# 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:** [2015年二月18日 18:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370 "2015-02-18T18:44:35Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年四月7日 08:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-anonymous-posting-mode-work/25370/19 "2015-04-07T08:14:48Z")

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Initial implementation is up, still rough around edges but works:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f5d89169e2680da16a47c6a75ee21a9a2aebf472](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f5d89169e2680da16a47c6a75ee21a9a2aebf472)

You must enable `allow_anonymous_posting` site setting AND set `anonymous_posting_min_trust_level` to an appropriate level.

We keep track of a shadow “anonymous” account but there is no way of telling who it is unless you cross correlate IP addresses in the admin interface. This anon account can still be banned and so on if it gets out-of-hand.

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/c/5c94cdc23e6bcd2400bfafef4775f529025b2a60.png)

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