# Anonymous Moderator

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-moderator/36816>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 17, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-moderator/36816 "2015-12-17T00:48:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![NewMod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@NewMod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NewMod)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-moderator/36816/5 "2015-12-17T01:55:40Z")

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Good question. When I started, that was the protocol, so I can only guess why it was implemented that way.

My guess is that if a member knows that I deleted his/her post(s), that will cause some bad feelings, and it will be difficult to keep an amicable relationship.

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