In our forum, which focuses on individuals with ADHD, there is a lot of personal and private content shared. According to our rules, users do not have the ability to delete threads to preserve the content for others. However, when users express the desire, usually when leaving the forum, they can be anonymized.
Is it also possible to anonymize a user only within a specific thread? This way, the content of the thread can remain as it is, but not necessarily be attributed to a particular user? Just having an “Anon” designation within a thread?
Have you considered using Anonymous posting? I think that would work. If you create a group just for that user they could switch between their main account and anonymous account like so: