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Allow posting without logging in at least in some communities
I ran the search queries "anonymous", "register" and "unregistered" in the search box but didn't find a thread about why isn't anonymous/unregistered contribution allowed here.
I recall one or two cases were I sat in the bus and wanted to ask something without logging in but didn't do so because I avoid logging in to any application from my smartphone's browsers (from several reasons) and avoid installing any unnecessary apps (Codidact's app is unnecessary for me) so I published these questions in Stack Exchange instead, were some communities there do allow posting without logging in.
I suggest to allow it as a measure to bring more initial content creators (i.e. askers) to the site.
I personally don't use caching in my smartphone's browser at all and generally won't use it, which would obligate me to mentally recall a "long" password for my Codidact account, something I don't want to do
Allowing anonymous posting because one is too lazy to sign in or doesn't want to be kept signed in (as is the case here) …
3y ago
Adding to the previous answer, your use case is, in your own words > I sat in the bus and wanted to ask something wit …
3y ago
Allowing posting without logging in might bring spam since posting will be pretty easy. I would suggest that Codidact …
2y ago
Bad idea for lots of reasons: Anonymity breeds vandalism. Enforcement becomes impossible. How would you ban or su …
3y ago
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Adding to the previous answer, your use case is, in your own words
I sat in the bus and wanted to ask something without logging in
Realistically, if someone can't be bothered to take the brief moment it takes to sign in, then is that same person going to take the time to come up with and compose a quality question at that time?
My guess would be: probably not.
Seeing that you aren't going to get an answer immediately even if what you propose were possible, there is already a perfectly viable alternative approach. Simply type up your question, complete with tags and title, which you can already do without ever signing in, as some kind of document, and then post it later when you can be bothered to sign in.
Simply the fact that some feature is perhaps available elsewhere doesn't mean that Codidact has to, or even should, copy it. That way lies madness.
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