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👻 How to Post Anonymously in Slack

An anonymous Slack message looks like this:

You can send anonymous Slack channel messages in three ways:

1. Type /anon <text> (e.g. /anon Hello World!), click on Post Anonymously ,click on Continue and Post.
2. Type /anon, click on Post Anonymously (or simply type /anon post), choose a channel, write a message , click on Continue and Post.
3. Click the ⚡ (shortcuts button) and choose Post Anonymously.

The anonymous message modal allows you to choose a channel and type your anonymous message. Note that you can also use slack formatting for channel or user mentions and emojis:

Clicking on Continue brings up the Message Preview modal, where you can see how your anonymous message would render in Slack:

📊 How to Poll & Vote Anonymously in Slack

An anonymous Slack poll looks like this:

You can poll anonymously in Slack in three ways:

1. Type /anon poll, choose a channel, type a topic and options and click on Poll.
2. Type /anon, click on Poll Anonymously (or simply type /anon poll).
3. Click the ⚡ (shortcuts button) and choose Poll Anonymously.

📃 How to Whitelist Channels in Slack

Sign in to app.anonymitybot.com, browse to Dashboard, enable the Channel Whitelist feature and add channels to it. Only Slack workspace admins can enable it.

💬 How to Reply Anonymously in Slack

Click on ⋮ (More actions) for any message (anonymous or not) then choose Reply Anonymously.

🚩 How to Flag a Message as Inappropriate in Slack

Team members can self-regulate anonymous messages by achieving a required number of flag reports (3 by default, can be changed in AnonymityBot's Dashboard).

To flag a message as inappropriate, click on the message overflow menu (the three dots) and select Flag as Inappropriate.

Choose the reason and allow us to mention you (we do this to avoid flag trolls):

When there are enough flag reports the message is removed.

🔒 How to Use AnonymityBot in Private Channels

Invite AnonymityBot the private channel with invite @AnonymityBot and use in the same manner as before.

👼 How to Reply as You to an Anonymous Message in Slack

You can reply as you, as you would for any other Slack message. Simply click on the Reply to thread button:

💁 How to Introduce AnonymityBot to Slack Channels

Type /anon, click on Introduce AnonymityBot, choose a channel and click Introduce.

💡 How to Give Anonymous Feedback in Slack

Anonymous feedback is used to extract valuable thoughts by increasing the psychological safety of the team - people feeling they can raise questions, concerns, and ideas without fear of personal repercussion.

With AnonymityBot, anonymous feedback can come in the following forms:

• Anonymous messages in a public or private channels
• Anonymous replies to discussions
• Anonymous polls and votes

Members can anonymously signal an approval with the thumbs up button (👍) on messages and polls.

🎁 How to Create an Anonymous Suggestion Box in Slack

Anonymous suggestion box is tool that is usually used by management to hedge against their self imposed thought silos.

With AnonymityBot, since we allow anonymous conversations, any channel becomes a suggestion box.

Some teams prefer to allow anonymous discussions only for specific public or private channels (see Channel Whitelisting)

🗽 How to Get on the Pro Bono Tier

AnonymityBot is automatically free for educational workspaces (see blog post).

If you're a member of a non-commercial organization or an open source project please either apply here or with /anon pro-bono and we'll be in touch! :) ✌️.

📑 List of AnonymityBot Subcommands

• /anon - opens the Menu view.
• /anon faq - opens the FAQ view.
• /anon help - sends basic usage instructions.
• /anon post - opens the Post Anonymously view.
• /anon poll - opens the Poll Anonymously view.
• /anon intro - opens the Introduce to Channels view.
• /anon feedback - opens the Contact Us & Feedback view.
• /anon <message_to_be_sent> - opens the Post Anonymously view with messagetobe_sent preset.