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Maintenance

Hello,

Similar Worlds will be temporarily unavailable for about 3 hours, during our Upgrade to a new and more powerful Server.

This maintenance is scheduled to take place at: [b][c=#FF0000]Tuesday May 17th, 2:30 am Central Time (8:30 am GMT)[/c][/b] and should take about [b]3 hours[/b] to complete.

We are very happy that our community is growing, and we need to improve our back-end so that we can support the growing traffic and data, while improving reliability at the same time.

After those 3 hours, everything will be back to normal.

Thank you,
Nuno
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Andrew · Admin
Hello,
As mentioned recently, Private Messages and Photo Uploads are at our top priority to release next. We are aiming to have these completed before this weekend is over.

However, many security features and algorithms need to be put in place before PM and Photo sharing are available.

We've spent most of yesterday and will continue into today, working on algorithms and formulas for improved safety of our members, especially the minors.
These improvements will be released soon in the coming days.

It may sometimes appear as though we are slowing down our working rate, but that's not really the case.
Now we at a point where we have to deal with very complex portions of this site.

At the moment, all content on this site is public; but in the transition into private conversation, many risks begin to open up.

For security alone, there are hundreds of factors that need to be taken into consideration, and many different scenarios that could take place here, which we must be aware of and make preparations for in advance.

We also want to give members the ability to better control who can contact them directly, visit their profile or even see their posts.

So, the bulk of the delay isn't solely due to the complexity of the private messaging system, but probably more to the need for advanced Security, Privacy and Control for members.

Thanks again for your patience.