# Impersonating a user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonating-a-user/80862>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** impersonate\
**Created:** [18 בפברואר,‏ 2018,‏ 4:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonating-a-user/80862 "2018-02-18T04:29:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![notriddle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/notriddle/32/133055_2.png) [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\
**Post date:** [18 בפברואר,‏ 2018,‏ 4:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonating-a-user/80862/2 "2018-02-18T04:31:33Z")

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Impersonation is supposed to allow you to check for things like broken CSS; the act of adding a message somewhere would change that.

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