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RailMat

Formerly MatthijsFidder

From: Emmen (NL)

Joined: 2017-05-22

Posts: 1,534

suggestion: should woots in ano topics be anonymous?

woots in ano topics are the real usernames. Should you change it?

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From: admin land

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 9,226

Re: suggestion: should woots in ano topics be anonymous?

option to not be annonymous in those topics

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thanks hg for making this much better and ty for my avatar aswell

Anatoly

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Re: suggestion: should woots in ano topics be anonymous?

There are certain reasons why woots shouldn’t be allowed, and I agree with Diff.

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From: admin land

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 9,226

Re: suggestion: should woots in ano topics be anonymous?

diff didnd tpost her eyet so how can you agree

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mutantdevle

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From: Hell

Joined: 2015-03-31

Posts: 3,848

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Re: suggestion: should woots in ano topics be anonymous?

I would say yes if anon topics were used in a way where the anonymity actually mattered. Anonymity only matters when the content is either an unpopular opinion or something that's sensitive. It's understandable why people would want to be anonymous in these cases. And it would be useful if people could use the woot button to agree with posts without having their identity be revealed or let it be known that they are active in the topic. But very very few anon topics are used like this - they're mostly **** or otherwise just for fun. Hence, I don't see why we'd need diff to go through the effort of making the woots anonymous if it has such low utility. Besides, instead of wooting a post in a sensitive topic, you should probably express agreement in an actual post if the topic is that serious.

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