# So...would now be a BAD time to join? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 10, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438 "2014-01-10T13:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Picklejar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@Picklejar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picklejar)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438/1 "2014-01-10T13:56:35Z")
Looks like ya’all have recently had a bit of a hacksplosion. Good thing I used a joke username/password and throwaway email address. Well…howdy…this here’s my test first post. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438/2 "2014-01-10T16:09:57Z")
Well, as Robin Williams said in _The World According to Garp_: “This place has been pre-disastered!” 😃 Or, it’s like that Target fiasco, or CD Universe many eons ago. The first thing any place does after a breach in security is to fix the problem and put up _more_ security. Lightning rarely strikes twice. Just be careful that you don’t ever use your banking password or base your p/w on your children’s birthdays or something dumb like that. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438/3 "2014-01-10T21:41:11Z")
> [@Picklejar](#): > > **So…would now be a BAD time to join?** With your post, you already have. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438/4 "2014-01-10T22:46:34Z")
> [@Picklejar](#): > > Good thing I used a joke username/password and throwaway email address. . . . which is what we should all be doing with ALL our on-line accounts ALL THE TIME anyway. So, at least you’re starting out on the right foot here. **Picklejar**. Good joke, good joke 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438/5 "2014-01-11T00:19:45Z")
> [@Picklejar](#): > > Good thing I used a joke username/password and throwaway email address. Thank you for clearing that up, because I always assume people are using their real names. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438/6 "2014-01-11T01:54:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Thank you for clearing that up, because I always assume people are using their real names. Y-you mean… we’re _ **not** _ supposed to use our real names? :smack: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-would-now-be-a-bad-time-to-join/678438/7 "2014-01-11T16:24:59Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Y-you mean… we’re _ **not** _ supposed to use our real names? :smack: 😉 Uh oh.