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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) …
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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 wit …
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Allowing posting without logging in might bring spam since posting will be pretty easy. I would suggest that Codidact …
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Bad idea for lots of reasons: Anonymity breeds vandalism. Enforcement becomes impossible. How would you ban or su …
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Bad idea for lots of reasons:
- Anonymity breeds vandalism.
- Enforcement becomes impossible. How would you ban or suspend an offender?
- Allowing unregistered users to post is an obvious gaping hole for suspended users.
- Someone who knows there won't be any consequences is more likely to do bad things.
- Writing a good question requires some thought and care. Compared to that, logging in is trivial. We don't want the kind of questions that are written the second a thought pops into someone's head, while banging on a cell phone with lots of distractions going on around them.
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