# Anonymous Mode restriction per category?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-mode-restriction-per-category/71148
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** anonymous-mode
**Created:** [2. Oktober 2017 um 01:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-mode-restriction-per-category/71148 "2017-10-02T01:36:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@WhatllB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WhatllB)
#### Post date: [2. Oktober 2017 um 01:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-mode-restriction-per-category/71148/1 "2017-10-02T01:36:02Z")
I’ve got a forum where one category is for discussing sensitive personal details, and another is for feedback. I want to provide anonymous posting in those, but in all other categories anonymous posting would probably be inappropriate.
Any elegant way to enable or prevent Anonymous Mode posting for specific categories?
**It would be great** if I could add a category security line of: _Anonymous Users =\> See_
**Pursued/Thoughts**
- I would set anonymous\_posting\_min\_trust\_level to 0, which would allow new users to post anonymously.
- I wondered if I could set category permissions so that “anonymous mode users” as a group could only “See” posts in my non-anon categories. I saw the best it had was setting category permissions to “See” for trust\_level\_0.
- Setting category permissions in most categories to “See” for trust\_level\_0 makes it difficult/obtuse for a new user to gain any reputation unless they posted anonymously first (I think).
- I wondered if “anonymous mode users” actually gained their own merit/reputation and were able to increase their trust\_level, which would defeat the idea of restricting non-anon categories by “See” for trust\_level\_0.
- I noticed going into “anonymous mode” creates a new user only the first time they use it, then reuses the same shadow\_id after that, so it looks like anon users would live and grow on their own.
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### Author:  [@WhatllB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WhatllB)
#### Post date: [2. Oktober 2017 um 01:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-mode-restriction-per-category/71148/2 "2017-10-02T01:46:38Z")
Ok, I see that when create\_shadow(user), it sets trust\_level: 1, and trust\_level\_locked: true. I’ll assume that means anon users will ALWAYS be trust\_level\_1.
Oh, and I haven’t seen the code for it yet, but I’ve noticed that new anon (shadow) users are created for a user after a while, and it leaves the old ones around.
I don’t think these bring me any closer to anon security per category. Does it?
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### Author:  [@rkda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rkda)
#### Post date: [17. Juni 2022 um 04:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-mode-restriction-per-category/71148/3 "2022-06-17T04:01:35Z")
Ich bin auch neugierig. Wird das jetzt unterstützt? Oder können anonyme Benutzer überall posten?
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