Glitch: My username is invalid or unregistered - Profile links invalid

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#1 nintendoboy16
Member since 2007 • 41489 Posts

Is anyone else getting this? Because I've been clicking on my username to check my blog and stuff and it sees me as unregistered or invalid.

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#2 OrkHammer007
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I am getting the same error when I click on my user name and posting history.

I'm not getting the error when I click on other users' user names.

I can get to my profile, but it requires going to my mod history, and clicking on my user name in the old-school view there.

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#3 deactivated-62e5afbb5bb41
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Yes, I have the same error when clicking on my username.

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#4 irishdude199210
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I just made a topic at the same time you made this one :P

Something's up. :?

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#5 asian_pride69
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Whew, okay. Glad I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. I thought I was banned when I saw that...
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#6 Minishdriveby
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Whew, okay. Glad I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. I thought I was banned when I saw that...asian_pride69
Yeah I thought the same thing too!
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#7 irishdude199210
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[QUOTE="asian_pride69"]Whew, okay. Glad I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. I thought I was banned when I saw that...Minishdriveby
Yeah I thought the same thing too!

Same here :P

Glitchspot does it again!

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#8 Wolflink001
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I just got this glitch too! Am I banned???
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#9 nintendoboy16
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I just got this glitch too! Am I banned???Wolflink001
We wouldn't be posting if we were banned. :P

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#10 pokecharm
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me too - and I was worried I'd been banned too, and was like, I think you'd know if you'd been banned, right? but yeah, I can't get to myself, but if you press someone else's username, then swap yours in where the URL is, you can get back...to yourself...does that make sense?

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#11 Dracula68
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Locking thread as I clicked on all your usernames and they are all fine. Must have been a glitch.
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#12 dab198
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Locking thread as I clicked on all your usernames and they are all fine. Must have been a glitch.Dracula68
Aaaaand reopening :P

The profile links in the top-right are simply broken, as are several otherlinks that follow the gamespot.com/users/username format.

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#13 TheNewEraIcon
Member since 2009 • 12196 Posts

I get the invalid or unregistered screen as well for my profile

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#14 irishdude199210
Member since 2010 • 2517 Posts

[QUOTE="Dracula68"]Locking thread as I clicked on all your usernames and they are all fine. Must have been a glitch.dab198
Aaaaand reopening :P The profile links in the top-right that are simply broken.

It's still a big problem that should be fixed pretty soon.

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#15 Thuganomic05
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Same here.
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#16 The-Apostle
Member since 2004 • 12197 Posts
I'm also having this problem.
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#17 SayiannWarrior
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me too

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#18 SR71halo
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I too am having this problem.

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#19 dramaybaz
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I came here to post the same thing.
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#20 Am_Confucius
Member since 2011 • 3229 Posts

Can I join?

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#21 pcgamer_07
Member since 2007 • 1164 Posts

Yes same thing happening to me. Looking at others profile is fine but click your own profile and you get this error.

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#22 adamosmaki
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same here
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#23 OfficialBed
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Same thing is happening to me. It was fine like 30 minutes ago too...

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#24 dab198
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The new format link seems to have started working for me now. Don't like the new format URL, but eh...
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#25 pcgamer_07
Member since 2007 • 1164 Posts

and its back working now.

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#26 Am_Confucius
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Workin'. Thanks.

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#27 OfficialBed
Member since 2005 • 17668 Posts

Awesome..working again. Thanks to whoever fixed it :P

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#28 JodyR
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Hey there! The profile url changes are to keep your account secure. The "~self" part is there for your privacy, which will avoid revealing usernames to advertisers. However, at this time if you try to share a blog or content from your profile, the page will likely display the user who visits it. For instance, if I share a blog, you'll see this in your profile (with your banners/avatar/etc). The best way to resolve it is to have a permalink. This bug is widely known by union members, where it will show your personal union instead of the actual union, depending on the url that's shared. So, we'll have to wait for a type of permalink to resolve this bug.

In the meantime, I'd suggest either loggging out to grab your www.gamespot.com/users/USERNAME url of your blog to share content. I'm sure the rest of you might have some other suggestions to prevent logging out though!

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#29 nintendoboy16
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Hey there! The profile url changes are to keep your account secure. The "~self" part is there for privacy, which will avoid revealing usernames to advertisers.

JodyR

Thanks, Jody! That helps a lot. :)

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#30 The-Apostle
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Hey there! The profile url changes are to keep your account secure. The "~self" part is there for your privacy, which will avoid revealing usernames to advertisers. However, at this time if you try to share a blog or content from your profile, the page will likely display the user who visits it. For instance, if I share a blog, you'll see this in your profile (with your banners/avatar/etc). The best way to resolve it is to have a permalink. This bug is widely known by union members, where it will show your personal union instead of the actual union, depending on the url that's shared. So, we'll have to wait for a type of permalink to resolve this bug.

In the meantime, I'd suggest either loggging out to grab your www.gamespot.com/users/USERNAME url of your blog to share content. I'm sure the rest of you might have some other suggestions to prevent logging out though!

JodyR

If you don't feel like logging out, you can also manually enter your own username. Just delete "~self" and replace it with your username.

EDIT: I just tested it myself. Each link I click on reverts it back to "~self". :cry:

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#31 verbtex  Moderator
Member since 2006 • 9196 Posts

I think this is fixed, so I will lock this thread if no more problems are reported within 24 hours.