Anonymous threads that don't die after the first reply.
When someone replies on an anonymous thread, Anony Botter DMs the original poster and everyone who's replied so far — without exposing a single identity. It's the feature that turns anonymous posts from a one-shot into a conversation.
Someone replied to the thread in #retro-q2. Identities stay hidden on both sides.
You're receiving this because you started or replied to this anonymous thread. Muting only affects this thread.
Anonymity breaks Slack's own notification model.
A normal Slack thread notifies the person who posted. An anonymous thread can't — the bot posted, not you. Without a fix, anonymous threads become write-only: great for venting, useless for dialogue.
- OP posts an anonymous message.
- Someone replies 3 hours later.
- OP never sees it — they weren't subscribed to their own post.
- Replier waits. No follow-up ever comes.
- Thread dies. Conversation stalls.
- OP posts an anonymous message.
- Someone replies 3 hours later.
- OP gets a DM from the bot — no identity shown.
- OP opens the thread, responds.
- The original replier gets their own DM. Conversation continues.
The notifications fire. The identities don't.
Who gets pinged
The OP of the thread, everyone who has replied so far, and anyone who opted in via a bot-owned reaction. New participants are tracked as they join.
What the DM contains
A link to the thread, a short contextual note, and a mute button. Never a Slack name, avatar, or any identity metadata of the replier.
How mute works
One click in any reply DM. Muting applies only to that thread — the rest of your anonymous conversations keep working.