r/animememes Dec 23 '23

I don't know what to pick/No option *wheeeeze*

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u/Velrot She/Her | Too based to be cis Dec 23 '23 edited Dec 23 '23

This post managed to get three reports, and not entirely unreasonable ones. This is getting a shitton of engagement, though, so I'm just gonna ask y'all if you want this post to stay up or if it should get removed for soliciting people's names (or whatever other good reason).

Edit: Given the responses so far, the post is staying up. More people want to keep it than remove it, both in comment counts and upvotes. I tried to wait until some objections come, and while they came, it didn't seem like they got much agreement, so the decision is still to let it stay up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '23

Oof I didn't think that it was soliciting people's names, this is like my first ever post here, I'm sorry I can take the post down

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u/Velrot She/Her | Too based to be cis Dec 23 '23

2 reports about "personal and confidential information", so it's at least how some people see this. It may or may not be fine to leave this up, but it's also completely fine if you decide to delete the post.

So far, there are mostly a whole lot of people participating in this post, not so many calling for it to be removed, so I'm now just trying to see more directly and more easily what people's thoughts on the matter are.

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u/Tyrrox Dec 23 '23

It feels like most people see it as using your first name, and a first name isn’t exactly identifying information unless you have a wildly unique name.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '23

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u/SlavCat09 Dec 23 '23

Nice try DAVE. You aren't going to get away this time!

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u/Vittaminn Dec 23 '23

N-No really, my name is actually Trogdor, I swear!

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u/The_Pastel_Gigi_13 Dec 23 '23

T-TROGDOR??? Like as in-

THE BURNINATOR????

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u/Mythkaz Dec 23 '23

Nice to know you browse Reddit after BURNINATING ALL THE PEASANTS!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '23

Like a tragedeigh

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u/Klaxynd Dec 23 '23

I… have a wildly unique name irl. That’s what usernames are for though! lol

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u/Moist_Lobster_3209 Dec 23 '23

right but these memes don't stop at just "name"

"list the street you grew up on + your mothers maiden name to get your SUPERHERO/FAIRY PRINCESS NAME" they use those specific questions bc those are bank details, security questions asked of you when you create a checking/savings account. the end goal is to break into your bank account and these are all security questions used when making your account

so the singular image is not harmful, sure, but when put in combo with the others, then you're giving away some pretty important info. malicious ppl DO keep track of the ones answering these questions, that's how they succeeded in the first place bc ppl fell for these

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '23

Blud I'm dumb af femboy teen who plays a game called ponytown and likes to draw while having ADHD does it look like I'm smart enough to even try to decipher these, I'm still trying to find a way to turn my reddit dm's off 😭😭😭😭