An idea on how to allow anonymous posts/comments without ruining Tildes

mrbig
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:43:56 +0000

@deimos has expressed before his dislike for alt-accounts, a position I happen to share. Alt-accounts makes users less accountable and more prone to misbehavior.

At the same time, deeply personal threads frequently require anonymity to be of any value.

To avoid alt-accounts altogether, I propose an anonymity with caveats:

1. Only accounts older than 60 days can comment and create threads anonymously.

2. Mods and admins can take action against the account that posted anonymously just like with any account

3. For the most part, the identity of the poster will remain a secret even from mods and admins.

4. For practical reasons, in the case of banning a user from the entire website, the identity of the user would have to be revealed to the admin that banned him/her. But that will only happen after the action is taken. This seems like a bad idea.

EDIT: PLUS FEATURES

1. The creator of the thread must tick a box to allow anonymous posts (they are opt-in).

2. Moderators and admins have the power of disabling this permission if deemed necessary.

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