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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

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To be honest, my first reaction is "Hell no!", and an indignant one at that. I mean, I'm here to post a secret, not to whore myself to the spectators. And my secret is secret for a reason. Hence, even this anonymous commenting. It's the point. If I want any identifying bread crumbs, I might as well just post on my own journal.

It does make me question however: Just who is this comm for really?

If it's for people who simply wish to safely tell their secret, then naturally the more anonymous the better, and the above question shouldn't even be asked. If it's for the spectator, then you better make the above solution into a rule stat, add specialized comment threads for each secret on top of it, and do whatever else needed to make the comment reading/commenting process as convenient as possible.

At the end of the day though, the answer is probably closest to: both. This place exists for the secret maker, the spectator, and people who are either. Thus, the most logical answer is a compromise: Encourage it, but don't make it a rule. It's the best of both worlds, isn't it?