# What do we mean by 'anonymous'?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-we-mean-by-anonymous/107262>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-we-mean-by-anonymous/107262 "2019-01-23T10:10:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![rizka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rizka/32/79717_2.png) [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-we-mean-by-anonymous/107262/1 "2019-01-23T10:10:06Z")

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The word ‘anonymous’ currently means a few things in Discourse.

- The user is not logged in or doesn’t have an account.

- The user is logged in but is in **anonymous mode**.

- Furthermore, a staff member can anonymize a user.

All this could be confusing for a less experienced admin. Could we improve nomenclature of these features somehow?

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