Then don't fill in the field (or check the checkbox). If it's optional, as proposed, where's the harm?

++ Thanks for your reply.

If there's no field/checkbox/whatever then there's no issue at all.

I often encourage people to register on the basis that it's very simple and asks for minimal information. In my opinion, this just muddies the waters by (optionally) requesting information that PM shouldn't hold in the first place.

My opinion could be swayed if presented with a scenario where this information would be essential. From the OP (my emphasis):

"I has happened from time to time that some monks have expressed concern over the unexpected and prolonged absense of another monk. In at least one case, a monk contacted the gods to see if a reachout could be done."

I don't consider that to be sufficient reason to implement this change.

I'm more than happy to discuss this further. :-)

— Ken

If there's no field/checkbox/whatever then there's no issue at all.

I would not necessarily expect these to be in the sign-up form. It seems like an additional thing a Monk might want to configure after spending some time in the Monastery to confirm that it's right for them. We don't ask those in the process of signing up to fill in blurb on their home node or configure their nodelets, etc. I see this on a par with those sorts of things.

Overall it sounds like a minor benefit to me and I have no objections to it being implemented on an opt-in basis.

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