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I've just joined this site and would like to ask a question, but I'm concerned about employers/colleagues etc seeing my posts.

How do I keep the questions anonymous?

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Reset to default
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Another simple option: make an account that doesn't have your real name or picture. Don't fill out your profile with identifying information. (Who am I anyway?)

There are some downsides to this, for instance, if you want to use the careers site, or want to brag about your points in an interview.

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  • I disagree with this. Why make a separate account rather than just not using an account atall?, as suggested by Oded
    – user5305
    Jul 1, 2013 at 12:09
  • The general consensus is that Oded's way is a better one, and I don't disagree.
    – thursdaysgeek
    Jul 1, 2013 at 20:10
  • Isn't this technically against stack exchange rules?
    – Goose
    Jun 24, 2016 at 17:39
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Simple.

Open an anonymous browser session (InPrivate, incognito, whatever it is called in the browser you are on).

We don't require people to be logged in for them to ask a question (or answer, for that matter).

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  • @JimG.: Huh? It sure looks to me like there's an account attached to that question. Am I missing something?
    – GreenMatt
    Jul 8, 2013 at 20:16
  • @GreenMatt: I don't think that somebody would want to create their "permanent" alias as Made A Bad Mistake. ;) That's why I concluded that it must be a throwaway account. // But you're right (and I was wrong) - It's not the same as Oded suggested.
    – Jim G.
    Jul 8, 2013 at 21:23
  • @JimG.: Agreed about that being a throwaway account, which is what thursdaysgeek was suggesting, not Oded.
    – GreenMatt
    Jul 8, 2013 at 21:36
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    This doesn't seem to be the case at this point in time.
    – Rotem
    Aug 21, 2020 at 1:50
  • @Rotem - it is something that can be done site-by-site and ends up depending on the moderators and community managers in regards to when to stop anonymous posting. I've no idea which sites do and do not allow it these days, as the days I've worked for SO are long past.
    – Oded
    Aug 27, 2020 at 18:29
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    As of May 2020 anonymous posting has been disabled on this site. This may be reversed in future at which point this answer would again apply.
    – Lilienthal Mod
    Nov 21, 2020 at 23:26
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    How can you accept an answer or post a comment to make your question clearer once your session is gone?
    – Federico Poloni
    Mar 1, 2021 at 17:46

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