Several readers have contacted me saying that they intended to comment anonymously on the Cocoon, but their comments displayed their identity anyway. I looked into it and apparently it is a feature of WordPress that if you are signed in to the platform, it automatically displays your identity. Apparently there is also no way for me to turn the feature off–which is yet another frustrating aspect of migrating to this platform (of which there have been many).
I will post a prominent button linking to this post with the hope of making as many readers as possible aware of this feature. While I can try to keep an eye out for potential cases (and try to anonymize comments before approving them), the problem is that there is no way to know for sure who intends to comment under their own name and who wants to remain anonymous. So, please take care in commenting by logging out of WordPress if you’d like to ensure anonymity!
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