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[ SECRET POST #5210 ]

⌈ Secret Post #5210 ⌋

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[The Owl House]

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[Black Mirror]

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[Grey's Anatomy]

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[The Rookie/ Mass Effect]

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[Eternal Love]

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After being anon here for a while, I'm considering making an actual account. Any thoughts? Why do you post anon or signed in?

If I'm known, I get in my head more about "how will this post be perceived" and stuff like that. My brain gremlins are more active and annoying.

I post both. Depending on what I am posting.

honestly the only reason I don't post logged in is because 99 percent of the time I'm logged into one of my RP accounts, and it's just easier to click anon than to log out and back into my actual journal.

sometimes I do, though. I'd like to train myself to do it more often so that if people want to talk more about a shared fandom or something about cooking or idefk whatever, they can.

I've actually been thinking about not posting anon anymore. Basically I started because I had been getting some hate in a particular fandom for basically being prolific and well-known, and so I... basically didn't know how to handle that other than to disappear. Left that fandom, started posting only anonymous in shared fandom spaces like this.

But it's been something like ten years now, I'm certainly not "hogging the spotlight" in anything but a dead fandom (and that's because hardly anyone else is ever writing in it). And it would be a lot easier to find replies to my comments and whatnot if I posted here logged in (which I always am, and I have to remember to click "more options" to post anonymously, and one extra step isn't that much but it's getting old).

But also I've been posting here anonymously so long that if I start posting under my actual account I kinda feel like I'd need to go "oh by the way I was '[subject]-anon' and '[othersubject]-anon' if anyone needs to get in touch with me about those things" but that would seem like drawing unnecessary attention to myself and aaauuugggh that's why I went anon in the first place.

So I keep thinking "okay you know what, tomorrow I'll just start posting un-anon again and not say anything and if people want to connect the dots they can" but then the next day's post goes up and I chicken out.

NAYRT

Being that "particular subject" anon and connecting with other "i like that subject too!" Anons is perhaps one of the reasons that I would like to get an account so we could connect over that subject, but at the same time, do i really want that? I like staying lowkey. Sigh.

Exactly! Like if someone wants to coordinate lucky eggs to level up in Pokemon Go, they could msg me or whatever.

Just... past fandom experience has made me chicken to put my name on anything outside my own fanstuff on AO3, where it's sort of expected. :P

...Also if I posted logged in, I could correct things like using the word "basically" three times in one sentence because my brain doesn't work as well as it used to, hahah.

(And yes I know it's stupid and arrogant to even think anyone would think one way or the other if I posted unanon, I wasn't a freaking celebrity and I doubt anyone remembers who I am even in that fandom :P)

I feel you guys so much. Let's give a big "maybe I should de-anon to talk about certain subjects, but do I REALLY want to? Has being known to talk about subjects ever REALLY worked? Don't we find more drama than people to tak about those subjects?" group hug.

...But how many people are actually in this group hug? Hahahah... the world may never know.

Well, judging from the comments... at least 4! How many exactly? It's a mystery.gif

I stay anon because:
1. I'm not very active in fandom
2. I'd be lazy about logging in etc.
3. I'd likely end up with two accounts -- one for posting here since it's more of a public forum and one for posting in my specific fandom communities/groups. (which circles back to 2 in terms of upkeep of either account)

I mostly post logged-in because I always did back in the LJ days. Back then there were a lot more users but it felt a bit like everyone knew the fandoms most users were more active in, so posting anon was often pointless if everyone knew that was your thing and you said something you'd expressed previously. At the same time, I know there were always people who preferred their identity not being known at all so my view of being logged-in isn't universal.

But sometimes I go anon on here if I'm going to say something that I worry will cause a pile-on because I don't get the notifications and often forget I said anything, so I don't see any beef happening!

I was anon on here for years. there are certain things I've said here as an anon that some people got very pissed at me for saying that I wouldn't say as known.

Always anon. I just love having a space where I can say whatever I want that won't get traced back to my identity in any sort of way. For the record I don't usually say anything too spicy, but it's nice not having to worry at all about how I come across. Because of the anonymity, Fandomsecrets feels like the last safe space on the internet.

DA
This. 100%

I've been thinking about coming off anon too.

I am always anon and on places that require an account I keep it as anon as possible. It's just how I've always done it.
This is also why I don't have fandom friends so choose what is more important to you.

I've literally never had a social media account anywhere unless my signing up for Ao3 last year to read locked fics counts. I still use my email address from the mid-90s. I have social anxiety out the wazoo, so it's nice to be able to post anon and not worry about it. I lurked even here until FS migrated to Dreamwidth and I think for a couple years after, I don't remember when I first actually commented.

I've pissed off a couple of people (or maybe not, maybe just one anon because how would I know?) here a few times, but I've never caused serious drama of the hundred-plus comment thread variety, more like maybe 10 comments tops, and that's rare. I've never tried to troll people, though, and I think some of the endless wank threads have trolls egging each other on.

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