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Website Suggestion: Anonymous posts

Do you want anonymous posting functionality?

  • Yes, for all registered users.

    Votes: 1 6.3%
  • Yes, for some registered users with X posts.

    Votes: 1 6.3%
  • Yes, for all INSIDERS.

    Votes: 3 18.8%
  • No.

    Votes: 11 68.8%

  • Total voters
    16

loop101

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I was thinking it might be useful if there was a way to post anonymously if there was something you wanted to contribute but didn't want attached to your account. Not anonymous to Admins, just other readers. Maybe just one thread, like an "anonymous random thoughts" thread. Maybe even remove the various rewards a post can receive, so the only benefit is sharing of the information.
 
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MJ DeMarco

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There is actually a plugin for this...


However it can pose privacy problems on forum upgrades or style changes since it is a 3rd party app. In other words, if the forum software changes, this software might not change with it ... and expose just exactly who was anonymous.

I posted a poll, feel free to vote.
 

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Can't imagine what I'd post anonymously. Reddit offers anonymity and look at the trash pile created in virtually every thread. If I have something to say, I'll put my name behind it. If it turns out I'm wrong about something, I'll own that too.
 

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Can't imagine what I'd post anonymously. Reddit offers anonymity and look at the trash pile created in virtually every thread. If I have something to say, I'll put my name behind it. If it turns out I'm wrong about something, I'll own that too.
I've the same thoughts. I like posting as me. I post knowing it could be read years later and linked to my name.
 
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I think people should be responsible for what they post. I am ready to own my posts. Sounds like socialism to me. Aristotle believed what everyone owns no one is responsible for.
 

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I'm just gonna drop this here...

 

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I'm just gonna drop this here...

Sounds like he doesn’t want to be anonymous either
 
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Anonymity is typically "good" in the context of protecting a user's personal information so they can reveal details that may pose some genuine risk to them if not anonymized.

Anonymity is typically "bad" in the context of general public discourse though. It encourages (or at the very least facilitates) people to say the kinds of things that a visible and accountable person wouldn't or couldn't.

I honestly think anonymous posting should only be allowed here if it's "qualified" somehow. For example, maybe a user could submit anonymous content from their personal profile to be reviewed by a mod before the post is "released". The mod would know which account it's from but the general public would not.

If everyone is allowed to just post anonymously when they feel like it, this place is going to feel like Reddit pretty quickly I would suspect.
 

Isaac Odongo

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Anonymity is typically "good" in the context of protecting a user's personal information so they can reveal details that may pose some genuine risk to them if not anonymized.

Anonymity is typically "bad" in the context of general public discourse though. It encourages (or at the very least facilitates) people to say the kinds of things that a visible and accountable person wouldn't or couldn't.

I honestly think anonymous posting should only be allowed here if it's "qualified" somehow. For example, maybe a user could submit anonymous content from their personal profile to be reviewed by a mod before the post is "released". The mod would know which account it's from but the general public would not.

If everyone is allowed to just post anonymously when they feel like it, this place is going to feel like Reddit pretty quickly I would suspect.
The way explained here is fine I think.
 

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