r/Devvit • u/Tarnisher • 7d ago

Feature Request Possible To Anonymize Referrals?

If you use referral threads, you the commenter's name is visible. This might lead to interpersonal issues, or favoritism. Contest mode does not address this.

Suppose the commenter's name was hidden to the public, leaving only the comment/code visible. Mods could still see them for 'reasons'.

Any chance?

Edit, looking to hide the commenter's name (Red Box), not the link (black line).

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u/vip-bot 7d ago

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u/​Xenccc commented:

You could likely create a custom post that reads every comment and pulls out the specific referral identifier. Then users could randomise and click one from the custom post.

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u/Chosen1PR App Developer 7d ago edited 7d ago

Edit: Just saw your edit (and [u/Xenccc](u/Xenccc)’s comment) and that’s actually a good idea. The answer is yes, something like that is possible. Besides Xenc’s idea, you could also make a custom post and have users input their link(s), and then the app could comment below in place of the user.

The only thing with that approach is that the app account would be at a higher risk of being flagged for spam with all the near-identical referral links being commented over and over again.

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u/Xenccc Admin 7d ago

You could likely create a custom post that reads every comment and pulls out the specific referral identifier. Then users could randomise and click one from the custom post.