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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!

Comments

[celemna.livejournal.com]

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

[darsynia.livejournal.com]

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.

[gyllespi.livejournal.com]

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.