Comment on Spam protection measures

  1. Kamari333 Sat 27 Apr 2024 09:48AM UTC

    Badly Drawn Catsona

    have you considered giving logged in users an "anonymous" commenting option? so they can comment without it being front-facing that it is them?

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    1. imminentinertia Sat 27 Apr 2024 09:57AM UTC

      Gelboys still

      I second this.

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    2. MintGreen_and_NeonPink Sat 27 Apr 2024 10:42AM UTC

      Oooh, yeah, I've seen a lot of peoole being interested in this! I think it's a good idea, we already have anonymous posting for authors, I think it's fair that commenters receive such option as well. It would allow those in a very mundane position of "i love this kinky smut but im shy" mental comfort of commenting anonymously while also allowing the site staff to take action if things get abusive

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      1. AngelAxo Sat 27 Apr 2024 03:21PM UTC

        An anthropomorphic axolotl wearing a turtleneck

        Plus, I can imagine it would also encourage account making. A lot of users who don't make accounts do so because they don't like the idea of having a consistent identity tracked in how they interact. If they can still interact but do so completely--outwardly--privately, that would likely be very appealing.

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      2. Slybrarian Sun 28 Apr 2024 02:52PM UTC

        We don't have anonymous posting for authors. The anonymous collection is not official and its owner could de-anon everything in it if they ever wanted to.

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        1. Eli0t Sun 28 Apr 2024 04:59PM UTC

          Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the TV show Shadowhunters pressing their foreheads together

          Anyone can make an anonymous collection. If you make a second account, make an anonymous collection on that account, and add your works to that collection, no one but you (and technically some of the admin of the site) can see that you are the author or de-anon you. There is no specific anonymous collection to use, just make your own on a second account.

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          1. Quihi Sun 28 Apr 2024 05:52PM UTC

            +1 to this! I occasionally see works in 2-3 existing anon collections for increased assurance of anonymity with minimal effort.

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            1. Eli0t Sun 28 Apr 2024 06:16PM UTC

              Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the TV show Shadowhunters pressing their foreheads together

              Yeah only issue with that is that the owner of those collections can still see who posted to them, but that's a much smaller group than publicly posting would be.

              (I will say that a few years ago I made an anonymous collection on an account that I made just for this purpose and purposely made the login something I cannot remember and didn't save it, so I can't even login to the account if i wanted to as far as Im aware. So that's about as close to truly anonymous as you can get without making your own collection on a second account)

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              1. SarkyLittleMonster Wed 01 May 2024 08:30AM UTC

                So, say someone wanted to post to this collection... what would be the account name the collection is under? Asking for a friend :D

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                1. Eli0t Wed 01 May 2024 09:02AM UTC

                  Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the TV show Shadowhunters pressing their foreheads together

                  The collection was linked in the last comment (on the words "an anonymous collection"). Its under the account name AnonAccountName.

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                  1. SarkyLittleMonster Wed 01 May 2024 09:42AM UTC

                    Thanks :)
                    I'm having some issues with my posting rn, it seems to be glitching for me but I'll check again later :)

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    4. DoctorDizzyspinner Sat 27 Apr 2024 12:38PM UTC

      The video game character Kirby looking very cozy in a scarf and a hat. There is text reading, "Stay warm".

      +1

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    5. micdropbam Sat 27 Apr 2024 09:52PM UTC

      Spider-Man unmasking Miles

      Great idea!

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    6. Joanne_c Sun 28 Apr 2024 10:09AM UTC

      I really like this idea too. Nthing it.

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    7. Kaanbaltla Sun 28 Apr 2024 07:59PM UTC

      Husk (Hazbin Hotel) smiling

      Oh, this is a great idea!

      I wonder if someone already sent the suggestion to Feedback.

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    8. Raberba girl (Raberba_girl) Tue 30 Apr 2024 03:33AM UTC

      Stony Batman and gleefully punning little Dick-Robin from Batman: Wayne Family Adventures.

      I am not in favor of this, since my experience is that people are often a lot nastier when they're anonymous, regardless of whether they're technically logged in or not. That's why I disabled anon interaction on Tumblr.

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      1. quandrix_quizard Thu 02 May 2024 02:09PM UTC

        On the flip side, if they're logged in while being anonymously nasty, the database can still track who's who and then blocking could still block the user, or the abuse team could more easily follow up

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