Anything is anonymous if you register with a fake name and email.
this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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That is pseudonymity, not anonymity
But it really is equivalently pseudo-anonymous. Both are leaking equal amounts of info, assuming the fake email is only used for the one account.
I have not visted many of these so explore at your own risk.
Thank you very much bro!!
Looks like Slashdot no longer allows Anonymous Cowards. TIL.
(I'm not editorializing
that's what you'd show up as if you posted anonymously.)
There are dozens, maybe hundreds of chans alone, and that's just one style of message board.
Any other chan.
such as?
Jackie
Just put a number in front. Iβm not gonna recommend any specific one because some of them have disturbing content.
8chan
In case of 4chan it's obviously other anonymous imageboards. There doesn't seem to functionality in Lemmy that would allow for posting without accounts.
Accounts (which contain the private key that signs the headers in your posts, and the public key to verify) are required for ActivityPub to work.
hmm, maybe I should open an issue on github about it? however it will make moderating communities difficult.
Not possible really. The protocol Lemmy uses requires accounts, not only as a soft requirement, but the software your instance would be interacting with requires it to function.
It could always use an "anonymous" pseudo-account, (ie, have anonymous posts federate as anonymous@instance.com), or a pseudo-account per post (anonymous1@instance.com, anonymous2, etc). Thinking about it, the former has the advantage of being easy to block by instances or comms that don't like it.
Tumblr, depending on where you go on there.
The dark web has many truly anonymous forums, if you can tolerate the subject matter.
Isn't Lemmy pretty much that?
Lemmy is pseudoanonymous, not anonymous, since we all have noms de plume.
The rest of you are all cowards. I use my real name on here.
Folks, he's just making his rounds, and is a little behind
He works for the Navy and the Rear Admiral is next up.
Hi doc. Any idea when I'll next be due a colonoscopy?
Why are you piling work on him?
I pegged him capable of handling it - all of it, not just the tip of the iceberg.
Same
Sure thing Seymour.
Almost, I would guess OP is talking about places to post that doesn't require accounts.
actually it depends on which instance you have chosen and the privacy policy of chosen instance. my instance doesn't require an email so it's pretty much anonymous like 4chan. but I want to find out some different forum or board that isn't Lemmy.
Edit: plus you can't post without an account on Lemmy.
It would be interesting to make a Lemmy fork that doesnβt require login and registers all posts as anonymous@(instance). Would probably get insta defederated by every other instance though lol