Un3qual
(Ryan)
September 20, 2015, 3:01am
1
Continuing the discussion from Anonymous posting mode :
Could we get the anonymous posting mode turned on (preferably on certain âcategoriesâ), if the forum administrator decides to?
Or at least, allowing logged in members to post anonymously (forum administrators can still ban that username, but the post will appear as anonymous to every other members).
Thatâd be sweet.
I am using discourse for a school, and students like to give teachers anonymous feedback without being scared that teachers will know who it is, and dislike them, however the principal needs to be able to see someone if they make an inappropriate post.
riking
(Kane York)
September 20, 2015, 5:58pm
2
Hmm, I thought that a link to the main account should be exposed under âShow Emailâ but it isnât.
Falco
(Falco)
September 20, 2015, 7:02pm
3
Does not compute.
I think that anonymous shoud at least try to be anonymous, if not you should out a big red warning saying otherwise.
Un3qual
(Ryan)
September 20, 2015, 7:04pm
4
In my case the information would never go to the teachers, just to the appropriate administrators.
Falco
(Falco)
September 20, 2015, 7:08pm
5
I believe you, and I know its easy to find the real anonymous throug nginx logs, but if the Discourse itself make it easy the student needs to be warned. And the warning alone will make you loose a lot of valuable feedback, making all the feature useless.
Un3qual
(Ryan)
September 20, 2015, 8:30pm
6
Yeah I see your point. I guess if itâs a real issue, I could just look at IPs.
sam
(Sam Saffron)
September 20, 2015, 9:08pm
7
You can run a query with data explorer to see it if you need to.
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Isla
June 8, 2025, 1:15pm
8
Hi all! Iâm wondering if the access for admin to be able to identify anonymous posters has been changed nowadays?
I think a data explorer query is still the recommended way.
Something simple like this perhaps:
-- [params]
-- user_id :user
SELECT user_id,
master_user_id
FROM anonymous_users
WHERE user_id = :user
Though the exact query may depend on what you need the info for.
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Anonymous means anonymous; the feature mentioned itâs pseudo-anonymous (not truly anonymous in practice, as described).
I wish the opposite as asked on this topic, Discourse could offer an option to be used anonymously .
An starting point should be to not record IPs and a simple anonymous user behavior.
I like to start using the correct word and meaning of everything, including âanonymousâ or âprivateâ.