# Publishing a public library's general contact info is doxxing now?

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**Created:** [March 21, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-a-public-librarys-general-contact-info-is-doxxing-now/1015924 "2025-03-21T17:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-a-public-librarys-general-contact-info-is-doxxing-now/1015924/2 "2025-03-21T17:44:21Z")

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You weren’t accused of doxing though.

Please reread what I wrote.

> [@Secret ban--Carl Hiaasen unavailable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847/32):
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> Moderating: This basically doesn’t feel right, PMing the poster with the info is one thing, but posting it in thread seems like too much. Not quite Doxing of course, but close, more of a call to action, but barely. But not something to be encouraged for sure. I’ll remove the contact information.

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