Bring back Email in the forums (with captcha)
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The email feature was really useful as it allowed people to safely make contact with other members out of band, without polluting the forum or initiating a private conversation on a thread. That way you could go from there to share things like professional or personal contact information and other sensitive material. I understand why it was removed, but it seems like a simple captcha would solve this. And yeah, I understand AI might be able to solve a captcha, but I think it would be worthwhile in this case to cross that bridge when it's burning.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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The email feature was really useful as it allowed people to safely make contact with other members out of band, without polluting the forum or initiating a private conversation on a thread. That way you could go from there to share things like professional or personal contact information and other sensitive material. I understand why it was removed, but it seems like a simple captcha would solve this. And yeah, I understand AI might be able to solve a captcha, but I think it would be worthwhile in this case to cross that bridge when it's burning.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
Additionally... if it is kept as before, the user can still deactivate it if it bugs him. Another possibility could be to allow a white / black list, probably ALL or only white list woulbe the most effective. But I guess it can be a bit costy to implement
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The email feature was really useful as it allowed people to safely make contact with other members out of band, without polluting the forum or initiating a private conversation on a thread. That way you could go from there to share things like professional or personal contact information and other sensitive material. I understand why it was removed, but it seems like a simple captcha would solve this. And yeah, I understand AI might be able to solve a captcha, but I think it would be worthwhile in this case to cross that bridge when it's burning.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
And maybe some minimum rep (by category?) and/or length of membership. That should help eliminate most of the spam merchants.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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The email feature was really useful as it allowed people to safely make contact with other members out of band, without polluting the forum or initiating a private conversation on a thread. That way you could go from there to share things like professional or personal contact information and other sensitive material. I understand why it was removed, but it seems like a simple captcha would solve this. And yeah, I understand AI might be able to solve a captcha, but I think it would be worthwhile in this case to cross that bridge when it's burning.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
It wasn't spam. It was stalking.
cheers Chris Maunder
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It wasn't spam. It was stalking.
cheers Chris Maunder
Yikes! :~
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.