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My thoughts are essentially the same as Libertat and CoeurdeLionne.
DMing might be a good way to get an answer, but I would say it's not really in the spirit of AH - if you have a question, why not ask it publicly, so more people will see both the question and the answer? From my perspective, if I'm giving an answer, it's much more fun if everyone can see it. (Although sometimes the question/answer is effectively a DM anyway, if nobody but the OP and I ever read it...)
Also, a DM is asking for a commitment that the flaired user might not be able to give. There are lots of questions that I could answer, but I just don't have time, or, I don't know, maybe I just don't feel like it that day, you know? So if the question is public, hopefully someone else can work on it, or maybe I can save it and come back to it someday.
Comment by Gankom at 24/02/2020 at 01:36 UTC
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if nobody but the OP and I ever read it...
Ah hem. On a different tack, I suspect that /u/TheNonDuality might have been referencing DM'ing someone a link to the question on the board.
For those not in the know we do actually have an alert system we use to try and connect questions with people who might be able to answer them. While there's no real harm in shooting a PM to a flair and asking if they can take a look at a question, please don't spam them. We all have lives outside of here and can't always rush around to get to questions. A friendly "hey this looks neat" is fine. A "Hey answer this." is 100% not.