When this feature is enabled, anonymous users will be assigned the "visitor" role.You can change their role to "participant" if you want to allow some of them to talk.
You can choose to enable or disable this feature for new chatrooms on the [channel configuration page](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/streamers/channel).
To enable or disable this feature, use the [chat dropdown menu](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/viewers), open the "configure" menu.In the form, you will find a "{{% livechat_label livechat_configuration_channel_anonymize_moderation_label %}}" checkbox.
![Screenshot of a chat session. The moderator has open the message menu, and there is a "{{% livechat_label search_occupant_message %}}" button.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/message_search.png?classes=shadow,border&height=200px "Message history search")
The search result will also include all messages related to participants who had the same nickname.You can differenciate them by comparing [JID](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0029.html) and [occupant-id](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0421.html).