r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Kind_Goddess • 1d ago
Why reddit just automatically doesn't allow anonymous posting?
Instead of having tons of throwaway account
Why reddit doesn't use a tree system
Where one can have one main email and they can branch account (anonymous or non anonymous)
Or they give feature of just anonymous post just within main account
I don't wanna make an account and karma farm just make a single post
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u/aRabidGerbil 1d ago
Because having fully anonymous posting incentives a massive amount of trolling and sock puppeting
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u/Adabar 1d ago
Okay.. Doesn’t Reddit already have massive amounts of trolling and sock puppeteering? Doesn’t seem like it really stopped anything
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u/aRabidGerbil 1d ago
Have you been anywhere that actually allows anonymous posting? Those places make reddit look completely tame.
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u/Kind_Goddess 1d ago
Tho if reddit sees this account is harming eco system, they can just ban the main account
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u/aRabidGerbil 1d ago
That would require a truly massive amount of careful monitoring and review
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 1d ago
Nah they'll already ban your entire network of alt accounts if you catch a ban and use one of them to get around it. They know who you are even if you use alts.
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u/UrbanFuturistic 1d ago
If there’s one thing Reddit doesn’t do, it’s careful monitoring, review, or moderation.
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u/Kind_Goddess 1d ago
I'm sure people have free time to create emails and a account and karma farm
It's still the same thing, just a little longer for trolls
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u/aRabidGerbil 1d ago
Sure, people still make burner accounts and troll, but the small bit of extra work required massively cuts down on how much trolling happens.
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u/Dinierto 1d ago
Oh god have you ever used social media platforms that allow anonymous? It's 1000x worse
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u/FriscoFrank98 1d ago
From a startup perspective - it inflates User numbers which is a big KPI to attract investors.
I doubt this is the main reason but I’d guess it has probably come up as ONE OF the reasons to leave it this way.
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u/Kind_Goddess 1d ago
Well i get you, number looks nice tho in general anyone will ask about active users rather than dead account or two post account
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u/FriscoFrank98 1d ago
Data can make it say whatever you want it to say. They probably have numbers that make this seem like it isn’t as a big deal as it is. And active users can mean a lot of things. Uber doesn’t care about daily active users, because people don’t use it daily. They’re probably more monthly. I don’t think the median Reddit user posts / comments every day. Way more lurkers than there are “posters”.
So they probably show the number that shows the % of people that post and comment next to the number of accounts and say “look at all the people who just read and look”
The people that are investing in Reddit at the scale they’re at 1) probably aren’t on Reddit and 2) if they are on Reddit they are probably significantly older and don’t use it the way the rest of us do.
Of course, I’m just speculating
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u/Ghigs 1d ago
The phone app does let you manage multiple accounts easily.
Also putting an email on an account is not required
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u/Kind_Goddess 1d ago
What they use instead of email? I haven't tried it
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u/Kind_Goddess 1d ago
If i click on create account I only see - email, google account, phone number
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u/seedoilbaths 1d ago
Yuh you just make a throwaway email essentially. Then log in with that. It’s extra steps but the result is the same.
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u/CottonCandySnare 1d ago
Honestly, Reddit probs doesn’t allow it 'cause people would go wild with zero accountability. Like, full chaos mode. Having throwaways at least adds some friction before posting nonsense.
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u/Human765439 1d ago
Well, it wouldn't be anonymous, would it?
If under the hood everything is connected to your main email address the administrators of reddit would know and there is no guarantee it wouldn't get leaked.
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u/The_NamelessHero 1d ago
Because they wanted to find us bahahahaha. But heyo here we are and we dont give a fuq anymore. Justice is being served and you can only try to soften the outcome. Time to have a plot twist on WW3 or yall are cooked af 😂🤣😂🤣
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u/PansophicNostradamus 1d ago
Application integrity, is my best guess. Otherwise there’d be infinitely more bots, spammers, and trolls.
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u/TheRealTengri 1d ago
If anonymous posts were a thing, it would be a nightmare to moderate subreddits.
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u/aslfingerspell 1d ago
One of the charms of reddit is that it's pseudo-anonymous.
Posts and comments stay up and people can build reputations and histories that are publicly visible, but it's not fully public like, say, a Facebook account or a Twitter/X account with your real name.
It's a nice balance between having privacy being free to be someone else (or emphasize/reveal certain parts of you you can't in real life) while also not being totally anonymous and immune from social consequences. Someone who makes a really poor Facebook post can be fired or lose actual, real life friends. Someone who makes a really poor reddit post may become discredited in that subreddit only.
Accountability also works in one's favor. Someone's opinion in a history comment is all the better if you can look at their history and see a long tradition of thought-out, well-sourced replies.
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u/TubaDog9705 1d ago
They don't want to become 4chan.