Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
Mindraker:

Why post the password at all? Just have people post their guesses here, and if someone gets it right or very close to right, announce it then and only then.

I think doing it that way you avoid people "suddenly remembering" that they got it right -- not that anyone here would do that on purpose, but it is easy, very tempting, and sometimes psychologically unavoidable to revisit your memories of the dream with the password in hand, find the thing that best resembles it, and then alter it slightly (with very convincing rationale) to resemble the password. Again I'm not saying that will happen with this group -- they seem pretty sincere. But it could, especially if people really want to get it right. But by not issuing the password at all, you'll never have to worry about it, or about those pesky skeptics who'll say "That guy just said he heard the password to look good; how can we believe him?".

Another good reason not to post the password, even a day later, is because you still have it in you. In other words, There is always a chance that someone might pick up on a password you created five dreams ago, because it is still floating around your unconscious; day/LD residue can last quite a while, especially with a project like this that necessarily demands a lot of attention from you.

tl;dr: So I suggest you keep the password permanently secret, unless/until you see a match or something very close to a match get posted. It ought to make the thread fairly interesting, too!

Again, just a thought!
I can see if I were to pick "passwords" from objects in my room (like "Rubik's cube"), you would quickly get an idea of the type of person I am, and it would be pretty easy to form a mental image of what the next object would be. (E.g., chair, table, bed... you probably would guess "lamp" or "desk".)

However, if I were to simply take random passwords from the dictionary, then this doesn't really exist...

Good point. I don't know if it has to be kept secret, but... yeah, you are still observant of what the history of passwords are.