Petition to Bring Back Poster History

walmart ↓

Yesterday at 11:32 am

Anyone else wishes to have the poster history?

Did you start posting with your screen name more since it was removed?

I really miss this feature. I liked getting to know a poster I didn't recognize. Also, if someone wrote something controversial looking back at their posts usually provided context.

Thoughts?

ETA: Please try to use your username when responding here. Otherwise it feels a little hypocritical to say I want to see who you are but I'm not telling you who I am Smile

Last edited by walmart on Tue, Nov 05 2024, 11:41 am; edited 2 times in total

amother

Sapphire

Yesterday at 11:35 am

Absolutely. Every now and then I come across a poster who is super intelligent, thoughtful, funny, or very interesting. I used to be able to look at her history and appreciate her previous posts. Now I can't.

thankyou1

Yesterday at 11:39 am

I'm not sure, but what about if a person can set it in their profile. It might be too complicated, but if someone can't search their history, it might make them more inclined to post under username.

Goody2shoes ↓

Yesterday at 11:40 am

I like it this way, with no poster history available. I'm more comfortable sharing more under my screen name without worrying that my life is now at everyone's fingertips.
Also, I don't see a reason for going back to previous posts to figure out why a poster has a certain opinion of something. Everyone is justified in believing or thinking the way they do without having to explain themselves for it. It's silly to go back and search for the reason why anyone thinks the way they do. Besides, you can always ask if it really bugs you.

amother

Daylily

Yesterday at 11:42 am

No, because years ago, I used to figure out who people were by looking back at their history.

asmileaday ↓

Yesterday at 11:42 am

I voted unsure. I do miss the fearure a lot! But it does feel more anonymous to not have all your own posts linked together and readable as one big story.

↑ asmileaday

Yesterday at 11:44 am

Reading poster history is a bit like detective work. People don't realize how many clues they drop spread across many posts.

amother

Goldenrod ↓

Yesterday at 11:45 am

I don’t think so. Even with myself I used to find I could get nosy.

I do wish the advanced search allowed us to search our own history.

Like if I posted a cookie recipe years ago I’d like do an advanced search but only in my username posts.

↑ walmart ↓

Yesterday at 11:48 am

asmileaday wrote:

I voted unsure. I do miss the fearure a lot! But it does feel more anonymous to not have all your own posts linked together and readable as one big story.

How about history is limited to 6 mos or a year, would that make a difference?

amother

Blueberry ↓

Yesterday at 11:48 am

It just hurts the posters who use their screen name. I rarely do, but would probably never do of poster history came back.

People connect dots. She's a physical therapist + she's nursing + she lives in Boro Park + that sounds like how she talks!

amother

Hunter

Yesterday at 11:50 am

The past few months I took the liberty to post under my screen name knowing that this feature of looking up a poster's history was stopped.
Please do not bring it back.

↑ walmart ↓

Yesterday at 11:50 am

giftedmom wrote:

There is a very good reason it was removed

Can you explain?

↑ Goody2shoes ↓

Yesterday at 11:50 am

walmart wrote:

How about history is limited to 6 mos or a year, would that make a difference?

For a frequent poster who usually doesn't use amother? Not really.

amother

Violet

Yesterday at 11:51 am

I get why it was removed. too easy to stalk. however I do wish we could see our own post history including our anonymous posts! that would be awesome and don’t get why that would be a problem.

lamplighter ↓

Yesterday at 11:52 am

I see no value in the feature and glad it was removed.
No reason anyone needs to research a poster, this way is much more private and respectful.

↑ giftedmom

Yesterday at 11:52 am

walmart wrote:

Can you explain?

Posters were being doxxed because of self-appointed detectives who fished through pages of posts for clues
Posters were being treated snarkily because of other past posts they made
It made people feel very unsafe posting under their sn

↑ lamplighter ↓

Yesterday at 11:53 am

People who post as another all the time shouldn't get a vote on this.

Yesterday at 11:53 am

I post much more under my screen name knowing that noone can look back through my history and connect my dots!
Would be useful to be able to see my own anonymous posts though.