About

With this very simple userscript you'll see information about who uploaded the post in the post information section, just the way you remember from the old e621. You'll no longer need to dig through the post's tag history just to find this one little detail.

I originally made this script for myself, because this is one small change in the new e621 that bothers me as hell. However, I thought that I might not be the only one and maybe someone else find this script useful.

Links

• Download: https://my-userjs.netlify.app/e621.uploader.revealer.user.js

• Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/dBgW9qb.png

Installation

If you have never used a userscript before, see the instruction below.

1. Download and install Tampermonkey on your browser.
2. Click the userscript download link.
3. Click 'Install'.

Just FYI, the data-attribute this relies upon is supposed to be removed at some point in the near future.

bitwolfy said:
Just FYI, the data-attribute this relies upon is supposed to be removed at some point in the near future.

Then I'll update the script to keep it working. The current e621's javascript relies on this data-attribute too, so if the attribute is going to be removed, the data will probably still be located somewhere in the code. Ultimately, there's always e621 API, if there will be no other way.

ebea57 said: there's always e621 API

That's how you get banned.
There's a reason other scripts don't touch the uploader's name.

bitwolfy said:
That's how you get banned.
There's a reason other scripts don't touch the uploader's name.

Good to know. I wasn't aware it's that complicated to find uploader's name with the API.
It looks like you'll have less problems if you just download entire HTML page instead and use 30x more bandwidth. At least you save this precious API.

So, the uploader's name is hidden due to a decision about their privacy, or due to the fact that it's just an unneeded API request? And if it's the latter, does it really have such a big impact on the site's performance that it has been removed?

randomguy85 said:
So, the uploader's name is hidden due to a decision about their privacy, or due to the fact that it's just an unneeded API request? And if it's the latter, does it really have such a big impact on the site's performance that it has been removed?

Multiple things, but main reasons are stuff like preventing more users who are sniping popular posts asap with minimal amount of tags, just so they can have their name next to something popular and boost their status, making it less insentivised for other users to upload material properly with good tagging and sourcing, additionally further also decreasing the importance of upload count, one Robinebra was more than enough.
Other thing are artists who claim that their artwork has been stolen, some even claming plagiarism, because the name of uploader is not the same as artists name. So by hiding this, credit goes even more to who deserves it which is the artist with artist tag. And of course some of these artists can get hostile, so this is also slight shield for uploaders so that these artists would take it with the staff instead of bothering users for following rules correctly (and of course asking permissions for uploading content is still the most surefire way to avoid these situations to begin with).

Additionally uploader is still listed as first user in tag/desc history, where it gets equal kudos to all everyone else helping with tagging and sourcing that exact post, the heroes which have always been somewhat invisible. So the uploader is not going to be hidden and most likely never will, just that it's moved into history instead of being on the post page as it technically has nothing to do with the post in itself.

I have kinda been pushing this change myself actually and glad it is in place. I have yet to see good counterargument of why it should be visible other than "that's how it used to be".
With favorites I have seen the argumentation that that's really amazing way to find lists of content you might like as well if there are users who think similarly, so I do kinda hope that favorited list is maybe considered to be put back in as expandable thing, but as for uploader? Nothing really.

mairo said:
Other thing are artists who claim that their artwork has been stolen, some even claming plagiarism, because the name of uploader is not the same as artists name. So by hiding this, credit goes even more to who deserves it which is the artist with artist tag. And of course some of these artists can get hostile, so this is also slight shield for uploaders so that these artists would take it with the staff instead of bothering users for following rules correctly (and of course asking permissions for uploading content is still the most surefire way to avoid these situations to begin with).

In my case, it not stealing that made ticked off regarding my artworks, but people uploading my works for a higher resolution. Which is understandable, but it kinda takes away the credit.

mairo said:
Additionally uploader is still listed as first user in tag/desc history, where it gets equal kudos to all everyone else helping with tagging and sourcing that exact post, the heroes which have always been somewhat invisible. So the uploader is not going to be hidden and most likely never will, just that it's moved into history instead of being on the post page as it technically has nothing to do with the post in itself.

Ah, that's good to know. And I agree with the arguments behind hiding it, and I'm also glad it hasn't been completely hidden away.