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There has been a time or two I wanted to continue conversations started in discussion threads that may not be of general interest (e.g. swapping backpacking stories with Jeff Bond. Jeff. Look for my LinkedIn invite:-))
Asking someone publicly for contact info seems inappropriate (opening up to spammers etc).
It would be useful if messages could be marked private to a single member.
Other options? New feature (Jonathan?). Personal friendships often grow out of meeting in group settings.
Assuming it is too expensive or complicated to retool HD for that feature, someone could create a private HumbleDollar Facebook group. After connecting there, people could then use Messenger to chat privately.
Some people, me for example, refuse to use FB.
True. Any external platform that could be suggested wouldn’t work for everyone. There’s also LinkedIn, for example. Still, with sufficient motivation, many people could find a way to connect outside of HD.
Same.
The “use some existing mechanism” idea seems like least work though.
IRC is still a thing :-)/2
Signal group chats may be a low overhead way to enable opt-in out-of-band communication for those interested. Good enough for journalists, political dissidents, etc. I’ll poke around, do a little learning, and maybe put up an opt-in link … of course with the full understanding that there is no official link or endorsement here. Maybe call it the ArrogantPenny 🙂