diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index 54ce8d69..779330af 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import domino from 'domino'
 import {
   ITEM_SPAM_INTERVAL, ITEM_FILTER_THRESHOLD,
   DONT_LIKE_THIS_COST, COMMENT_DEPTH_LIMIT, COMMENT_TYPE_QUERY,
-  ANON_COMMENT_FEE, ANON_USER_ID, ANON_POST_FEE, ANON_ITEM_SPAM_INTERVAL, POLL_COST,
-  ITEM_ALLOW_EDITS, GLOBAL_SEED
+  ANON_USER_ID, ANON_ITEM_SPAM_INTERVAL, POLL_COST,
+  ITEM_ALLOW_EDITS, GLOBAL_SEED, ANON_FEE_MULTIPLIER
 } from '../../lib/constants'
 import { msatsToSats } from '../../lib/format'
 import { parse } from 'tldts'
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ export default {
                       FROM "Item"
                       ${whereClause(
                         subClause(sub, 3, 'Item', true),
-                        muteClause(me))}
+                        muteClause(me),
+                        await filterClause(me, models, type))}
                         ORDER BY ${orderByNumerator(models, 0)}/POWER(GREATEST(3, EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (now_utc() - "Item".created_at))/3600), 1.3) DESC NULLS LAST, "Item".msats DESC, ("Item".freebie IS FALSE) DESC, "Item".id DESC
                       OFFSET $1
                       LIMIT $2`,
@@ -1126,7 +1127,17 @@ export const createItem = async (parent, { forward, options, ...item }, { me, mo
   const uploadIds = uploadIdsFromText(item.text, { models })
   const { fees: imgFees } = await imageFeesInfo(uploadIds, { models, me })
 
-  const enforceFee = (me ? undefined : (item.parentId ? ANON_COMMENT_FEE : (ANON_POST_FEE + (item.boost || 0)))) + imgFees
+  let enforceFee
+  if (!me) {
+    if (item.parentId) {
+      enforceFee = ANON_FEE_MULTIPLIER
+    } else {
+      const sub = await models.sub.findUnique({ where: { name: item.subName } })
+      enforceFee = sub.baseCost * ANON_FEE_MULTIPLIER + (item.boost || 0)
+    }
+    enforceFee += imgFees
+  }
+
   item = await serializeInvoicable(
     models.$queryRawUnsafe(
       `${SELECT} FROM create_item($1::JSONB, $2::JSONB, $3::JSONB, '${spamInterval}'::INTERVAL, $4::INTEGER[]) AS "Item"`,
diff --git a/components/fee-button.js b/components/fee-button.js
index b6f6599e..502724da 100644
--- a/components/fee-button.js
+++ b/components/fee-button.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import ActionTooltip from './action-tooltip'
 import Info from './info'
 import styles from './fee-button.module.css'
 import { gql, useQuery } from '@apollo/client'
-import { SSR } from '../lib/constants'
+import { ANON_FEE_MULTIPLIER, SSR } from '../lib/constants'
 import { numWithUnits } from '../lib/format'
 import { useMe } from './me'
 import AnonIcon from '../svgs/spy-fill.svg'
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ import { SubmitButton } from './form'
 const FeeButtonContext = createContext()
 
 export function postCommentBaseLineItems ({ baseCost = 1, comment = false, allowFreebies = true, me }) {
-  // XXX this doesn't match the logic on the server but it has the same
-  // result on fees ... will need to change the server logic to match
   const anonCharge = me
     ? {}
     : {
         anonCharge: {
-          term: 'x 100',
+          term: `x ${ANON_FEE_MULTIPLIER}`,
           label: 'anon mult',
-          modifier: (cost) => cost * 100
+          modifier: (cost) => cost * ANON_FEE_MULTIPLIER
         }
       }
   return {
diff --git a/lib/constants.js b/lib/constants.js
index 1d95ea1e..cfa9d35f 100644
--- a/lib/constants.js
+++ b/lib/constants.js
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ export const OLD_ITEM_DAYS = 3
 export const ANON_USER_ID = 27
 export const DELETE_USER_ID = 106
 export const AD_USER_ID = 9
-export const ANON_POST_FEE = 1000
-export const ANON_COMMENT_FEE = 100
+export const ANON_FEE_MULTIPLIER = 100
 export const SSR = typeof window === 'undefined'
 export const MAX_FORWARDS = 5
 export const LNURLP_COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH = 1000
diff --git a/pages/territory.js b/pages/territory.js
index e2c322b7..ffcb45fa 100644
--- a/pages/territory.js
+++ b/pages/territory.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getGetServerSideProps } from '../api/ssrApollo'
 import { CenterLayout } from '../components/layout'
 import TerritoryForm from '../components/territory-form'
 
