they took the site down for a day to take care of whatever security issues they're having. It's not like anyone cares what the exact episodes of each anime I'm currently watching are. But still, you have a point. I just think that if the problems could be fixed quicker with the site down for a bit, I wouldn't really mind. Sites go down for maintenance all the time.
Sep 27, 2013 4:53 PM

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Iner7ia said:
Iolo said:
It really sucks that the BBCode is disabled, but would you guys rather have a site down like before with the BBCode on? Or it disabled and we are freely able to update our lists and chat on forums? Me I'm hoping they can bring it back as soon as possible, but I'm contempt with the site being up again. Just my 2 cents.


I don't think it would be that bad if they took the site down for a day to take care of whatever security issues they're having. It's not like anyone cares what the exact episodes of each anime I'm currently watching are. But still, you have a point. I just think that if the problems could be fixed quicker with the site down for a bit, I wouldn't really mind. Sites go down for maintenance all the time.


You would think that, but people were freaking out in IRC that the site was down lol. If its planned maintenance I guess it wouldn't be as bad because people could write down what episode they were on.
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shadowtsunami said:
I wish we can have it activated for at least our blogs, but if it that much of security issue it should remain disabled for the time being until everything gets sorted out.


How much time would that take ? cause i'm looking forward for the bb code come back for blogs :)
Sep 28, 2013 1:15 PM

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I think everything is being done to bring back BBcodes securely. I love this site, when I first came here I just used it as a way of keeping track of what I've watched, but after a while I began to discover much more about anime through the forums. So thanks admin and mods for a great free site.... Damn I get all sentimental when I've had a few whiskeys! ^_^
Sep 29, 2013 1:01 AM

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is MAL still being trolled by hackers and such as to why the codes haven't been brought back?? or are there other issues now as to why they are still disabled?
Sep 29, 2013 3:39 AM

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^ Well, from what I've read, the only issue, or at least the main issue with it being disabled is the hacker problem. I guess they're still looking for a way to help lessen or prevent the attacks. Or they just want a break from cleaning up after the person doing it.

I wish they would update this thread soon. It's been almost a month and nothing. I think a lot of people are getting more impatient than they would otherwise because they don't seem to be keeping us informed.
Sep 29, 2013 6:03 PM

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Ducat_Revel said:
Are the BBcodes disabled for blogs as well?


Yes.

and....

BBC codes please?
Oct 1, 2013 2:32 AM

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Selda said:
^ Well, from what I've read, the only issue, or at least the main issue with it being disabled is the hacker problem. I guess they're still looking for a way to help lessen or prevent the attacks. Or they just want a break from cleaning up after the person doing it.

I wish they would update this thread soon. It's been almost a month and nothing. I think a lot of people are getting more impatient than they would otherwise because they don't seem to be keeping us informed.


any kind of update would be nice. like as to why they are still disabled or when they think they will have them working again. i know everyone is working hard and such which i am thankful for. but since there has been no update since a month ago just makes you wonder as to why?
Oct 1, 2013 3:30 PM

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Wow.... I honestly thought that this thread would be updated today - not only because it's been a month since it was made, but also because I posted some stuff on MAL yesterday about how we really deserve an update on what is going on with the BBCode. But no...... again, just like everyday in September, I am disappointed to find out that there is still no update. I think what angers me the most is that it seems like the admins don't really care. Perhaps they do, but if that's the case, it doesn't show.
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