# Anonymous posting for sensitive subjects **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-for-sensitive-subjects/109595 **Category:** Feature **Tags:** anonymous-mode **Created:** [February 19, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-for-sensitive-subjects/109595 "2019-02-19T22:18:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen) #### Post date: [February 19, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-for-sensitive-subjects/109595/2 "2019-02-19T22:23:07Z")
Hi Virginie , Did you use the search? Discourse already includes a setting to allow users to post in anonymous mode. ![36%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/9/693289fedcad05928ec9dc38f9929bc00a084692.png) It’s under **/admin/site\_settings/category/users** You can search your site settings from /admin/site\_settings and using the filter field at the top. There are lots of topics already discussing anonymous posting too: > [@Anonymous posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting/60258): > > Don’t see how you can post anonymously on the boards. I set up a test/regular member account and do not see anonymous mode or anonymous posting options. Can Admins/Mods see which user posted anonymously too? Also can you set up anonymous posting/mode so only users with a certain amount of trust can use it? > [@Is anonymous posting possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anonymous-posting-possible/66453): > > I have been reading about anonymous posting for Discourse and I want to have anonymous posting on a per-category basis. Here is what I am looking for: Anonymous posting would be enabled by administrators for specific categories User registration would be required for all posting Anonymous posting would only be possible under the defined categories Anonymous posting would be required in anonymous categories Moderators would post anonymously as usual but would have the ability to make their pos… If the current implementation doesn’t work for you then maybe you could elaborate further? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting-for-sensitive-subjects/109595)._