-export const getServerSideProps = getGetServerSideProps({})
+export const getServerSideProps = getGetServerSideProps({ authRequired: true })
 
 export default function TerritoryPage () {
   return (
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20231210222855_anon_create_item/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20231210222855_anon_create_item/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5a2fc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20231210222855_anon_create_item/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+-- no freebies in jobs
+update "Sub" set "allowFreebies" = false where "name" = 'jobs';
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_item(
+    jitem JSONB, forward JSONB, poll_options JSONB, spam_within INTERVAL, upload_ids INTEGER[])
+RETURNS "Item"
+LANGUAGE plpgsql
+AS $$
+DECLARE
+    user_msats BIGINT;
+    cost_msats BIGINT := 1000;
+    base_cost_msats BIGINT := 1000;
+    freebie BOOLEAN;
+    allow_freebies BOOLEAN := true;
+    item "Item";
+    med_votes FLOAT;
+    select_clause TEXT;
+BEGIN
+    PERFORM ASSERT_SERIALIZED();
+
+    -- access fields with appropriate types
+    item := jsonb_populate_record(NULL::"Item", jitem);
+
+    SELECT msats INTO user_msats FROM users WHERE id = item."userId";
+
+    -- if this is a post, get the base cost of the sub
+    IF item."parentId" IS NULL AND item."subName" IS NOT NULL THEN
+        SELECT "baseCost" * 1000, "baseCost" * 1000, "allowFreebies"
+        INTO base_cost_msats, cost_msats, allow_freebies
+        FROM "Sub"
+        WHERE name = item."subName";
+    END IF;
+
+    IF item."maxBid" IS NULL THEN
+        -- spam multiplier
+        cost_msats := cost_msats * POWER(10, item_spam(item."parentId", item."userId", spam_within));
+        IF item."userId" = 27 THEN
+            -- anon multiplier
+            cost_msats := cost_msats * 100;
+        END IF;
+    END IF;
+
+    -- add image fees
+    IF upload_ids IS NOT NULL THEN
+        cost_msats := cost_msats + (SELECT "nUnpaid" * "imageFeeMsats" FROM image_fees_info(item."userId", upload_ids));
+        UPDATE "Upload" SET paid = 't' WHERE id = ANY(upload_ids);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- it's only a freebie if it's no greater than the base cost, they have less than the cost, and boost = 0
+    freebie := allow_freebies
+        AND (cost_msats <= base_cost_msats)
+        AND (user_msats < cost_msats)
+        AND (item.boost IS NULL OR item.boost = 0)
+        AND item."userId" <> 27;
+
+    IF NOT freebie AND cost_msats > user_msats THEN
+        RAISE EXCEPTION 'SN_INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS';
+    END IF;
+
+    -- get this user's median item score
+    SELECT COALESCE(
+        percentile_cont(0.5) WITHIN GROUP(
+            ORDER BY "weightedVotes" - "weightedDownVotes"), 0)
+        INTO med_votes FROM "Item" WHERE "userId" = item."userId";
+
+    -- if their median votes are positive, start at 0
+    -- if the median votes are negative, start their post with that many down votes
+    -- basically: if their median post is bad, presume this post is too
+    -- addendum: if they're an anon poster, always start at 0
+    IF med_votes >= 0 OR item."userId" = 27 THEN
+        med_votes := 0;
+    ELSE
+        med_votes := ABS(med_votes);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- there's no great way to set default column values when using json_populate_record
+    -- so we need to only select fields with non-null values that way when func input
+    -- does not include a value, the default value is used instead of null
+    SELECT string_agg(quote_ident(key), ',') INTO select_clause
+    FROM jsonb_object_keys(jsonb_strip_nulls(jitem)) k(key);
+    -- insert the item
+    EXECUTE format($fmt$
+        INSERT INTO "Item" (%s, "weightedDownVotes", freebie)
+        SELECT %1$s, %L, %L
+        FROM jsonb_populate_record(NULL::"Item", %L) RETURNING *
+    $fmt$, select_clause, med_votes, freebie, jitem) INTO item;
+
+    INSERT INTO "ItemForward" ("itemId", "userId", "pct")
+        SELECT item.id, "userId", "pct" FROM jsonb_populate_recordset(NULL::"ItemForward", forward);
+
+    -- Automatically subscribe to one's own posts
+    INSERT INTO "ThreadSubscription" ("itemId", "userId")
+    VALUES (item.id, item."userId");
+
+    -- Automatically subscribe forward recipients to the new post
+    INSERT INTO "ThreadSubscription" ("itemId", "userId")
+        SELECT item.id, "userId" FROM jsonb_populate_recordset(NULL::"ItemForward", forward);
+
+    INSERT INTO "PollOption" ("itemId", "option")
+        SELECT item.id, "option" FROM jsonb_array_elements_text(poll_options) o("option");
+
+    IF NOT freebie THEN
+        UPDATE users SET msats = msats - cost_msats WHERE id = item."userId";
+
+        INSERT INTO "ItemAct" (msats, "itemId", "userId", act)
+        VALUES (cost_msats, item.id, item."userId", 'FEE');
+    END IF;
+
+    -- if this item has boost
+    IF item.boost > 0 THEN
+        PERFORM item_act(item.id, item."userId", 'BOOST', item.boost);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- if this is a job
+    IF item."maxBid" IS NOT NULL THEN
+        PERFORM run_auction(item.id);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- if this is a bio
+    IF item.bio THEN
+        UPDATE users SET "bioId" = item.id WHERE id = item."userId";
+    END IF;
+
+    -- record attachments
+    IF upload_ids IS NOT NULL THEN
+        INSERT INTO "ItemUpload" ("itemId", "uploadId")
+            SELECT item.id, * FROM UNNEST(upload_ids);
+    END IF;
+
+    -- schedule imgproxy job
+    INSERT INTO pgboss.job (name, data, retrylimit, retrybackoff, startafter)
+    VALUES ('imgproxy', jsonb_build_object('id', item.id), 21, true, now() + interval '5 seconds');
+
+    RETURN item;
+END;
+$$;
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