@AerospaceFan (View Post)

 Someone might go save hunting type a random save and the see your save, or if you provided the id then people will go there, just like how my unpublished save got an upvote from me providing the link.

@linfuciuscont (View Post)

 Then don't provide the save IDs. Users used to collaborate a lot more, not sure if they still do. But during that time it produced a lot of great saves, especially what's on front page. Iconic saves at that. It produced such movements as BSTS, Better Suck Than Steal. Users in it would collaborate with other people who identified with said movement. You don't have to work with others, but if you don't want an unpublished save found; then don't share the following save with anyone. However as mentioned above the moderators will be able to see it. I accidentally published this following save, got FP though. 

https://powdertoy.co.uk/Browse/View.html?ID=2270007, as the name implies I was working on this and still adding tweaks to it. Paying homage to a bygone era and adolescence. Also was inspired by vaporware music at the time, so I imagined a save that took place in an arcade in about 1985 - 2002 at the max.

@NF (View Post)

 I feel like I might not have been clear enough about what I was talking about. I have intentionally shared save IDs without publishing the save, not for collaboration purposes but because the save showcases a specific concept related to a forum thread, for example. Those saves might be missing context if they were published on their own.

What I'm worried about is people who are doing educated guessing on save IDs that have not really been shared or published before. I won't elaborate that much further, both for brevity and because the exact situation I was in may constitute a moderation issue. However, the general procedure seems so obvious that it feels harmless to describe:

• TPT's save IDs seem to be sequential. This means that, as each next save is made, the IDs count up linearly.
• By taking a save ID from the newest page ("by date") and gradually counting down, I was able to find an unpublished save in less than a single minute. 
• I'm not a moderator. Even if I log out from TPT, this trick still works. This means that even those without accounts have a chance of finding unpublished saves.

@linfuciuscont (View Post)

 That's if they're actively looking and to be fair I understood you. No need to act like I didn't understand you, what's wrong with accidentally finding a unpublished save? I understand you don't think users shouldn't be able to find them. I've been on TPT for over a decade, do you think I don't understand how it works? Personally don't think it's a big deal to have people find your unpublished works, however I do think it would be nice where they can't steal it. Again, I live by the BSTS motto. 

The TL;DR is that people who are newer to TPT might not expect that it's this easy to find unpublished saves. I'm okay if an unpublished save is found; just know that it might be unfinished or lower quality if I haven't even bothered to share the save ID. 

Edit: It's probably best if I don't make any further posts on this topic. The more I post, the more worked up I'm likely to get, so I will leave this topic alone before things get out of hand. I have also simplified this post in an attempt to reduce the chance of spawning further arguments.

@NF (View Post)

 Stealing, downvoting, mass downvoting, and excessive spam on the comments section might happen on an unpublished save (downvoting because its a prototype) because when someone discovers a private save, then they treat it as a "normal save" like the first save (id:1).