Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for obtaining content for a workspace of a collaboration environment. According to one embodiment, requesting and obtaining one or more content items for a workspace of a collaboration environment can comprise generating a content request identifying the one or more content items and metadata for the one or more content items requested from a submitter. The content request can be provided to a computing device associated with the submitter. A determination can be made as to whether the content item can be submitted anonymously. In response to determining the content items may be submitted anonymously, the content items and the metadata can be obtained while maintaining the anonymity of the submitter.