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Allowing members to anonymously contact other members is an invitation for stalking and harrassment. Why contact someone if you don't want them to contact you back?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I didn't say anonymously, I said without sending my email address. Feel free to include my member name and even a link to my member page. Just don't reveal my personal email address.
And as far as them contacting me back, that is why I recommended you include a link to a page that would allow them to send a reply message (without knowing my email address).
If you are looking for a scenario in which this could be used, here is one. Somebody posts in the Lounge asking a programming question. Rather than flame them publicly so they get all defensive, I could just send them a private message. I wouldn't want to reveal my email address, as they could be a troll and would use my email address for nefarious purposes (e.g., add my email to a spam list). They would then click "reply" in the email they were sent, a browser window would open to a page on Code Project that would allow them to send me a reply directly (without either of us ever having to know the other's email address). They could send, for example, a thank you note in which they might explain they didn't know the Lounge rules regarding programming questions, and they might even delete their message in the Lounge before anybody else had a chance to reply.
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aspdotnetdev wrote: I didn't say anonymously, I said without sending my email address
Sending private emails is delicate because there is no community moderation on the messages, so including an email provides a contact point, other than a member account, by which the receiver of the post can use to contact the member, or the member's hosting provider, should spam or abuse occur.
Currently you need to have your email address be confirmed in order to post messages.
In thinking this through maybe a neater system is to simply have a "report this as spam" link in all private emails sent, as well as a "Do not send my email address" checkbox (as you have asked for).
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Its not the contacting them anonymously thats the problem. Its contacting them privately without revealing your e-mail address that makes people reluctant to use this. I don't like to do it as I use my work e-mail, so I dont want to reveal where I work to people. Another reason is people might not want to reveal their real name.
If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.
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Sounds like you have been using FB recently 
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Indeed, Facebook's private message feature does not reveal my email address. It is better at saving face.
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Agreed. You are correct. It doesn't block your e-mail address to the other party. 
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Please delete this[^] blatantly, irredeemably racist crap.
And please give serious thought to banning the little a**hole.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Agreed!!!
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Thanks for the catch. Post has been removed
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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Who was the member? (post is gone now). Just curious.
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harold.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Ok, thanks. I missed the post.
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You can see a post with the offending words changed in the backroom.
It's nothing special really.
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Ok. Could have done that earlier then I guess?
But I am surprised if a back room post got deleted because you used some slur words. I thought the back room permitted vulgar language as long as the post did not directly hint at anything illegal or prosecutable. 
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I thought so too. But apparently not. Some clarification would be nice..
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The problem with deleting your post because you used a slur word is that people may now expect several other posts to be deleted too. It was to avoid this situation that the back room was created. So I am quite confused here!
I am not condoning your language, but I don't think that the back room should be moderated merely because someone used politically incorrect language.
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I can't speak for the moderators/hamsters, but I would think there are degrees of gray involved. This crossed the line. I can't imagine anyone would be happy (anyone with any sense, that is) hosting this sort of trash on their site. Racist rants are indefensible.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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You just read it wrong then. It wasn't a racist rant.
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If the average reader is offended or considers a post offensive and racist then saying "you read it wrong" is a moot point. This is a site for software developers to share code. What on Earth is something that even comes close to the line of racism doing on our site?
I didn't see the post but I back Sean 100%. We don't ask much, but we do ask for a little class.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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*sigh* admined.
Could you make the rules of the backroom a bit clearer then?
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Chris Maunder wrote: we do ask for a little class
class little{}
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