As the displaced cast of Office Hours regular slowly arrived at our temporary location, a slew of Dodgeball check-ins took to the ether. I sent in my check-in as well, not so much because I needed to inform anyone about where I was but because I was curious to see if I would receive any friend-of-a-friend messages.
A few seconds later I received a notice that Angela had just checked in as well. I knew that, of course, as she was sitting just two seats down from me. After reading the brief introduction and scrolling past the rather large profile image (more than a screenful on my phone), I noticed that the message seemed to be coming from one of those carrier email gateway addresses. I confirmed with Angela that I had in fact just received her phone number. This seems a bit strange to me.
I think your contact information is private even from your friends but it is just given away to friends-of-friends. Is this the intended functionality? Of course, I'm too much of a chicken to ever call Angela, but I think I'll keep her photo and phone number just the same....
