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OK, I'll try it - but it'll have to wait for spam to arrive. Shouldn't be long... 
I'll let you know how it goes on PC, WookieTab, and Android, if I can.
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It is already an issue, as shown in Spam in QA - closed[^].
And it also means we cannot check when someone reposts the same question multiple times, or for other reasons we may wish to look at their previous posts.
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In my point of view, it is an issue.
I used to use the member profile and questions history to detect many kind of abuses like:
- Repost of questions.
- Vampires: "Why I get error with 'IF' in my C program" after they already asked 96 questions.
- Spammers
- Member of the day: hint that it is homework
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Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Let me get this straight, MY name as a question answerer is being displayed but the posters name is not being displayed?
Oh no it's not.
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The person who asks the question is not mentioned in the question. The person who takes the time to answer is question is shown for credit where credit is due.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I would say the instance where a high-rep member is put off asking a question is a very rare edge case, and if they are that concerned they could simply create a new account. However this change affects things that aren't edge cases. How do we report spammers? How do we know if something is a repost? More importantly...and maybe this is just me  but if I help a member on more than one occasion and it turns out to be pointless as they simply repost, don't respond to clarification, reply your advice "doesn't work" or so on then I'll not respond to that person in the future. At the end of the day I'm using my own time to help someone and if that is pointless then it's something I don't want to waste time doing.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: How do we report spammers
Hover over the "reported" shield after a report to get access to the user's profile.
F-ES Sitecore wrote: How do we know if something is a repost?
That's an issue that exists outside of users reposting questions. We need a general solution to this so that someone who posts a question that's already posted can be pointed to the original question.
F-ES Sitecore wrote: it turns out to be pointless as they simply repost, don't respond to clarification, reply your advice "doesn't work" or so on then I'll not respond to that person in the future
This is a good point and shouldn't rely on a user's name. Maybe what we do is show the number of black marks against a user. Or ban them altogether?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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+1 for "this is a problem".
At an absolute minimum, the "protectors" need to be able to see the user so they can report spammers.
And I'd also echo Pete's reply to your post: I'm not not asking questions because I don't want to seem dumb; I'm not asking questions because I can typically find the answer myself.
I suspect all high-rep members have more experience and better Google-fu, and therefore are significantly less likely to need to ask a question.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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If I ask for clarification and the poster replies with a comment I will know who it is.
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Because they always reply to an RFC, right?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Certainly not always, but i just got a reply and now I know who it is.
Well, not really, I know what account it was.
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In other cases it may not be clear whether a comment (added to a solution for example) is from OP or someone else.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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+ 1 to the "maybe not such a good idea" opinion.
I agree with most of the arguments given in the answers above.
Not only from the point of view of a protector with spam and so on, but as user as @FEs-Sitecore pointed out.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Yesterday I thought of asking a question (more like an RFC) but I refrained because I didn't want to bother people while I could simply search some more on the web - and then I found the answer I was looking for.
On my side, wording a question in such a way that it is understandable and will guide the answerers to what I need is a non trivial activity - I hate wasting people's time with poorly worded questions like many in the QA.
On the side of the other users, asking a question I'm directly asking for their time, while I could use mine and resort to direct request only if everything fails or my doubt is too deep.
It could be interesting to make the anonimity of the question a selectable feature, and only by high rep users.
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Making the anonymity optional would be self-defeating, unfortunately. It either needs to be a "let's let the question stand on its own merits" or "let's identify everyone posting".
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Will you be removing Q&A Questions from users profiles as well?
<sarcasm>At the moment I can see Griffs extremely embarrassing questions there.</sarcasm>
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So how do I find out what other questions and such a poster has posted to see what sorts of problems he's had and also what he means by "Thanks to Richard I was able to go a little further in the process ... " ?
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I have just seen the new design.
One of the interesting thing that I do before reporting a question is checking if author have just done a Repost or not.
reporting the question comes only after I ensured it is really a repost and not 2 student with same homework.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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And how do we know when the OP has posted an Answer to his own question -- whether it's an actual solution or simply trying to add information?
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I can't see who posted which Coding Challenge. 
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Another down of new design:
Now, when I get an answer to a comment, I have to check the author's profile to know if he is the author of question or not.
Previous design was more practical.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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ppolymorphe wrote: I have to check the author's profile to know if he is the author of question or not
Out of interest: why does it matter?
How many times have you asked a question, only to find the answer pretty much straight after you ask? Does the person asking the question keep quiet or do they do everyone else who has that question a favour and post the answer?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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When someone post a solution that is obviously not a solution to the question.
If it is the author of question, I usually post a comment advising to use Improve question.
If it is not the author of question, it usually lead to a report as 'not a solution'.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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This bit I don't understand.
Either an answer is a an answer or it's not. If it's a bad answer then downvote it and/or post a comment asking to improve the answer. If it's spam or abuse then mark it as that. If it's just not an answer then mark it as not an answer.
I don't get how the author of the answer affects any of this.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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New members often do the mistake of using a solution because they don't know how to update the question.
So explaining the 'Improve question' only makes sense if I know it is the author of question.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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