# Anonomous Mode Description/Groups?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonomous-mode-description-groups/69434>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 5, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonomous-mode-description-groups/69434 "2017-09-05T21:29:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jylinman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jylinman/32/68883_2.png) [@jylinman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jylinman)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonomous-mode-description-groups/69434/1 "2017-09-05T21:29:22Z")

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Hey there everyone,

I have yet to find a good post on who can see what and what for anon mode. Could someone please explain that thoroughly? What can admins vs moderators vs users see / dig up if they need to for moderation purposes?

Also, I have a situation where I have different groups that have viewing permissions on categories. Each group has their own category and you can only see it when they belong to the group. However, if someone wants to post to that protected category anonymously, they need to switch to anonymous mode, somehow add them to the group, then they can post to the category (haven’t figured out how to add them to the group). Could it be possible, since each anonymous account is tied to a specific user, to have the same permissions the user has?

Cheers,  
J

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