Fair warning to my fellow goats - Account anonymity in anon subs is a fallacy and what you write can and will get used against you. (whatever)

submitted ago by NeedleStack

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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MadWorld ago

You don't need to archive everything! Just archive the one that you set the trap to.

heygeorge ago

Might said I was probably drunk and forgot

@TerdWilson

Womb_Raider ago

"It's pretty obvious when im sincere... trust me... ignore the times im not sincere..."

I appreciate this guy opposing SBBH, but rhetoric like that is unnerving.

MadWorld ago

I am not made of stone. If something is convincing and reasonable, I am wiling to change my mind.

Womb_Raider ago

I don't trust Terd, but I trust SBBH even less.

MadWorld ago

I don't trust shitheads, such as yourself, either. Whenever someone is been civil with you, you tend to throw your feces to mark your shithole territory and assert dominance. I suppose that you picked up this trait from your butt buddies. That doesn't mean we can't have any discussion.

Womb_Raider ago

Ha. I don't think you'd provide me a decent example of that, hmm? Frankly, I don't care if you trust me. I don't push agendas. I just care that people aren't won over by them. Their agendas are plain to see.

MadWorld ago

I don't think you'd provide me a decent example of that, hmm?

I am a regular user, I don't keep a stack of notes on who said what, it's just an observation.

I just care that people aren't won over by them.

So you are basically some sort of equalizer?

Womb_Raider ago

Based on your comment history, you speak kindly toward multiple SBBH accounts. It seems more likely t>hat you're an account trying pretty hard to seem neutral, while continuing to spin their narratives.

So you are basically some sort of equalizer?

I wouldn't say that at all. I just tell people when there's a fire. If some of us burn, we all do.

MadWorld ago

Alright, I will keep that in mind, thanks! Aside from that, the vote manipulation and the discord coordination have become way too obvious! So they are also arguing with good reasons.