I'm sorry, but I don't see any reason to turn it off. If it is a problem for you, I suggest you use their advice at the link, as you will be at risk on the site regardless of my decision.
As comm mod, I do nothing with that information, nor do I even look at it, but it is a precaution against trolls/malicious users, if that occurs. I trust it'll never be necessary here, but that is something no one can ever be sure of. I've kept the comm as open as I can within that, so anon commenting is on, without captcha - and I'd rather have it that way around.
If you look at other comms, you will see that it's pretty standard. (I think the notice about it just shows up more noticeably in this particular layout, unfortunately!)
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I'm sorry, but I don't see any reason to turn it off. If it is a problem for you, I suggest you use their advice at the link, as you will be at risk on the site regardless of my decision.
As comm mod, I do nothing with that information, nor do I even look at it, but it is a precaution against trolls/malicious users, if that occurs. I trust it'll never be necessary here, but that is something no one can ever be sure of. I've kept the comm as open as I can within that, so anon commenting is on, without captcha - and I'd rather have it that way around.
If you look at other comms, you will see that it's pretty standard. (I think the notice about it just shows up more noticeably in this particular layout, unfortunately!)