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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:13 pm
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(August 14, 2016 at 8:13 pm)Jesster Wrote: In a sense we are already anonymous here. It's not like we are using our real names. That only changes once you give out personal information.
I've frequented another forum where you can post anonymously, and believe me, it actually makes a difference.
Incidentally, that's the only forum I ever posted short stories I wrote, even though I didn't ever use the anonymous option to post them.
But that option was amazing when it was needed. It gives you some leeway to say some things you wouldn't otherwise(not mean things directed at specific people, of course, you know what I mean).
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:14 pm
(August 14, 2016 at 8:12 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: I'm not talking about being obnoxious though...
Abaris, why the negative reply?
Because, going by your post record, your treatment of others and my perception, you mostly are.
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:14 pm
(August 14, 2016 at 8:13 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: (August 14, 2016 at 8:13 pm)Jesster Wrote: In a sense we are already anonymous here. It's not like we are using our real names. That only changes once you give out personal information.
I've frequented another forum where you can post anonymously, and believe me, it actually makes a difference.
How so?
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:18 pm
(August 14, 2016 at 8:11 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Yes, I think so.
I feel like I, for one, could post far more creatively if I were doing it anonymously.
If you don't feel you should post it under your name, maybe you shouldn't post it at all.
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:22 pm
As a member of another site that allows anonymous posting, fuck no.
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:24 pm
(August 14, 2016 at 8:22 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: As a member of another site that allows anonymous posting, fuck no.
Well, you got a bad experience on yours, I got a good one on mine.
So now, the question becomes, what would AF posters do with it?
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:30 pm
The forum goal is discussion. Discussion is hampered by an inability to identify one's participants. How would quoting work? How would you know who is replying to whom?
It doesn't sound like it would be good for discussions. What would it be useful for?
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:30 pm
(August 14, 2016 at 8:30 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: The forum goal is discussion. Discussion is hampered by an inability to identify one's participants. How would quoting work? How would you know who is replying to whom?
It doesn't sound like it would be good for discussions. What would it be useful for?
Maybe OP could disable/enable anonymous posting.
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:31 pm
(August 14, 2016 at 8:30 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: The forum goal is discussion. Discussion is hampered by an inability to identify one's participants. How would quoting work? How would you know who is replying to whom?
It doesn't sound like it would be good for discussions. What would it be useful for?
Shitposting, IMO.
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RE: Anonymous posting
August 14, 2016 at 8:32 pm
It sounds to me like too much hassle for the moderators for too little payoff.
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