# Anonymous reply

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-reply/113905
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 9, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-reply/113905 "2019-04-09T20:47:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Viki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/viki/32/131139_2.png) [@Viki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viki)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-reply/113905/1 "2019-04-09T20:47:05Z")

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Discourse have option to reply as anonymous user even though they are logged in as a real user. For some reason, I just don’t want to reveal the real user name when I reply to some topic.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-reply/113905/2 "2019-04-09T20:51:46Z")

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See the `allow anonymous posting` site setting.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-reply/113905/4 "2022-06-28T12:04:12Z")

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