[OSM-talk] Contacting OSM editors

[Mikel Maron]

>> Revealing the numeric id of an editor doesn't seem like a privacy
>> violation to me..
>
>No, but revealing the numeric ID doesn't actually help you contact that
>editor at all either.
>
>How would you use the numeric ID once you had it?

Just something like 

http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/User_1000

which actually resolves to something. Not sure if the messaging functionality actually connects up to this anonymous user.

Mikel