# Posts from the system user?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-from-the-system-user/284365>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-from-the-system-user/284365 "2023-11-03T22:05:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-from-the-system-user/284365/5 "2023-11-03T22:57:29Z")

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Normally deleting a user would delete all of their posts and topics. It’s one of the main reasons we encourage anonymisation as an alternative so as not to leave holes in conversations, or wipe out other people’s contributions.

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