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Upgoat feature request - Get rid of anon posting entirely. It's blatantly being used to ruin this site.

submitted by we_kill_creativity to UpgoatDev 1 monthMar 30, 2024 09:54:59 ago (+24/-9)     (UpgoatDev)

Unless you made this site to be ruined in the first place, in which case you having an "anon feature" makes perfect sense.

Why do you even have anon posting? Is there some benefit to it? It not difficult to understand the reason the chans got ruined is because they didn't use account names. It's even less difficult to see in real time the clearly deliberate uptick in anon posting being used as a tactic to ruin this site. So why are you allowing it? Did you make this place with the intention of letting it be ruined?

There's no benefit to allowing "anon" posts. Even if their were, it would never come even slightly close to outweighing the gargantuan negatives that it has.


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[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 10 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:06:33 ago (+13/-3)

add to that the cowardly nature of anon posting.

[ - ] we_kill_creativity [op] 2 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:49:14 ago (+3/-1)

I mean, that's true, but it's hardly the most important aspect of it. It's obvious that we're seeing more and more "anon" posts trying to desperately say "How do you do, fellow real anons!?".

I still haven't seen someone tout an actual benefit of "anon" posting.

[ - ] Gowithit 2 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:56:49 ago (+2/-0)

1) Sometimes people feel more comfortable answering certain topics under the cloak of "anonymity".

2)People can shed their "personalities" on anon.



[ - ] Anus_Expander 5 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 11:32:49 ago (+5/-0)

We already have screen names tho, Consuela

[ - ] big_fat_dangus 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 16:04:31 ago (+1/-0)

She need more lemon pledge.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 16:05:48 ago (+1/-0)

Let's just send her back to the jungle

[ - ] Gowithit 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 11:42:41 ago (+0/-0)

Thats why the quotation marks tho....

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:27:28 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] system 6 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 16:04:36 ago (+7/-1)

What are your referring to? There were 2 anon threads posted in the past 24 hours. 8 in the past 48 hours. I don't see anything really crazy about them.

[ - ] we_kill_creativity [op] 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 22:27:11 ago (+0/-0)

You really don't see what I'm referring too?

[ - ] we_kill_creativity [op] 0 points 1 monthMar 31, 2024 11:29:26 ago (+0/-0)

Why didn't you respond to a single thing I actually said? What is the point of allowing anon posting?

[ - ] system 0 points 1 monthMar 31, 2024 13:22:59 ago (+0/-0)

You said it ruined the site. I checked recent anonymous posts to see what you were talking about and there was barely any activity. I don't see any evidence of it ruining the site. That's why I asked you to elaborate... which you haven't done.

[ - ] Tallest_Skil 6 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 11:00:45 ago (+6/-0)

I mean… we’re all anonymous already. My parents didn’t name me Tallest.

[ - ] DestroyerofSquirrels 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 16:43:10 ago (+1/-0)

This is totally my real name though...

[ - ] drstrangergov 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 11:24:15 ago (+0/-0)

You're only anonymous to your friends.

[ - ] paul_neri 0 points 1 monthMar 31, 2024 03:26:28 ago (+0/-0)

7/10

[ - ] paul_neri 0 points 1 monthMar 31, 2024 03:27:45 ago (+0/-0)

Correct, Shortest_Skil.

[ - ] Tallest_Skil 0 points 1 monthMar 31, 2024 10:23:55 ago (+0/-0)

Some of us were born before 2000 and know never to use real names on the Internet.

[ - ] Centaurus 5 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:30:21 ago (+5/-0)

Anything else we can ban for you today? It's Saturday so @system has a ban one, ban another thingy going on.

[ - ] Gowithit 3 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:07:39 ago (+4/-1)

Who is avoiding we kill's list?

How dare you!

[ - ] we_kill_creativity [op] 2 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:25:03 ago (+3/-1)

Sooo...

Trying to ignore everything of substance I said in the post and change the focus to some non-existent "list" I don't have. Never change fucktard...never change...

