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Leaving out members' usernames
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Replies: 6Last Post Mar. 31, 2008 2:46pm by iwashere85
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( afmc011 )

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First off, lemme say that sometimes I fail to see the obvious, and this could very well be one of those times.

I've just been wondering, why is it frowned upon to type a member's username in an eHelp reply? If they're not marked anonymous, then all of LW can read them, and will automatically know who submitted the eHelp anyway. If it's anonymous... Well, not even mods can see who really submitted an anonymous eHelp, so that really can't apply here.

So really, why's it frowned upon? Unless it's meant that you shouldn't use a member's real name. In which case I completely understand.

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You are not supposed to make your reply personal, so that it can be used with similar problems. Other members with the same problem ready it, won't want it addressed to "Michael" or "Laura".

To regular members I'm pretty sure that all eHelps are marked as "Member" and not usernames or anonymous.

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what's this empty box??

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Cause they're put in the shared library without their username displayed. It just says "member."

So when you use their username, you reveal their identity to the entire site when they may only want SLs to know.

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Ah okay, got it. See, it was fairly obvious had I bothered to go look in the eHelp library. I mean, I've been in there before... Just never really noticed.

But yep, thanks for clearing that up, guys.

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because there's no option to share non-anonymously, we just have to uphold that.


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Yeah, they don't show up for non-SLs with names.

I did that just the other day :/

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iwashere85

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I remember doing that with a moderator's eHelp. I PM'd him/her when I found out about the rule apologizing. Alex felt bad..

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