The chain icon to copy a link of the post/comment to the clipboard seems to put your username at the end of the link (e.g. “?u=anonymous127”). This is probably a discourse default feature but I think this should be removed as it seems to be an unnecessary identification mechanism.
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Good catch. For now the best thing for users to do is to just manually remove it when sharing links.
Gonna tag @jonah and @dngray about this because they probably missed this post and I do think this would be a quick fix.
There was a reason for this I think but… whatever, it’s now removed 
The reason (at least partly) was to award the ‘shared’ badge for sharing a link outside the discussion board
Sure it also contributes probably to overall reputation but I think it’s better turned off. We’re here to share privacy not to get points and badges.
I never said i was in favor of the feature, I was just pointing out what in was in part used for
I know don’t worry 
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