# Posting without signup?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 16, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644 "2024-03-16T13:47:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@bolt100](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bolt100)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644/1 "2024-03-16T13:47:37Z")
Can we create forums that allow users to post without any signup/login?
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644/2 "2024-03-16T14:10:15Z")
Welcome @bolt100 :discourse:!
You must have an account to perform pretty much all actions on a site such as posting. Therefore, allowing users to post without an account doesn’t exist.
Edit…
If you need some level of animosity you could use anonymous posting? Caveat is that it still needs users to sign up.
> [@Enable and configure anonymous mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-and-configure-anonymous-mode/155638):
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> bookmark This guide details #how-to enable and configure anonymous mode in Discourse for users who want to post without revealing their identity. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Anonymous mode allows logged-in users to switch from their normal account to an anonymous account. This allows users to create topics and replies without any details being displayed in the Discourse user interface to connect the anonymous user with its associated account. …
Or change the site setting `hide user profiles from public` and hide it from user preferences with css so users can’t unhide themselves? But as with any css a user can find a way around it eg. Using [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true).
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644/3 "2024-03-16T20:01:13Z")
It is possible… sort of…
One could create a [Discourse Connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) mechanism (well, any mechanism really) that automatically logged in users to a random (new) account every time they hit it.
If you want a mix of “throwaway” and “real” accounts, that mechanism would need to allow them to select between. Or, you might use one mechanism for “throwaway” and another for real users.
From Discourse’s point of view, it’s _not really_ anonymous posting, but considering the entire system in place it would be.
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### Author:  [@anon36555649](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36555649)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-without-signup/299644/4 "2024-03-16T23:58:53Z")
There is a way to configure categories so that people can send in e-mails to a category address which will create a new topic post from that e-mail, without them needing to create an account. The system will create a user I.D. from their e-mail automatically as a “staged user.”