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nichm nichm
 
December 21, 2008 05:11 PM

Anonymous question asking?

I don't have any questions I'm embarrassed to ask, however there are some things I imagine wouldn't be comfortable asking publicly online. There could be a checkbox when choosing the catoregty to saying "Ask anonymously" I think it would be a great feature, anyone else agree?
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ssharon ssharon
 
 December 21, 2008 05:14 PM
Not only do I agree with anonymous asking, but with anonymous answering as well. Of course it would require further moderation, but anonymous questions could be held in a queue until a blackbelt approves them for posting to the public. This wouldn't put an extra burden on the busy mahalo staff and would be a good use of demonstrated worthy members.


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whallett whallett
 
December 21, 2008 05:15 PM
If you click on a user's name, there is a check box where you can click it to ask an anonymous question.

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nichm nichm
 
December 21, 2008 05:26 PM
I'm talking about asking a question like I did here, not just to one person.

But thanks for letting me know about that.

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nichm nichm
 
December 21, 2008 05:28 PM
And that still doesn't work because only YOU and the PERSON see it. So its more of asking a question privately.

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contactsho... contactsho...
 
December 21, 2008 05:28 PM
yea, this is a great idea, also the answers can just be private not annonymous :), like only shown to the asking person as the source of the answer should be known to know whether to trust him or not.

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ssmacd ssmacd
 
December 21, 2008 05:35 PM
You can set up a second account, and use it for all your "anonymous" questions, so that they won't be associated with your primary profile.

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clarusvisu... clarusvisu...
 
December 21, 2008 06:04 PM
I'm guessing it's probably in Mahalo's Terms of Service somewhere that you're not allowed to have multiple accounts. Practically every such thing like this has such a rule.

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tracebooks tracebooks
 
December 21, 2008 05:59 PM
I think it's a good idea, since part of Mahalo's allure is that anwerers can build up reputations. But moderation would have to be in place to make sure 12-year-olds didn't fill up Mahalo with inane questions.

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teduncan teduncan
 
December 21, 2008 08:18 PM
I am a fan of anonymous answering as well

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