emails again - A Suggestion for the Ed

[gessoo]

In case you miss it, Steve D has made a good suggestion regarding email addresses two questions below this. It would seem to make more sense than people posting email addresses publicly. Any chance of this happening, or would it involve you in too much work?

[Hard@it]

They could be hidden but capable of being used as on Webuser another brilliant site.

They call it a private message and you do not see the address. you could say it is not an email address but it serves the same purpose.

[gessoo]

There's a lot of little school kids playing about on this site at the moment well into the night. If they start displaying their email addresses they could be in trouble.

[smudge]

I thought SteveD's suggestion was a good one too, but I did wonder about the extra work it might create for the Ed: Here

[AB Editor]

Hi gesso - personal messaging is not something we are exploring at the moment. Most forums do allow the transfer of email addresses and as long as users are responsible and know the risks then we opted to provide that extra flexibility.

If you think an email addy should not remain on the site - in the case of a youngster as you mention, then please report it as usual. Parents should monitor their children's web activity however.

[gessoo]

Thanks for your replies everyone (including Ed of course!)