Thank you as always. I really enjoy reading your anonymous Q&A.
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Has the system recently been changed so that people can see a history of which member ID asked which questions? That was the impression I got from one of Mack’s answers.
One of the appealing things about this site is being able to ask questions casually and anonymously, so if past questions can be traced and reposted, I feel a little hesitant about asking.
I always find Mack’s answers very helpful and look forward to reading them. However, I think the site would feel even more approachable if that aspect could be toned down a little.
If you’re afraid to ask, then just don’t?!
Your anonymity is guaranteed, so at the very least, take responsibility for your past questions and comments.
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For quite some time now, it’s been possible to tell whether posts are from the same person based on their source—probably their IP address.
Since the site is anonymous, there are trolls and strange people, so I think it’s a reasonable response from the company running it.
So don’t worry about it—feel free to ask whatever you like.
Even if someone was a man before and suddenly becomes a woman, or was a student before and is suddenly in their 30s, I’ll answer as long as the question is interesting, lol.
Of course, if someone keeps posting pointless questions or questions that insult or defame individuals, I’ll just give them a halfhearted answer, lol.
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Since IDs were assigned to this question box in January 2022, I’ve made a small adjustment so that, with one click, all questions from the past two and a half years under the same ID can be displayed. I feel this has significantly reduced trolling and impersonation.
I created this system on my own computer, so the other answerers aren’t aware of it. That’s also one reason I’m sharing this: it may help them when considering how to respond.
If that makes you hesitate, then you don’t need to ask the question in the first place. This isn’t a message board, so please don’t ask questions too casually.
If someone who previously posted a trolling or impersonation question is genuinely having trouble and wants to ask something, please say so upfront, apologize, and then ask your question. I’m willing to accept that.
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Most of them may be joke questions (perhaps even the same person switching devices), but I think it’s good to have some serious questions from time to time. Even joke questions might give some readers useful ideas, and having a variety of supportive and critical answers from different perspectives can be helpful too. So I try to answer even bait questions whenever possible, ideally with a different response each time.
That said, it can be troublesome if things become too casual. To prevent the same person from asking questions over and over as if it were a daily greeting, I think it would be better if users’ IDs were visible.
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If you’re genuinely asking about a serious problem, I don’t think you need to worry about what your past questions were like.
This is a place where you can ask as many questions as you need if you’re having trouble.
The problem is when the same person claims to be a man in one question and a woman in another, or gives different ages each time. In cases like that, it seems obvious that they’re just posting random questions or writing simply because they want attention.
In that sense, the list of questions this person has posted in the past, as Mac-san mentioned, can be useful because it prevents people from wasting time giving serious answers to someone who isn’t being genuine. It also seems helpful to others who browse this site, not just those who answer questions.
Just to reiterate:
If you’re genuinely asking about a problem, there’s no need to worry about having asked questions here in the past.
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It’s only visible to the person who posted the answer.
However, you can’t identify them by their ID or determine which member they are. You can only tell that they’re the same person who asked a question yesterday, for example.
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