diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6d16440..fc4464c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1846,6 +1846,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha1 0.10.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petname"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fce4164d60963550beb856b011fdf32b03b0e8bc0c3fce023c7b0ccecddf7950"
+dependencies = [
+ "itertools",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -2611,12 +2621,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "static-rc"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b91d0104a7b28aeda24b30919f83222570111ac0bf1aab23aaffb8f59330e654"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "stdweb"
 version = "0.4.20"
@@ -3355,13 +3359,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "intl-memoizer",
  "log",
  "matrix-sdk",
+ "petname",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "rpassword",
  "serde",
  "sha2 0.10.6",
  "sled",
- "static-rc",
  "tera",
  "tide",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3a4fdc7..8bc43e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ fluent-langneg = "0.13.0"
 intl-memoizer = "0.5.1"
 log = "0.4.17"
 matrix-sdk = { version = "0.6.2", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"] }
+petname = { version = "1.1.3", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["std_rng", "default_dictionary"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rand_core = { version = "0.6.4", features = ["std"] }
 rpassword = "7.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.148", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
 sled = "0.34.7"
-static-rc = "0.6.1"
 tera = { version = "1.17.1", features = ["builtins", "date-locale"] }
 tide = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false, features = ["h1-server", "cookies", "logger"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.22.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 toml_edit = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["easy"] }
 typed-sled = "0.2.0"
 unic-langid = { version = "0.9.1", features = ["macros"] }
+
+[features]
+default = ["petname"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c119de..9c6ad6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Rust webserver for comments, that you can easily embed in a website.
 * Customizable [Tera](https://github.com/Keats/tera) templates
 * Comment frequency limit per IP
 * i18n
+* Petnames! (anonymous comment authors get a funny random name)
 
 ## Use
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ The account must have joined the room for Webcomment to be able to send messages
 
 ## License
 
-CopyLeft 2022 Pascal Engélibert [(why copyleft?)](//txmn.tk/blog/why-copyleft/)
+CopyLeft 2022 Pascal Engélibert [(why copyleft?)](https://txmn.tk/blog/why-copyleft/)
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
 
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index ddb0030..8e19fa6 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,11 @@ async fn handle_post_comments(
 
 				let comment = Comment {
 					topic_hash,
-					author: query.comment.author,
+					author: if query.comment.author.is_empty() {
+						petname::Petnames::large().generate_one(2, " ")
+					} else {
+						query.comment.author
+					},
 					email: if query.comment.email.is_empty() {
 						None
 					} else {
@@ -395,7 +399,11 @@ async fn handle_post_comments(
 					.unwrap()
 					.as_secs();
 
-				comment.author = query.comment.author;
+				comment.author = if query.comment.author.is_empty() {
+					petname::Petnames::large().generate_one(2, " ")
+				} else {
+					query.comment.author
+				};
 				comment.email = if query.comment.email.is_empty() {
 					None
 				} else {