# How will anonymous posting mode work?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** anonymous-mode
**Created:** [18 februari 2015 om 18:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370 "2015-02-18T18:44:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [8 april 2015 om 00:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/41 "2015-04-08T00:05:34Z")
> [@ColdSun](#):
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> It’d make it difficult to track a conversation. Is it 2 people talking, is it 3?
Some anonymous sites provide the ability to hash a “passcode” with anonymous posts you make. When you post them, the password gets hashed on the server, so if you use the same passcode you’ll always get the same hash. That way anonymous users can identify themselves.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [8 april 2015 om 01:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/42 "2015-04-08T01:54:22Z")
`user_id == -2` perhaps? (@system is -1)
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [8 april 2015 om 01:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/43 "2015-04-08T01:59:45Z")
yeah, that is one possible plan, going to wait for @codinghorror to provide feeback on this first.
I am tempted to leave stuff more or less like it is now (with a tweak or 2 first) and see how customers use it prior to adding this.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [8 april 2015 om 02:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/44 "2015-04-08T02:49:34Z")
I think I am going to stamp on this a **“this is done enough for now”** stamp (bugs pending ™)
I just added a site setting “anonymous account duration minutes” that defaults to 1 week. This means you get to keep your anon account for 1 week from last post you make. After that it cycles.
I went ahead and set this setting to 1 minute here, for kicks. Which gives a strong anonymity option, with a side effect of lots and lots of accounts.
I also disabled the ability to like and act on posts.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/4bfca12b1168816e922b099ee72afa92cb4aa73c](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/4bfca12b1168816e922b099ee72afa92cb4aa73c)
I strongly believe this needs to be used in the wild for a bit before we decide if it makes sense to switch or tweak this implementation. As it stands it can be super anonymous or mildly anonymous, up to the admins discretion.
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### Author:  [@anonymous1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anonymous1)
#### Post date: [8 april 2015 om 02:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/45 "2015-04-08T02:51:13Z")
I am anonymous 1, hear me roar 🐓
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### Author:  [@anonymous5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anonymous5)
#### Post date: [8 april 2015 om 02:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/46 "2015-04-08T02:53:52Z")
You are making an excellent point there @anonymous1 💝
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### Author:  [@anonymous6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anonymous6)
#### Post date: [15 april 2015 om 02:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/47 "2015-04-15T02:13:35Z")
Nobody knows who I am! I could be anyone! 😆 ❓
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### Author:  [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)
#### Post date: [28 april 2015 om 17:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/48 "2015-04-28T17:28:07Z")
**Is the feature supposed to work globally?**
**Can it be limited to a single topic, or a single category?** That would make a lot more sense to me, than allowing anonymous contributions all over the place. (Sorry if I misunderstood the scope.)
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### Author:  [@anonymous7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anonymous7)
#### Post date: [29 april 2015 om 02:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/49 "2015-04-29T02:12:06Z")
> [@hellekin](#):
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> Is the feature supposed to work globally?
Yes
> [@hellekin](#):
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> Can it be limited to a single topic, or a single category?
No, and also, not planned.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [16 september 2015 om 00:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/50 "2015-09-16T00:18:12Z")
This is now complete, closing, if we need to make any changes to current system a new topic can be opened
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [16 september 2015 om 00:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/52 "2015-09-16T00:19:42Z")
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