# Anonymous forum mod request

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-forum-mod-request/51338>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [October 10, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-forum-mod-request/51338 "2016-10-10T11:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-forum-mod-request/51338/2 "2016-10-10T12:40:14Z")

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> [@Jose\_Berengueres](#):
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> We want to make a forum where users from our Sharepoint system sign on to a forum where they can give suggestions and comments about the uni anonymously.

What degree of anonymity are you after here? Just to be clear, users can be anonymous to _other users_, but the _owners_ of a site could theoretically figure out users’ identities, though they’d have to build the tooling for it themselves.

> [@Jose\_Berengueres](#):
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> However, we need to find a cloud hosting service that will allow to host the modified Discourse version. So, we also need a proposal/advice on the hosting.

Our go-to recommendation is Digital Ocean, as mentioned in our [install guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md).

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