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Any user that is not signed in is an anonymous user. The anonymous user is used for any action preformed by a non-signed-in user that must be associated with a user.

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I noticed that I am unable to use the New answer textbox at all when I am not logged in. I cannot click into the text area under the broken icons either.
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While logged out on Mobile Safari, when I go to a question page on Stack Overflow and scroll down to the editor, I see this… The vertical lines in the menu bar aren't aligned correctly.
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I accidentally added information that I did not intend to and would like for it to be deleted. Could you help me please? upgrading to sprinboot 2.5.12 and my Junit tests are throwing this error
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I opened a post while not logged in and I noticed that the "Improve this answer" link does not exist under any of the answers. I checked several other posts on SO and meta.SO and the ...
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I made an edit to an answer without realizing that I was not logged in. Is there a way to claim that anonymous edit so that I get credit for it?
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As you can see I just hit 2K, meaning I get access to the suggested edits review queue. As I enjoy improving the website, I jumped at the opportunity. However I spotted a trend in the first couple of ...
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There have been rather substantial changes to the SO homepage visible for anonymous users that are not logged in or don't have an SO account. The biggest change is certainly replacing the Q&A ...
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I’ve not been using my account at work, so all my edits there are anonymous suggested edits. I know how to make good edits and in fact my most recent one says: Anonymous had 10 edit suggestions ...
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It's well-known that for logged-out users, duplicate questions with no answers redirect to their duplicate target (see Why do links to duplicate question automatically redirect to the duplicate? and ...
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I will start off by saying that I'm a bit of an oddball. I browse exclusively in private browsing mode. When I'm logged in to Stack Overflow and close a tab, I'm no longer logged in. So despite ...
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What I mean is users obviously not having signed up for an SE site, going by a name like "user2566091" (just made up) and lacking avatar, SE history, etc. You've all seen them, so I'm sure you know ...
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While searching for help on Stack Overflow, I passed by an anonymized post, and I suddenly wondered what would happen if I edited it, as there is no owner anymore, and I still can't edit without peer ...
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When a not logged in user visits the following URL: https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=intags%3amine%20is%3aquestion A text is displayed: Improve your results by setting your ...
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I made a question that got some votes, but I still don't know if there are more that are not publicly visible on the question page from users without enough reputation. Users without enough ...
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I have noticed what I consider to be a rather pernicious effect on meta where by certain groups or individuals seem to vote in groups. Might it be an idea to anonymise questions and comments - for ...
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