I think this forum has the capacity for people who want to remain truly anonymous to do so by marking their post in a certain way. I think it is meant to allow people to post anonymously about subjects they may feel embarrassed about such as sex or incontinence. However, I cannot find any instructions on how this anonymity is achieved, and personally I don't think it is appropriate for people to be able to do so. If members choose a suitably anonymous user name there is no need for such a function to exist.
I saw it a few times shortly after a certain person was kicked out of the group. He still has responses that are in older threads. He was kicked out of the group for attacking everyone's religious beliefs. That's not allowed and he was warned.
Cabycat replied to my post yesterday (there was nothing untoward in my post or the reply), and when I clicked on "Reply," the icon by the name was "Hidden." I don't know what happened.
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