# What do we mean by 'anonymous'?

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**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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> [@rizka](#):
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> Furthermore, a staff member can anonymize a user.

I would argue this case is “anonymized” not “anonymous”. One will never have an anonymized user accessing their site.

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