# 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:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonomous-mode-description-groups/69434/3 "2017-09-06T00:42:31Z")

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> [@jylinman](#):
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> 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?

I can help.

Members see an entirely new user with the username anonymous and they get no essential information about that member other than when they joined and what they have posted. It would be fair to say that tone etc is often enough to identify people though.

Admins and mods can see the new user via the UI and can do an IP lookup on the last used IP address to see who else has used it. In many cases that is enough to identify the user.

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