Your privacy and safety
Capcreds is built so you can hold powerful organizations to account — including your own employer — without putting yourself at risk. Here is exactly what other people can and cannot see.
What stays private
Your votes. How you rate an entity is never shown with your name attached. Scores display only anonymized totals and the distribution of ratings.
Who pledged. When you pledge to an action, the pledge count is public, but the list of people behind it is not. Others see “120 pledged,” not who.
Your identity in private-handle communities. In communities that use community user# identities, you appear under a pseudonymous community handle instead of your public profile name. Site admins can still review underlying accounts for safety and abuse prevention. Communities that use public profile names show your normal Capcreds identity.
What is public
Your public profile (your chosen display name, username, and any title you add), the posts and comments you publish, the actions you create, and aggregate counts like pledges and sparks may all be visible. Treat anything you post or create as visible to anyone.
Organizing against an employer
If you’re organizing where being identified could carry a cost, keep your display name and profile free of identifying details, use the pseudonymous community identity, and remember that an action you create is public even though pledging to someone else’s action is not.
An honest caveat
No online platform can promise perfect anonymity. These protections control what Capcreds shows other users; they can’t change how the wider internet works. For anything high-risk, take the same care you would anywhere online.
See also: how scoring works.