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You're mixing up anonymity and pseudonymity.
Just create a new throwaway account each time.
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You're on a site where at least half the commenters are anonymous, and evidently the discussion level here is good enough for you to stay. Conversely, Facebook is not any less cancerous because they have a real name policy. So no, I'd say the least N years have not shown that.
I think the most important aspect of a community is its members. Reddit, Facebook, etc have all tried hard to grow their communities and have reduced the quality of them as they increased the headcount. The best communities don’t strive for the hockey stick growth.
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#23Have clicked on less than 10 links and have already been exposed to bestiality images. This post in question has been up for half an hour, where is the moderation?
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Just create a new throwaway account each time.
This used to be a lot easier. Now reddit doesn't let you create an account without an email (and most burner email tools are blocked like https://www.mailinator.com/ .
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Just create a new throwaway account each time.
This used to be a lot easier. Now reddit doesn't let you create an account without an email (and most burner email tools are blocked like https://www.mailinator.com/ .
Re: Show HN: Ieddit – A minimalist, Reddit-like site with anonymous posts/comments
#26Have you thought about making the data distributed and p2p? that way it's more resilient. Reddit at one stage was also minimalist and open source
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#27Hasn't the past 20 years shown that anonymous posts and comments are a perfect breeding ground for trolls?
You're on a site where at least half the commenters are anonymous, and evidently the discussion level here is good enough for you to stay. Conversely, Facebook is not any less cancerous because they have a real name policy. So no, I'd say the least N years have not shown that.
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#30I think this "reddit-with-4chan-features" approach is more viable than 8chan's "4chan-with-reddit-features" approach, since I don't think the imageboard model is very compatible with the "community-run boards" feature. It's also a good thing that (it appears that) this website is "fresh" and apolitical rather than coming forth from a political rift in another community (e.g. 8chan, gab, voat). I'll definitely be foll…
Only one group likes image boards anyway, this won't matter.