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honestbleeps
automatically switch accounts for certain subreddits
This should depend on #500 or it will be a terrible, terrible experience.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/1h2e5i/feature_request_switch_to_alt_account/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/1xz05e/feature_request_when_going_to_a_certain_sub/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/2h1su4/feature_request_ability_to_automatically_switch/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/ygaq7/feature_request_bind_a_certain_subreddit_posting/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/23fwix/feature_request_automatic_account_switcher_per_sub/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/17a2g1/feature_request_the_ability_to_switch_profiles/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/1jhvwy/feature_request_automatically_switch_users_based/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/soz71/feature_request_automatically_switch_users_for/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/1hirmp/feature_request_accountchanger_autoswitch/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/12m26n/feature_request_configure_accounts_to_use_for_a/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/1nehmo/feature_request_auto_switch_accounts_per_subreddit/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/13i2wb/automatic_account_switcher/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/2luhvh/feature_request_different_users_for_different/
I know this is just an idea, but even if things like this were default off, I feel like RES shouldn't touch/hijack your account in any way. Even if someone enables it, someone is gonna forget in the end, and something bad will happen.
I think it would be in best interest for RES to leave the account switching to the human.
Related and same thoughts to #1686
https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/47p26b/link_specific_accounts_to_specific_subreddits/
or automatically log in to /u/.... by default https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/487fwa/i_have_two_logins_can_i_stay_logged_in_as_one/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/comments/4iqk0f/anyway_to_automatically_switch_username_depending/
I think part of the reason many users want this is so that they don't forget to switch user, and end up commenting with the wrong account. This could of course lead to others figuring out what their alt account name is.
I have seen some discussion here and on reddit questioning whether this could/should be implemented in RES. I don't have anything to contribute to that discussion. However, if it's decided against implementing this, or at least until it is implemented, I suggest a different approach.
My suggestions is adding options for making it more clear which account is used for commenting, so that users can be relatively confident they won't mistakenly comment with the wrong account. Some ideas:
- Change submit button text to "Submit as [username]"
- Change submit button text color depending on current user
- Change comment field placeholder text to "Comment as [username]"
Another option is to let users disable the submit button for selected subreddits when logged in as a specified user.
All of the above are pretty intrusive changes that will significantly affect the user experience, so they should of course be disabled by default.
I wrote a tampermonkey script to do something like this. It's very specific for my needs, and not very robust, but I will include is as a proof-of-concept: http://pastebin.com/aZvXK7VX
@allthefoxes
Even if someone enables it, someone is gonna forget in the end, and something bad will happen.
This is exactly backwards. It needs to happen automatically because people forget to change accounts before posting and use the wrong name in the wrong subreddit.
