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If users ask my personal contact for projects, can I give them in Stack Exchange?

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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:

From XKCD

(Source: XKCD)

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    HEY, THAT'S MY EMAIL!
    – yannis
    Nov 16, 2012 at 14:03
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    I thought you were [email protected] ? Nov 16, 2012 at 14:03
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    Nope, 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)
    – yannis
    Nov 16, 2012 at 14:05
  • 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
    – Dhamu
    Nov 16, 2012 at 14:06
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    @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).
    – yannis
    Nov 16, 2012 at 14:06
  • @YannisRizos ok.. sorry george stocker i didn't noticed that your a moderator.. thanks for the answer..
    – Dhamu
    Nov 16, 2012 at 14:15
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    I had my Skype ID on my profile for the first few months after being elected. HUGE freaking mistake.
    – user50049
    Nov 16, 2012 at 14:38
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    @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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    @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.
    – user50049
    Nov 16, 2012 at 14:53

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