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Ending Anonymous Spam
We need to end the plague of spam by Anonymous users. Some users make serious cards, but most remain Anonymous for a reason: they know their card is spam, and they wish not to be punished for it. Also, what are all these strange cards?
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/guidance-9
You can't tell me that this card is related to MTG. I feel that, even though it may stink, Card Makers should be required to be logged into an account in order to make cards. This would prevent spam cards, and those who make spam cards would be able to be stopped. Any feedback on my request?
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/guidance-9
You can't tell me that this card is related to MTG. I feel that, even though it may stink, Card Makers should be required to be logged into an account in order to make cards. This would prevent spam cards, and those who make spam cards would be able to be stopped. Any feedback on my request?
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http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/dream-come-true#.VQ75PHDTnow
Or get yelled at by Gordon Ramsay
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/gordon-ramsay-3?list=user#.VQ751HDTnow
Or learn valuable safety tips?
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/burn-baby-burn-2?list=user#.VQ76HnDTnow
The only issue I have is if the card will offend my own sensibilities (racism, sexism, etc...). Even then, that is just my selfish opinion and I don't think it would be right for me to expect other people to create (or not create) cards based on my whims.
I'd leave it be and just ignore the "cards" that obviously have zero MtG connection, just because people don't make MtG related cards doesn't mean they should be restricted from using the card creation suite.
@MrRansom
And that, good points entirely.
Making cards for your own homebrew or something similar is fine, just please don't submit it into the general stream of the site. Keep inside jokes and cards made specifically for non-MtG use private.
Sometimes, after looking at all the painting in all the galleries around the world, you need to check out a three year old kids drawing and just laugh.
Logging in would lose a key element to mtgcardsmith, the 'What not to do' section. And, they are ridiculous cards, but who can say that they didn't enjoy making them? Sometimes, just because we can't wrap our heads around why it was created, doesn't mean that the people who made them didn't laugh.
Forcing people to log in would take that away, no one would make awful cards, because the hardcore fanatics would flip out every time and ask them to justify why they are ruining everyone's experience.
Never underestimate the potential of anonymous posting. Also, we'd have a lot more dummy accounts, and that'd take up valuable mtgcardsmith storage as well.
I see what you mean...
I agree a login should be required for PUBLISHING. Let people make a card, you can still download the image afterwords, and then they can still have their fun laughing at it. This would make it so a lot of people could make cards and save it without thinking "Oh, I should Publish this! lol." And they'd make it and keep it. If people had to spend time making an account in order to share there work, they'll think more about what they post, since the account has a name. The card I posted above is the type of thing I'd like to see less of, and if someone wants to make it fine! Just don't put it in other people's faces.
"Just don't put it in other people's faces."
Just click onto another page, bro. It isn't that complicated. No one is forcing you to see it.
And without Anonymous we would never have gotten this one!
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/leprekhans#.VRB9VnDTnow
So be careful what you wish for!
@Corwinn Ok that one is good, but those are rare.
Also, there is another anoying issue with "Anonymous". One day, I created a great card, but forgot to login. So that's one card down the drain and I don't even know what it does. With forced login, I would never forget to login to my account whenever I make a card (since auto sign-out with no way to stay logged in is now a thing).
I was more replying to Noobplayzgames than to you with that comment. I didn't mean to invalidate your concerns.
You've just as much right to be annoyed by these cards as I have to not care about them.
And spam filtration doesn't really seem feasible, since, who's idea of spam would it be? Yours? Mine? The mods? Anything anonymous is spam? Misspelling, broken cards, improper wording is spam? People need help with stuff like that.
The only thing I can think of to please you, is possibly a 'turn off anonymous' button. So anything made by an anonymous user would be blocked from your screen.
I don't want anything you've suggested. I don't feel we should police the presence on this site to making them sign in to create cards. And a spam filter would be way to inconvenient for the mods to do, since it would need to be specific to each user, since everyone has differing opinions.
Also, I don't know how your card was lost to you? If it was recent, all you need to do is search for the card name, copy and paste the text box, and fill in the other boxes. It's annoying, but not the end of the world. You can then inform a moderator that the anonymous one can be removed from the site, and bam, done.
Or do you not remember anything about that card aside from it being a great card you made?
There are definitely some good points and ideas in this thread on both sides of the debate, but for now anonymous card creation will remain open and visible on the site. As @Suicidal_Deity pointed out, its much easier for us to clean up spam cards when they aren't "owned" by anyone, and preserving expensive server space and the longevity of the site for everyone is a top priority.
I've heard from quite a few people who said that MTGCardsmith is one of the nicest places to make cards and that our community is one of the most helpful they've seen. I would hate to see that change.
As far as the Anonymous cards go, I try to enjoy them, as much as I can. I like the silly ones, I report the inappropriate ones, I have entire conversations with my friends on some of them (occasionally just myself, but we won't talk about that). I've been inspired by some, laughed at others and shaken my head at most of them.
Are they annoying? Only if you let them annoy you. I prefer to be annoyed by my children, who aren't very annoying at all, except when they want money and cars and an education and attention and you get the point.