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For everything else, there’s Signal.

Use Telegram channels with usernames. Use Reddit. Use Discord servers. Use the Fediverse (Mastodon). These platforms were built with pseudonymity as a feature, not a bug. Facebook will always treat anonymity as a violation of its terms of service. You can achieve practical anonymity on Facebook—enough to keep your name off your posts—with a dedicated burner account, a VPN, and strict discipline. But you cannot achieve absolute anonymity. If a government, a determined lawyer, or Facebook itself wants to unmask you, they will. facebook anonymously

Also, forget anonymous posting on your own wall. There is no button for that. The closest equivalent is using a "confessions page" or a third-party app that posts on your behalf—but those require you to grant the app access to your real profile, defeating the purpose. If you need true anonymity, do not use Facebook. For everything else, there’s Signal

Let’s be honest: Facebook is not designed for anonymity. It’s built on the opposite premise—real names, real connections, and a permanent digital footprint. Mark Zuckerberg has famously called anonymity "a cloak of cowardice." Use Discord servers

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