My old account has my name. I don’t want it attached to comments and articles for fascists to read.
If Boing Boing “came back” I think it would be an empty shell anyway. Lots of people are simply walking away.
Me, I just don’t want to be tracked by people who wish me harm.
Just got logged out over there. Guess they got around to my anonymization request. So long, old friend. We had a good 21 odd years together.
Yeah. 
Not sure just when I started, I think it was about 18 years ago.
Hi all. Just checking to see that my account here is still active. As I said in Kvetch, I’ll likely be taking a break from Internet forums in general, but I’m grateful that I can continue keeping in touch with the best of the BB community here.
The longer version (taken from the old welcome message…
Once upon a time on BoingBoing…
…there were special rooms for users in good standing called “Regulars Lounges.” If you had been around long enough and gained a certain trust level from the system you were allowed to access and create your own threads, available only to other trusted Regulars.
Two of the most popular Lounges were “Kvetching About the Usual Trolls” and “Hey Rube” (Kvetch and Rube for short). Kvetch was for discussion of the handful of persistent trolls clever enough to stay within the site’s rules. Rube was for identifying and discussing potential new ones. Both Lounges served the useful purpose of allowing these discussions without derailing threads on the main site with personal disputes.
Unfortunately, the site admins removed the Members Lounge functionality in April 2017, and with it Kvetch and Rube. The Regulars, being an ornery bunch, would not stand for that and within days had re-created them in secret using the Direct Message functionality. We call these the “Pseudo-Lounges.”
While some of the BB authors and mods eventually became aware of the Pseudo-Lounges and allowed them to remain, they have asked us to be discreet and careful about who we invite to join them, lest we upset those on the public BBS who celebrated the demise of the Regulars Lounges. We also abide by the public site’s conduct guidelines as much as we can as well as by our own rules.
Melz in particular was instrumental in setting them up. It was great while it lasted. I’m still amazed they ran as long as they did behind the walls and officially unsanctioned-- almost 8 years!
How do you anonymize yourself over there? Is there a menu option, or do you send a message to them?
I’m guessing that’s a reference to jlw (happy fun ball)?
It’s something that’s only available in the admin console, so you need to reach out to someone who has that level of access, like orenwolf.
You have to ask Ken by DM or e-mail.
Likewise, too much identifying info left behind once I’ve abandoned ship.
Has Flossy been invited? Can they be decoupled from the BB servers at all?
I’d also suggest Wazroth. Always ready with the bridge bingo card.
I also would welcome Gaghalfrunt here.
On the other hand, I’ll be glad knowing I won’t see 44 or Medi again.
Someone mentioned that, but I don’t know if an invitation followed.
It seems we’re just going one by one individually with this? Invite who you like, unless you saw a “no” here?
I suppose if more than one person invites someone, that’s all right. They’d be all the more encouraged to “migrate” (to here I mean, not SuS).
Legit
It’s terrifying isn’t it!?
But here’s to whatever’s next!??
Anyone know how to upload photos from one’s phone? The button up with the bold, italics, block quote, isn’t there
Finally! Found out where all the cool kids are hanging out. 
I figured it was probably time to stop posting under my actual full name. 
