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Lots of people have been bringing this up: what do you think about having the secret makers put the fandom in the image itself, rather than the name-the-fandom thread? Like a note at the bottom of the image (eta: or a note in the comment itself) that says:

fandom: Dr. Who, or fandom: House, or fandom: fanfiction/fanart/rp, or fandom: Pokemon/Twilight Crossover with a Bella the Bellsprout and her sparkly vampire virgin pikachu boyfriend

I'd go into effect starting with the next subs post (so everything submitted this week is fine, don't worry). The first comment would still be there for repeats and stuff like that.

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What if the fandom is so small, spilling it would reveal the maker's identity?
If they didn't want to name the fandom, they probably wouldn't name characters or anything, right? So if it were like "I ship this one character with this other one, but no one else does and I feel alone, but this fandom is so small everyone would know it's me // fandom: character shipping"? That could work.

Does the fandom tag have to be on the image itself?
On second thought, probably not. You could just include it in the comment you put the link in, and that would work, too!

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Definitely. At least for smaller fandoms. Stuff like Bleach, Doctor Who, The Dark Knight, Supernatural, etc it would be unnecessary since even if you don't watch the series you can recognize it.

The name the fandom thread doesn't work most of the time because people often only name known series. I don't need to be told that secrets #5, #29, #43 and #54 is Death Note, while secrets #2, #6, #38 and #69 is Torchwood. I need to know what that interesting looking manga/anime/video game is that probably no one besides the secret maker can name.

So... you can ask for it on the name the fandom post? Chances are if the secret-maker's looking for responses, they can come by and help you out. It's worked for me a couple of times, anyway!

I don't look for responses and lots of people don't either- so they might end up SOL in that scenario.

I dunno, I think there's only been one instance where I've asked what fandom it was and didn't get an answer. It's a good point, though.

Can I ask if you post about obscure series very often? If the secret is saying something like "I wish more people would read this series," they could be on the lookout for recruits -- I know if I submit about a lesser-known fandom, I ctrl+f for my secret number and find the responses so I can spread the word to people who want to know. If the series is less obscure, then it doesn't have to be the secret-maker who names the fandom. Someone else who knows it could comment as well.

Yeah, they might not get answered, but then again they might; in any case, there's still lots of ways to find a fandom.

Never heard of Bleach or would I recognize it if I ever saw it.

I think I can recognize the guys from Supernatural but I'm not really sure.

I have to admit I mostly enjoy the guessing game, though occasionally I've been frustrated.