Update Sold listing privacy update

[ikeo1]

Sold listing privacy update​

When a listing is marked Sold, the seller's name used to be blurred. It's now hidden instead: guests and other members see Seller hidden, and the seller's details aren't on the page at all. This keeps who sold what out of search engines and scrapers.

On a sold listing, guests and other members no longer see:

• The seller's name, avatar, profile link, badges or feedback score
• The seller's name on their own comments and answers under the listing
• The seller's name in quotes or @mentions, including when someone clicks Reply
• The "More from this seller" section or the seller as "last comment by"

The seller and staff still see everything. Active listings haven't changed, and this works the same in every theme.

Feedback on sold listings​

The Leave feedback button no longer appears on sold listings, because it linked to the seller. Instead:

• To get feedback: open your DM with the other member, click Request feedback, paste the listing link, and choose whether you were the buyer or the seller, or whether it was a trade. They'll get a link to leave you feedback.
• To leave feedback: use the link they send you, or the feedback button on their classifieds profile.

What this doesn't cover​

This isn't full anonymity. Names typed as plain text in comments aren't hidden, and feedback history, which only logged-in members can see, still shows who traded what. That history is what makes feedback trustworthy. We are looking at a removing the listings over a period of time. The deletion mechanics are something I have to be more careful with. In this case, using search won't point to a specific user.

Please keep titles and prices intact when you mark something sold; they help everyone with price discovery.

If something looks off, let us know with the listing link and we'll check it.

Update 1: Privacy extension​

New Feature! Update  Thread 'Feedback Page Privacy Update'

Oct 6, 2026

I've cleaned up how usernames appear on sold listings and their feedback. This took a little longer than i would've liked

Buyer and seller usernames are now masked on feedback tied to a listing marked Sold. Their profile links and avatars are hidden from other members, while the listing link, rating and feedback comment remain visible.

We also cleaned up comments, quotes and @mentions on the linked sold listing so they don’t expose the protected members’ profile links.

Feedback scores still show, so you can see the member’s reputation without a clickable username.

The...

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Original Post

Announcement New Feature!  Thread '🔒 Sold Listing Privacy Update'

Mar 3, 2026

Hey everyone,

Updated 10/5/26




First off, Thank you to all the supporters who recently signed up, your support goes to directly funding these modifications and upgrades. We continue to grow faster, recently reaching a milestone of 37,000 users! We were just at 35k in February. We're growing almost 2x as fast as we used to.

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It's not...

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[ButteFlyFisher]

Would you consider extending this to closed ads? I sometimes change my mind and would like the info removed as well in that case.

 

[ikeo1]

Would you consider extending this to closed ads? I sometimes change my mind and would like the info removed as well in that case.

Yes, I’m extending this here first.

 

[ikeo1]

Privacy feature extended to the feedback list so people are not able to view usernames.

New Feature! Update  Thread 'Feedback Page Privacy Update'

Oct 6, 2026

I've cleaned up how usernames appear on sold listings and their feedback. This took a little longer than i would've liked

Buyer and seller usernames are now masked on feedback tied to a listing marked Sold. Their profile links and avatars are hidden from other members, while the listing link, rating and feedback comment remain visible.

We also cleaned up comments, quotes and @mentions on the linked sold listing so they don’t expose the protected members’ profile links.

Feedback scores still show, so you can see the member’s reputation without a clickable username.

The...

• ikeo1
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• Forum: Announcements