When raters don't have to stand behind their scores, they tell the truth. That's the principle behind AuraRate's anonymous rating system, and it's why the scores you get here are more useful than the feedback you get anywhere else.
Anonymous outfit rating means that when someone rates your outfit on AuraRate, their identity is hidden from you by default. You receive the score they gave, but you don't see their name, profile, or photo unless you choose to reveal it.
From the rater's perspective, they can score honestly without worrying about social consequences. They don't have to worry that a low score will offend someone they follow, upset a mutual friend, or create an awkward dynamic in a shared community. They just rate what they see.
Social psychology has a term for what happens when you know you're being watched: social desirability bias. People modify their behavior, including their opinions, to match what they think others want to hear. In a non-anonymous setting, rating someone's outfit a 5 when you're friends with them feels unkind, so people inflate their scores.
Remove that social pressure and the scores change. Studies on anonymous feedback consistently show higher variance and more accurate responses compared to identified feedback. In the context of outfit ratings, that means you're more likely to get a genuine 6 when your outfit is genuinely average, rather than a polite 8 from someone who doesn't want to hurt your feelings.
Why this matters for your style: A score of 8 from someone who was too polite to give you a 6 tells you nothing. A score of 6 from someone who genuinely assessed your outfit tells you exactly where to focus.
When you post an outfit on AuraRate, it appears in the community feed. Any user who sees your post can rate it by dragging a slider from 1.0 to 10.0 and tapping Submit. Their score is immediately factored into your post's average rating and your Aura Score.
You receive a push notification for each rating that tells you the score but not the rater's identity. The notification might read: "Your post received a 7.8" with a blurred profile icon indicating that someone rated you. To find out who it was, you need to take an action.
Yes, but it requires deliberate effort. AuraRate gives you two ways to reveal the identity of a secret voter:
The reveal system is what makes AuraRate's anonymity sustainable. It's not a black box where ratings arrive from an unknowable void. It's a system where anonymity is the default, but transparency is always available to you when you want it. See the full guide on how to reveal who rated your outfit.
Yes. When you rate someone else's outfit, your identity is hidden from them by default. They can only reveal who rated their post through the mechanisms above. This protection makes the system reciprocal: everyone rates honestly because everyone has the same protection when they post.
AuraRate does not notify you if the outfit poster has revealed your identity. The reveal is a private action on their end.
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Will the rater know if I revealed them?
No. Reveals are private. The person who rated you is not notified when you choose to reveal their identity.
Can I rate someone's outfit without them ever finding out?
Yes. Ratings are anonymous by default, and the poster can only reveal you if they spend a reveal (ad view or Pro subscription). Most ratings are never revealed.
Does AuraRate show me who has been looking at my profile?
AuraRate shows you who has rated your posts (via the reveal system). General profile views are not tracked or disclosed.
What if I get a very low score and suspect it's from someone targeting me?
You can reveal the voter to confirm. AuraRate also has a report and block system. If a user is repeatedly giving you scores that seem designed to harm rather than reflect genuine opinions, you can block them and report the behavior to the moderation team.