Suggestion: Moderator community signatures should include Private Message instructions

[srlawren]

Hi PM,

Currently, all the moderators have either exactly or something similar to this as their community signatures that get added to every posting:

* Please do not post private info such as: phone number, account number, pin etc.. This is a public forum.

This is great, but I'd like to see a standardized signature that also includes instructions on how to send them a private message.  For example, please see the italic text at the bottom of all of my community messages (probably including this one--unless the Lab doesn't show them?  I forget).

I think this will increase likelihood of people actually sending their private info via private message instead of just replying.  We see this happen from time to time, including a recent example today.

[srlawren]

@stonechucker you did already, thank you. Also, I tweaked my signature last night to remove the italics and the smaller font size. Cheers. 

[Chaos_Scorpio]

oh ... didnt know. Sorry. 

[WearySky]

I like this idea, though it will only be helpful to those who see mod posts in other threads, and realize that they are from mods in the first place.  I'm not sure how much this will help the folks who already aren't able to find the conveniently stickied "How to contact a moderator" post that's right there at the top of the community section's homepage, though.

[srlawren]

@WearySky fair point, and it's definitely not a cure-all!  I just thought it would be nice to make that information as accessible as possible.  It might also help other community members trying to help newer folks that don't know how to contact.  Maybe I'm being overly optimistic though.