But can't it be spammed by banned members?
I take it the posts will be watched and monitored like on ATS?
[edit on 26-12-2006 by infinite]
NEW! Anonymous Posting Is Here on AboveTopSecret.com, page 1
privacy
Topic started on 26-12-2006 @ 11:13 AM by SkepticOverlord
Yes it's true, non-members, secret agents, paranoid madmen, careful researchers, angry patriots and more can now post to AboveTopSecret.com with
total anonymity.
Anonymous posting has been one of the "missing elements" from AboveTopSecret.com. Many discussion boards in our genre allow various levels of activity from unregistered anonymous users. But in many cases, it can devolve into a bedlam of one-liner posts, insults, and difficult to follow threads. We believe we've solved this issue and have integrated a means for unregistered users to participate in ATS.
All posts from anonymous users are displayed on a new ATS subdomain:
anon.abovetopsecret.com...
Special Announcements!
Anonymous posters can select from a list of our topic areas, including three new categories specifically for anonymous posting to the new subdomain (some members may want to use these as well), the are:
Announce: Protest or Group Gathering Use this to help promote special protests or meetings that fit within the "mindspace" of ATS. Normally we don't allow members to engage in this type of posting on ATS, but this service makes sense on our Anon domain.
Announce: Important Information or Conspiracy Event Is there a convention coping up that is of interest to conspiracists or fans of other ATS content. This is the perfect place to post an announcement and link to more detail.
Announce: Help Needed from All Conspiracists Are you doing research or looking for specific information? Here you can post a request, and perhaps see a response some time later... all in complete anonymity.
Guests Can Reply To Threads!
Guests now see a special "create anonymous post" link at the top of all threads. When they click on the link, they create a response to the thread complete with automatically embedded link to the thread.
Members Can Reply To Anonymous Posts
Each anonymous post has a link that enables ATS members to create a new thread based on the anonymous post, with embedded quote from the anonymous poster. This way, our members can notice an especially interesting post, then create a thread to expand upon the information.
Anonymous Account Created
When you post to the anonymous page, a unique username is created for you and stored in a cookie. This way, anonymous posters can retain a persistent identity throughout their posting history (no detail other than your unique name is recorded in our member database). In the future, we may evolve this feature to award some degree of member status to especially productive and informative anonymous users.
After we have a greater number of posts, we will provide a method to filter anonymous posts by category... but for now, the page displays all categories.
Anonymous posting has been one of the "missing elements" from AboveTopSecret.com. Many discussion boards in our genre allow various levels of activity from unregistered anonymous users. But in many cases, it can devolve into a bedlam of one-liner posts, insults, and difficult to follow threads. We believe we've solved this issue and have integrated a means for unregistered users to participate in ATS.
All posts from anonymous users are displayed on a new ATS subdomain:
anon.abovetopsecret.com...
Special Announcements!
Anonymous posters can select from a list of our topic areas, including three new categories specifically for anonymous posting to the new subdomain (some members may want to use these as well), the are:
Announce: Protest or Group Gathering Use this to help promote special protests or meetings that fit within the "mindspace" of ATS. Normally we don't allow members to engage in this type of posting on ATS, but this service makes sense on our Anon domain.
Announce: Important Information or Conspiracy Event Is there a convention coping up that is of interest to conspiracists or fans of other ATS content. This is the perfect place to post an announcement and link to more detail.
Announce: Help Needed from All Conspiracists Are you doing research or looking for specific information? Here you can post a request, and perhaps see a response some time later... all in complete anonymity.
Guests Can Reply To Threads!
Guests now see a special "create anonymous post" link at the top of all threads. When they click on the link, they create a response to the thread complete with automatically embedded link to the thread.
Members Can Reply To Anonymous Posts
Each anonymous post has a link that enables ATS members to create a new thread based on the anonymous post, with embedded quote from the anonymous poster. This way, our members can notice an especially interesting post, then create a thread to expand upon the information.
Anonymous Account Created
When you post to the anonymous page, a unique username is created for you and stored in a cookie. This way, anonymous posters can retain a persistent identity throughout their posting history (no detail other than your unique name is recorded in our member database). In the future, we may evolve this feature to award some degree of member status to especially productive and informative anonymous users.
After we have a greater number of posts, we will provide a method to filter anonymous posts by category... but for now, the page displays all categories.
) ... but such activity will likely only exemplify and confirm as to the reasons they were banned in the first place. reply posted on 26-12-2006 @ 11:27 AM by SkepticOverlord
Originally posted by justyc
if a member posts something anonymously and then logs out, do they receive a new anon_numberx when they log back in?
There are two good reasons for ATS members to consider creating an anonymous post:
1) They have an important event of interest to ATS members they'd like to announce.
2) They have volatile information that deserves to be in the public, but would rather not post it under their normal username.
If an ATS member posts from the anon.abovetopsecret.com... domain, their post will be anonymous with a new anon_ username generated. However, when you return to the forum, your member account will still be active (the cookie is specific to the anon.ats subdomain, so we can't read it from the board's domain).