[ - ] Centaurus 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:31:02 ago (+0/-0)

Just gowithit.

[ - ] Gowithit 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:54:11 ago (+1/-0)

You're going to set him off with that one. Have fun!

[ - ] Murdock 2 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 13:11:19 ago (+2/-0)

I think it's important to have it. Not sure how it's abused, maybe I'm not seeing as much due to some filters..
But little by little, you may give more hints about who you are, which country, region, city, etc.. And you might not want that, thus anon posting.
Or you might want to raise a question that goes against previous posting and to avoid being hypocritical, you might want to post anon and get the info, let's say you are a jew loving person who is starting to open your eyes...
I don't know how much they are abusing the anon part as you claim, but maybe there is a middle ground. I think it should exist.

[ - ] The_Reunto 2 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 12:53:02 ago (+2/-0)

Anon threads are entertaining sometimes, and this site is pseudoanonymous anyway. The anon sub was mostly for making sure people didn't just make a dozen throwaway accounts every time they wanted to say something that wasn't necessarily in line with the character they established under their username. In that respect, I assume that is one of the important functions v/anon serves.

The whole thing is a mess, but maybe the right approach is for system to close the gaps on the anon unmasking exploit and then just encourage people to block the anon sub if they don't like it.

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 2 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 12:06:36 ago (+2/-0)

who cares? i just want the ability to post gifs 😜

[ - ] boekanier 2 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:11:58 ago (+4/-2)

hey anons: you are cowards!

[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 15:18:32 ago (+1/-0)

Bitch,bitch,bitch! I'll just bet you're a real gas at parties.

[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 11:57:59 ago (+1/-0)*

ANON subs allow the very worst of the SoapBoxBanHammer faggotry to unchecked.

Making each up / down vote on submissions display publicly might help also.

[ - ] big_fat_dangus 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 16:03:57 ago (+1/-0)

What's the point, if downvotes are throttled? Until that gets fixed, retard spammers like conspirojeet will continue flood the site with spam and the glue eaters will boost it.

[ - ] chrimony 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:59:25 ago (+2/-1)

I blocked all the anon subs a long time ago, but it would be nice to have an option to "Hide anon content (enabled/disabled)" under account options, like there is for Gore and NSFW.

[ - ] PearofAnguishJuniorManager 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:59:06 ago (+2/-1)*

Unless you need advice about your anal fistula, I see no use to posting anon.
There seem to be a lot of cunts in anon. Reddit pre-ops and commie faggots that come here to ruin the site, they infest anon.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:54:49 ago (+2/-1)

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[ - ] mannerbund 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 21:34:45 ago (+0/-0)

Don't respond as anon, and ignore most anon posts. The problem solves itself.

[ - ] Kozel 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 16:42:27 ago (+0/-0)

then qdrops couldn't exist

[ - ] DestroyerofSquirrels 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 16:42:25 ago (+0/-0)

I agree.

[ - ] Joe_McCarthy 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 13:16:47 ago (+0/-0)

Anon was more of a glowie subversion nest at real Voat than it is here. That is even surprising.

Here were some exceptions to that:

https://www.upgoat.net/viewpost?postid=64b21110d8e97

https://www.upgoat.net/viewpost?postid=64b21110d8e97

https://www.upgoat.net/viewpost?postid=64cefd3768c73

At real Voat anon was used to intimidate users. Not much of that here.

That being said anon should be abolished. In particular the guys that think they can hide from hostiles by making their pro-me posts in anon are mostly living in dreamland. Maybe from NGOs or antifa. But not US intelligence.

[ - ] Spaceman84 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 11:21:03 ago (+1/-1)

At least throttle it in some way.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 10:07:57 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] SumerBreeze -1 points 1 monthMar 30, 2024 14:14:01 ago (+0/-1)

You can block those anon subs entirely. I blocked the faggotkikes so I don’t see their anon nonsense anyway.