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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by squigz on Saturday July 06, 2024 @07:14PM (#40894047)
> I would suggest that if people opt to share contact info in their profile, they should use a canary address that can be discarded without causing grief as there are some unhinged lurkers. I see them planning raids on this site from other sites from time to time.

The day I'm afraid of Internet trolls finding my email is the day I leave the Internet forever.

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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by PenguinCoder on Saturday July 06, 2024 @07:18PM (#40894062)
The days of internet trolls turning to physical nuisances or outright danger, happens daily.
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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by squigz on Saturday July 06, 2024 @07:29PM (#40894098)
That's been happening for many, many years.
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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by ipaddr on Saturday July 06, 2024 @11:36PM (#40895087)
It was much worse in the bbs days when things were smaller.
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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by mlhpdx on Sunday July 07, 2024 @12:31AM (#40895284)
Citation?
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