/next/ - Infinity Next

>>666

>some vol acts like a fucking faggot when anonymous

>avoids getting banned because other vols don't want drama and know that ID:whatever is him

>other posters get banned for doing the same shit

A number of vols for various boards are friends with one another, if they know that some anon is a BV/the BO they'll be less likely to ban him for pulling shit. On top of that most people modify their behavior depending on whether or not they capcode

If I had vols they'd be able to associate various anon posts back to me unless I reset my IP every time I capcoded, which would color their opinion on how to handle shit in a way that isn't intended. If I ripped into someone as an anon (but didn't ban them as they didn't break any rules) another BV might associate that anon post shitting all over someone back to my capcode and view it as license to ban him.

More generally they would pick up bits of information that I'd never tell them directly because I forgot that my anonymous posts weren't so anonymous to them. Pretty sure I've seen posts by Josh around the site which mention details he'd wouldn't mention in an official capacity (unless someone else has a boner for posting pictures by that one artist), which is the same type of shit.

Really, the best way to do this is to have any posts which use the BV/BO capcode use a separate board-wide ID to any posts from the same IP which don't. None of the vols would know who the anon posters are then, no information will accidentally leak, and they won't show any favoritism in their moderation.

>>656

People can already use a username if they want to. Making it mandatory just removes the choice, and if you were to use anything other than (boardname)BO/BV1/etc which a lot of people would if forced to you'd get into obnoxious tripfag special snowflake territory pretty fucking fast.

>>670

Thank you. You explained it better than I could.

>the best way to do this is to have any posts which use the BV/BO capcode use a separate board-wide ID to any posts from the same IP which don't.

Yes. The idea is to have more anonymity, and all the good and bad that comes with it.

>>673

By not having to use a name I mean not having to use whatever name you log in with instead of just using whatever you want when you post. So if your account name was BigGuy when you capcode you can use Anonymous ## Board Owner or something else instead of being forced into using BigGuy ## Board Owner.

>>672

>A number of vols for various boards are friends with one another

>That sounds like some kind of circlejerking IRC room tbh

In some cases yeah, in other cases no. If you volunteer and moderate a fast board you're going to have to talk to the other vols frequently regardless of what you do - asking them whether X or Y should be deleted/banned, trying to figure out how they moderate so you don't end up with inconsistent moderation that pisses off your userbase, dealing with various shitstorms, etc.

You're going to develop an opinion on them one way or another even without an IRC-style secret circlejerk, and a number of boards do have a circlejerk going on behind the scenes anyway. And as things currently are some BVs/BOs would do something bannable because they know they're not going to get banned for it by other vols. That's why changing ID for capcoded vs noncapcoded posts from a given IP is good, it makes it harder for other vols to realize some post is by another BV/BO so they'll be less likely to show favoritism towards it.

>If you want to post with capcode, you need to be be honest and take responsibility for all your previous anon replies.

That runs counter to anonymity. The posts are tied to an identity (some BO/BV) indirectly which restricts freedom of speech as that person will self-censor to stop other BVs from learning about shit they don't want them to know. It might not be your real identity that it's attached to, but it's the same sort of shit as traditional forums (where people craft some online identity they want to put forward to other forum users rather than saying whatever the fuck they want as anon).