Removing support for anonymous gist creation
We’ve deprecated anonymous gist creation as of March 20. All existing anonymous gists will always remain accessible
As mentioned in our deprecation notice post, we’ve deprecated anonymous gist creation as of today, March 20.
All existing anonymous gists will always remain accessible, and it’s easy to create a GitHub account to make the most of a new gist. Check out the documentation to learn more.
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