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Anonymous surveys

Unlink responses from people while still tracking who has answered.

Turn on Anonymous responses in a survey's Settings tab before the first response arrives. Once answers exist, the setting locks, so nobody's answers are exposed or orphaned later.

What changes

  • Each response gets a random id instead of being linked to the person who sent it.
  • Times on responses and participants are kept to the day, not the minute.
  • Results hide any group of fewer than 5 people, and mask that group's size rather than showing a small number.
  • The Responses view and every export never show identity or any per-row detail.
  • Participants are still marked as answered, so reminders keep working correctly.
  • Unfinished answers are never tied to a person on our servers: a personal link keeps them in the person's own browser, and drop-off shows counts only.
A known limitation: comparing everyone against the groups that are shown can sometimes let you work out a hidden group's total. Keep this in mind before sharing comparisons of small groups.

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