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When I ask questions, how do I know that they're completely safe and some advicenator that's a mod2 could spread that I wrote the question? And when your question goes through, can they see your username?
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Well as most people said, you are can never be really sure. The L2s and up tend (I say tend because I have ony seen a few "in action") to be mature and so on, but thats not an iron clad guarantee.
Now, I should add that in all the time I have been here, I have never come across the mention of a user name being "spread" around because of a question they asked. Even when a really awful question was brought to light on the moderator forum (and by awful I mean where something illegal was being suggested), even then the user name was not mentioned.
Also the system kind of keeps itself in check. The L2s have to answer to the L3s, and everyone finally has to bow before DN... so before any mod can start acting like a jackass it would require a conspiracy going all the way to the top.
So you should have nothing to worry about. However, if you really dont want anyone to ever know you asked a question, you do have the option to ask individual columnists while not being logged on. That way you should remain totally nameless.
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nobody can find out who you are when you post a question... and nobody will spread out who you are. the site is 100% safe =]
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The level 2 and level 3 mods are pretty much awesome.
If you think about it, everything has been asked once before.
And honestly, all of the mods (for the most part) are mature. I mean, come on, what are we going to do? Be like, "Oh, Marissa is a loser becuase she doesn't have a boyfriend anymore?"
I should think not.
Just trust them.
Plus, I hear it's lots of work to find out who you are.
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You don't. That's the risk you take in just about everything you do online.
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Level 2 and 3 mods can view your username, but only if we click a link that says "Check Account" to do so. It's not visible right next to your question
Generally speaking we:
1. Are trusted to not abuse this privilege.
2. Have no desire to, because even if you feel a question is embarrassing, we've read it already 1000 times from other people and have no desire to check.
3. Will look at it only if it is something that will constitute a ban from the site, or involves some extreme legal circumstance that we have to report to some higher authority, which is, incredibly rare.
So, your questions can be trusted in our hands; don't be afraid to ask them.
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