diff --git a/app/models/inbox.rb b/app/models/inbox.rb
index 204190bf..0d620f67 100644
--- a/app/models/inbox.rb
+++ b/app/models/inbox.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Inbox < ActiveRecord::Base
     answer = Answer.create!(content: answer,
                             user: user,
                             question: self.question)
-    Notification.notify self.question.user, answer
+    Notification.notify self.question.user, answer unless self.question.author_is_anonymous
     user.increment! :answered_count
     self.question.increment! :answer_count
     self.destroy