Anonymous Follower in the Gallery?

When the account is not anonymous, the profile name is visible, to know who it is that is following you. The anonymous account links nothing.

"Ulfric_Grimbrand;d-853630" wrote:
I received a notification that I had a new follower from the Gallery. When I went to look who it was, and return the favor of following me, it says Anonymous, and the Ok button is greyed out, so I can't follow them as well. How could someone anonymously follow you in the Gallery to begin with? Anyone else have an anonymous follower?

That is creepy. And what is the point? Why would you want to hide your identity from someone who you want to follow? That's really weird.

"SimsLady2000;c-17753073" wrote:

"Ulfric_Grimbrand;d-853630" wrote:
I received a notification that I had a new follower from the Gallery. When I went to look who it was, and return the favor of following me, it says Anonymous, and the Ok button is greyed out, so I can't follow them as well. How could someone anonymously follow you in the Gallery to begin with? Anyone else have an anonymous follower?

That is creepy. And what is the point? Why would you want to hide your identity from someone who you want to follow? That's really weird.

It has to do with Origin privacy settings. If you don't want everyone to view your Origin profile, the games you play and your wishlist, you will be anonymous on the gallery too. Also, it is like that by default, at least it was for me. I realised I'm an anonymous follower only after a post about explaining it on the gallery (basically, if your profile comments are disabled, you are anonymous).

Hey there! As this thread had been inactive for 3 years and a response has been shared, I'm closing this thread. :)