Dear Editor,
I totally understand and fully appreciate your position. Protecting the privacy and safety of this community—especially given the threat of bad actors—has to come first.
The upcoming site upgrade sounds like the perfect opportunity to address this. Perhaps the upgrade could include a secure, opt-in feature where users can privately signal interest in specific topics (like regulatory actions or legal networking) to you, without any public-facing data.
Thank you for keeping this space safe for all of us.