This post is an advisory to users that your username is connected to whatever you write in anon subs.
What you write can be seen by one or more devs who’ve been given that special access. But what you may not know is that they can and do use it against you as they’ve done with me in the past and as recently as yesterday. And one or more of those users who have this ability are part of SBBH.
Some history: One of the SBBH members had a hissy fit with me over a year ago and is probably the same user who would “miraculously” happen to know it was me when I would write certain things in anon subs in the past. I’d write something and they’d make a snarky remark revealing that they knew were talking to my account. It wasn’t a huge deal but it made me aware that my username could be seen by one or more users with this special access.
Back to present day: I’d never bothered to get caught up in SBBH drama until about a week ago when I started needling them in anon subs with a comment here or there regarding their questionable activities on voat.
It didn’t take long for one of them to take the bait and clearly refer to me when making this remark about my recent comments:
http://archive.is/eBPYZ
My account is exactly 2.7 years old. Whoever wrote that comment was a fool; for so obviously ‘giving away’ that they could see it was me writing those comments (showing their hand), and to give such a sensitive shit over what I wrote (notice it took anti-SBBH comments for them to get fresh and reveal themselves).
Let this story be a warning to any of you that this ‘special access’ to see which user is writing “anon” comments creates an unfair advantage and in the wrong hands can be used against you. At the same time, these privileged few are able to enjoy the ability to hide in anon subs themselves.
@PuttItOut, users will never be free to “have their say” in anon subs until everyone but you is stripped of the ability to see who’s posting what in so-called anon subs.
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Edit: Hey, cool! My post got a "Speculation" flair. Perhaps the first in voat's history in v/Whatever.
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tossyokeys ago
I don't give a fuck. I also don't fucking believe you.
I'll keep using anon subs, and no amount of speculative alarmist bullshit is going to keep me from calling those SBBH faggots out for what they are, in or out of anon subs.
NeedleStack ago
The beauty of voat is that a lot of users are skeptical as fuck so I don't mind if you don't believe me. You do what you want hon. My post is more for those who hide out in anon subs under a false sense of security.
tossyokeys ago
You're better at weaving yarn than words, guy. You went afk for 3 months and came back a totally different personality. I know a SBBH sleeper when I see one. You're one of three users that can attack SBBH and not get harassed. You and your friends can keep manipulating votes and spreading lies, but you're not going to convince me, and you're sure as hell not going to dissuade people from using anon subs.
NeedleStack ago
Ew, not true at all. I was gone for like.. a month tops? And it was in part to take a break from the kind of vote manipulation, brigading, and witch-hunting you refer to. But whatever, you believe what you want. I don't care.