Collect Anonymous Ideas
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How Do You Get Honest Feedback When People Fear Speaking Up?
Your team has valuable ideas about what needs to change. But when employees worry about judgment or consequences, they stay quiet. The problems you need to solve remain hidden.
Ideanote gives you control over anonymity in each idea collection. You decide the level of openness that fits your goal.
Choose full anonymity when you need complete safety. Not even admins see who submitted an idea. This works when you address sensitive topics or need unfiltered feedback about real problems.
Choose partial anonymity when you want fair evaluation without bias. Admins and collection editors see submitter names for follow-up and recognition. Evaluators and other participants do not. Ideas get reviewed on merit alone.
Make anonymity optional or required based on your situation. When optional, each person chooses their comfort level. When required, everyone submits at the same level of anonymity.
People who submit anonymously still see their own ideas in their profile. You still collect the input you need. The difference is that others do not see their name attached.
Anonymity also removes login friction. Team members submit ideas without signing up first, which increases participation from frontline staff and external contributors.
Ideanote helps you create the right conditions for honest input, fair review, and higher participation.
Does Ideanote support anonymous idea submissions?
Yes. Ideanote offers two levels of anonymity: full anonymity and partial anonymity. With full anonymity, no one sees who submitted an idea, not even admins. With partial anonymity, only people with editing access to the idea collection see the submitter's identity, while other participants and raters do not.
You decide whether anonymity is optional (letting users choose) or enforced (requiring all submissions to be anonymous at your chosen level).
Do people need to sign up or log in to submit anonymous ideas?
No. You choose whether to require sign-up. Ideanote lets you collect ideas without asking people to create an account or log in, which removes friction and makes participation easier for frontline employees, event attendees, or external contributors.
This approach also means people submit faster and you get more participation overall.
What do people see when they submit an anonymous idea?
When someone submits an anonymous idea, they still see it under their own profile and know they own it. Others do not see their name attached to the idea.
This differs from hiding ideas, which prevents people from seeing other submissions entirely. Anonymity only controls identity visibility.
Do anonymous submissions count as paid seats or licenses?
Anonymous submitters who do not sign up or log in do not count toward your seat limit. Only users with accounts who access the platform regularly are counted as seats.
This makes it affordable to run open idea campaigns, hackathons, or public feedback initiatives without worrying about licensing costs.
What activities are available to anonymous users beyond submitting ideas?
Anonymous users submit ideas and, depending on your settings, vote on other ideas without logging in. However, they do not receive notifications or follow-up messages unless they provide contact details or create an account later.
If you want ongoing engagement or discussion, you need to ask people to sign up or log in.
How do I set up one idea collection as anonymous and another as identified?
Anonymity is configured per idea collection in your settings. You turn it on or off for each collection individually, so one campaign runs fully anonymous while another requires full identification.
This flexibility lets you adapt to different topics, audiences, and goals without changing your entire workspace.
Why would I choose partial anonymity instead of full anonymity?
Partial anonymity lets admins and editors see who submitted ideas, which helps with follow-up, clarification, and recognition behind the scenes. At the same time, evaluators and other participants do not see names, which reduces bias during review and rating.
This balance works well when you want fair evaluation while still maintaining accountability and the ability to celebrate contributors privately.
Does anonymity work for public or external idea campaigns?
Yes. Anonymity works for public links, hackathons, and open innovation initiatives where external people participate. You set up a public or shared link, allow anonymous submissions, and collect input without requiring sign-up.
This setup is common for events, customer feedback, or community engagement where you want broad participation with low barriers.
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