Removing support for anonymous gist creation
We’ve deprecated anonymous gist creation as of March 20. All existing anonymous gists will always remain accessible
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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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