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What is this "fau" user and why do other people's q's show up there

Echinacea 'Harvest Moon' Asked by pinkpearl about 1 year ago, 3 answers.

I've seen in the past week, many questions have changed to the original poster being called fau -- is it some type of bug? Then the real name thanks everyone at the end of all the replies.

xxx Answered by stellaapplemoor on Jan 30, 2008, 10:57AM
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'Fau' is a bit like the Funadvice Robot. It is a default name for people questions asked by deleted accounts.

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Jeremy Goodrich yep, that's me Answered by thedude (Online now) on Jan 30, 2008, 11:04AM
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And the other thing - some people want to ask questions anonymously. In our system, a question has to be asked by a member, so if you anonymize your question, it's not in your account anymore, but mapped to the fau member.

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Echinacea 'Harvest Moon' Answered by pinkpearl on Jan 30, 2008, 01:01PM
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Great idea - the anonymous thing. Stops us all from having to have several personalities!

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