Hi there,

If you aren't interested in answering questions that are passed to you, you can go into your profile settings and turn off inbox questions altogether. You are the only person to say anything negative about the added ability to keep questions from going unanswered, so far at least.

Most people have been grateful for the increased number of questions to answer, sorry you aren't one of them.

Thank you.

Hi there,

The HTML code is disabled. All you need to do to make a link clickable is type the link. If you feel the need to name the link, you can do it like this:

Create a website:

http://www.createawebsite.cc

Welcome back!

I am sorry I lost track of this. No real excuse for it, just that I didn't search my e-mail for PayPal messages this month. Sorry about that.

Been so long since anyone donated, I forget to even check. How sad is that? ;-)

Thanks, not only for the support, but also for your patience, and the questions you answer.

Again: Welcome back!

I am sorry about that, Jan. I have been trying to get back on my feet here, but still have some bad times occasionally. I just lost track of this, and I apologize.

Such a pleasure to see you back on the site now! :-)

Hi there,

If you want to delete the account, e-mail dangernerd@gmail.com with a subject of: "Delete my account" and enclose your password in the e-mail.

Is there anything we can do to help you start giving advice again? You gave very good advice and we would love to see what you have to offer now that you are a couple years older and wiser.

It would be sad for you to lose credit for all your hard work.

It would be great if you decided to stay... :-)

Hi there,

Nope, no way to disable it. As for the multiple number increase, it would most likely be because your browser is pre-fetching the other column pages every time you view a page.

Not sure what you are finding offensive here, but sorry for the offense, whatever it is.

Hi there,

Please provide a link to the question so we can look into this.

This usually happens when someone answers a question, and is then banned for answering rudely. Their answer is hidden from you until the mods decide if they are going to delete the person's account or not.

Thank you.

Hi there,

There is a really good reason that we do not allow this. The questions people ask here are private. Nobody has the ability to find out who asked them except for the upper level moderators.

If we sent the questions directly to your e-mail, and exposed the e-mail of the asker so that you could reply, then YOU would know the identity of the user who asked the question.

You could then post their e-mail address and publicly humiliate them.

This is why this site offers anonymous question asking the first place, so things like that do not happen.

I am sure you didn't consider this before you asked. I can tell from your answers you don't want to hurt anyone.

I hope you see that disclosing e-mail addresses makes things LESS private, not more.

If you post your e-mail address and they want to e-mail you, then they will. Make sure you have it posted on your column if that is what you want to do. Don't post it in your answers.

Thanks.

Hi there,

Two abuse reports were filed against you.

When the mod looked at your column, it was apparent you didn't read the FAQ.

That would be the reason.

This isn't the place for crude humor. It is a place people come for help, not to be made fun of.

Hi there,

We don't delete answers or questions that do not contain identifying information.

If you no longer want the account, all the answers and questions will be moved to the orphans account.

This keeps the people who answered your questions from losing their work, and the questions you answered from losing their value.

Once your column is deleted, no references to mellophone03 will remain. The answers will still be here, but nobody will know that you gave them.

As for thinking it would be more private, I am really curious what ideas you had about that. Could you tell me in what way you felt it was less private than it could have been?

I am guessing you chose to use a name that you use other places, which is a big no-no when you are talking about yourself, but other than that, is there anything that we could do to change things in a positive way?

Thank you.

If you would still like this done, please inbox DangerNerd with the reason you wish to start a new account.

Hi there,

I have an e-check payment from someone whom I e-mailed for an account name. Check your e-mail and if that is you, please reply. If not, please send an e-mail with the receipt from paypal, because I only had one notification in recent memory. :-)

Thank you for the support!

Hi there,

Please send me a copy of the warning you were given. It didn't come from me, and as such I would need to find out which moderator issued it.

Anywho, it is safe to assume that if the person is not listing their age they are 13.

The problem with the answer you gave about self piercing isn't really to do with the person's age in my opinion, but rather the EXTREME health risks of what you are suggesting. A simple staph infection could const a person their life. Death... to save $40 getting a piercing? Pretty sad, don't you think?

Account removed. Thank you.

Many advice columnists here list their IM and e-mail info for direct contact. Those that don't don't wish to give their info out on the net.

I don't know of another site with more people willing to speak with you privately.

Questions are anonymous here, from everyone except the admins for security reasons, if that helps.

Yes,

Please send an e-mail to dangernerd@gmail.com with your username and password.

Please also let me know if there is anything, like a free name change, that will help you avoid losing credit for your hard work?

Your advice has been very good and we hate to lose you.

This can be taken care of, but you left no alternate contact info so I have no way to reach you with further help.

Please write again and let me know how to reach you.

Hi there,

Moderators are not paid users, and ALL users have personal forums.

A general forum may happen in the future, but not without more activity in the moderator forum. Check the bottom of the current site news if you would like to have a say in what goes on around here by becoming a moderator.

Thanks again for the suggestion!

There are forums, actually.

There is an admin forum, a moderator forum and a supporter forum.

Every user also has a personal forum, though it is still beta.

If you would like to suggest more, please find your way into the moderator forum which is where we discus ideas for the site.

Thanks for the input!

The question was removed. I have no control over Google. It will stop showing up there sometime in the next six months.

You need to write tinypic about getting your images removed.

As for anyone stealing it... Don't worry. If you started lining up someone to produce them now, they probably wouldn't be in the stores in time unless you have some industry connections.

If you can find a company to buy the idea you would be better off.

Take care.

P.S. Please don't post things you want to keep secret on the internet. There is no way to undo it. At least you learned this on something that isn't embarrassing, right? :-)

This advice column is for suggestions, comments, or error reporting about advicenators. If you'd like to suggest a new category, ask me a question. If you'd like to whine, bitch, or complain about advicenators, you may whine, bitch, or complain to me.

Three rules though:
1) Do not ask me for life advice. We have several thousand other members that do that.

2) Do not ask for help, or ask how to do something, or ask about
how something on the site works, unless you've read every word of our help pages and you're sure it's not addressed there.

3) Do not ask me to ban someone or investigate abuse. We have an entire abuse system set up for that.

If you disobey one of these rules, I'll delete your question.

Some guidelines about suggestions:
If you offer a suggestion that I find interesting, I might just ignore your question so it stays in my inbox as a reminder of something to do. Don't be upset that I don't answer you, and don't delete your questions (because then I'll forget!)

If you have three suggestions, please ask three separate questions, that way I can address each one individually. It's a real pain when people ask one question with like twenty different topics in it; I can't keep them straight.

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