Anonymous Discussion Board

Question

_{Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:18 AM}

Hi,

Am trying to create a query/suggestion box in Sharepoint 2013. Any way to keep the submission anonymous and even the administrator can't view who created the entry?

All replies (3)

_{Friday, June 12, 2020 2:24 AM}

Hi piyo27,

You can enable anonymous Access to allow anonymous users to add a post. Please take a reference of below docs:

Or you can set up a workflow/event receiver to update author/editor of the post to a specified user.

How do I ensure "Anonymity" on a SharePoint Discussion Board?

Best Regards,

Baker Kong

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_{Friday, June 12, 2020 7:42 AM}

Hi Baker,

Thanks for your reply. For "Discussion board - allowing post from users with anonymous", I do not have the administrative rights to do that. As for "How do I ensure "Anonymity" on a SharePoint Discussion Board?", survey may not work coz if the show username option is turned on again, the name will be displayed. Also, one can't reply to the thread. I need to be able to reply to the thread. The next option to customize item added event receiver, once done will need to deploy to SharePoint right? If so, I also do not have the administrative rights to do so =(. In your opinion, is there any other ways to achieve anonymity in discussion board? Was thinking if changing the created by and modified by in either document ready or presaveaction mode but not sure if that is feasible and achievable.

Rgds

_{Monday, June 15, 2020 6:13 AM}