(August 14, 2016 at 8:41 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: EP, you created a thread about this. So naturally everyone is going to comment on it with what they think. While it's not the worse idea out there, it's not really needed either.

I'm sorry.

EP, you keep saying it's a good idea, but you're not saying why.

Why is it a good idea? I'm not trying to tell you it's shitty; I just want to know what its purpose would be.

(August 14, 2016 at 8:43 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(August 14, 2016 at 8:41 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: EP, you created a thread about this. So naturally everyone is going to comment on it with what they think. While it's not the worse idea out there, it's not really needed either.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.

Just learn to take some criticism.

(August 14, 2016 at 8:47 pm)Bella Morte Wrote:

(August 14, 2016 at 8:43 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.

Just learn to take some criticism.

Ok, I'm sorry.

Oddly enough I was just thinking this would make an interesting idea for a site... not this site but a site... a site with no names. All users and posts identifiable behind the scenes of course, but no publicly visible usernames... and probably not a forum either per se but rather a place to write essays etc. So that all posts would be taken on their merits alone and there would be no possibility - barring people learning each other's writing styles or users actually identifying themselves in their posts - of popularity contests or peer pressure affecting responses. But you guys are saying this sort of thing already exists, EP with positive experiences of it and CD with negative - shitposting?

(August 14, 2016 at 8:54 pm)Emjay Wrote: Oddly enough I was just thinking this would make an interesting idea for a site... not this site but a site... a site with no names. All users and posts identifiable behind the scenes of course, but no publicly visible usernames... and probably not a forum either per se but rather a place to write essays etc. So that all posts would be taken on their merits alone and there would be no possibility - barring people learning each other's writing styles or users actually identifying themselves in their posts - of popularity contests or peer pressure affecting responses. But you guys are saying this sort of thing already exists, EP with positive experiences of it and CD with negative - shitposting?

I was just thinking giving the average user on AF the freedom of posting anonymously wouldn't be the worse idea in the world, but apparently nobody agrees with me.




Ok.

(August 14, 2016 at 8:54 pm)Emjay Wrote: Oddly enough I was just thinking this would make an interesting idea for a site... not this site but a site... a site with no names. All users and posts identifiable behind the scenes of course, but no publicly visible usernames... and probably not a forum either per se but rather a place to write essays etc. So that all posts would be taken on their merits alone and there would be no possibility - barring people learning each other's writing styles or users actually identifying themselves in their posts - of popularity contests or peer pressure affecting responses. But you guys are saying this sort of thing already exists, EP with positive experiences of it and CD with negative - shitposting?

There's plenty of forums out there with anonymous posting enabled and it almost always gets abused. It's a shame that a few bad apples ruin it for everyone else, but I don't think it's worth the hassle for AF.

(August 14, 2016 at 7:55 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Could you guys introduce an option to post anonymously, which only the admins could see who it is(if they really needed to, not normally either)?

I feel like if you could do that, that would be a very good addition to the forum.

But I don't know.

If people are posting anonymously, then how will I know who to hate when they say stupid and/or insulting things to me?

Nah, it's fine the way it is.

(August 14, 2016 at 8:56 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: I was just thinking giving the average user on AF the freedom of posting anonymously wouldn't be the worse idea in the world, but apparently nobody agrees with me.
Ok.

Personally, I think building a wall to keep out people who know how ladders work is the worst idea in the world. But yours is in the top 10!

Well, ok, guys, but fair warning. I'm going to be a whole new EP from now on.