If users ask my personal contact for projects, can I give them in Stack Exchange?
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5It's your contact details, you can give them to anyone you want. Just don't blame us if something goes awry...– yannisNov 16, 2012 at 13:47
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In chat room or comment? or i can give anywhere in stackexchange?– DhamuNov 16, 2012 at 14:02
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See also Any way to send a personal message to another user? and How do I contact other users? for background discussion.– AakashMNov 16, 2012 at 14:02
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thanks man... @AakashM– DhamuNov 23, 2012 at 6:54
1 Answer
Contact information is a fuzzy case. If the following appears in an answer or a comment (or even a question):
Please email for my project at
[email protected]
It's likely to get flagged and deleted.
I know because we get flags about it nearly daily.
If you want someone to contact you, refer them to your profile, and have that information in your profile.
You may be curious as to why this is the case.
We get a lot of users that like to say, "hey, email me answer @ ...." or "Hey, what's your IM to help me fix more problems?". That's not what Stack Overflow is meant for. We're meant to be a Q&A resource. We can't very well do that if the Qs and the As aren't here, can we?
If you're the lone hapless Googler, what would you rather come across:
- A complete question and answer that solves your problem
or this:
(Source: XKCD)
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3Nope, I was a ninja before I became a guru ;P (seriously though, @example.com would be preferable, some poor soul might actually be using that email, no need to feed it to every spam bot out there)– yannisNov 16, 2012 at 14:05
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I am confused, yannis saying i can give but george saying in "Answer 1" i will get flagged... which is correct ? please any moderator give answer for my question @YannisRizos– DhamuNov 16, 2012 at 14:06
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1@Dhamu George is a moderator (notice the diamond next to his name). Also, I posted a comment, not an answer (answers are always more serious than comments).– yannisNov 16, 2012 at 14:06
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@YannisRizos ok.. sorry george stocker i didn't noticed that your a moderator.. thanks for the answer..– DhamuNov 16, 2012 at 14:15
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5I had my Skype ID on my profile for the first few months after being elected. HUGE freaking mistake.– user50049Nov 16, 2012 at 14:38
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1@TimPost My twitter account sometimes attract people who like to discuss their ahem concerns about moderation. Nov 16, 2012 at 14:46
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1@GeorgeStocker We all get that occasionally. My e-mail is also remarkably easy to uncover. The only thing that was actually 'abused' was Skype, go figure.– user50049Nov 16, 2012 at 14:53