Yes, it is absolutely private. Your email address is used by psHint.com only to authenticate your account login and for internal notifications to you.

No. Our psHint Schlepper (ps AT pshint DOT com) is used as the sole intermediary to notify you and others of hints and replies.

Yes. We do not ask for your real first or last name. Your password-protected member account is comprised of:

• Your nickname/alias (public)
• Your avatar (optional)
• Your gender (optional)
• Your private email address (not shared)

No. Technically speaking, your sibling, friend, colleague, or acquaintance cannot track you through psHint.com. Even though you are the author of the hint (or reply), psHint Schlepper is the actual sender of your message.

No. Hints and replies on psHint.com are not public; they are private and confidential between the sender and intended recipient.

There is no direct email communication between a hinter and a recipient. Correspondence is handled by psHint.com, using our system messenger psHint Schlepper: ps AT pshint DOT com. To prevent accidental routing to your SPAM folder, please add it to your address book.

As a global platform with members across the world, psHint.com is owned by Happometer Corporation, a company registered in the United States and based in Boston.

To maximize the data privacy of our members, we decided to locate psHint.com's databases in a secure data center in Iceland. Here's why:

• Iceland has the most progressive data-privacy laws in the world with attractive safeguards against widespread surveillance by governments.
• In contrast, from a legal perspective, the U.S. does not provide or protect a reasonable expectation of privacy on social media the way Iceland or the European Union do.

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Yes, you can. Just enter their real name and correct email address on the hint form. Hinting to people you don't know is discouraged.

That's up to you. Hint types range from whistleblowing and confession, or giving praise and advice, to denouncing ethical/moral conducts, bullying, or bad habits.

The hint form designates up to three fields as trust clues. Such clues assure the recipient that you know him/her and you're not a spammer. Specify unique clues that aren't general or commonly found on the recipient's LinkedIn page for example.

Be frank, empathetic, and constructive with the genuine desire to improve your and the recipient's lot, even if your hint is critical of the recipient.

Each hint and reply on your wall has a eye to indicate the open status.

Yes. Reminders must be at least four days apart. If you click the reply icon or the chain icon , the application will display a «send reminder» hyperlink.

Yes, you are encouraged to reply and acknowledge hints. Just hit the reply icon and drive from there. Your replies are not restricted in length.

Always ask yourself, how would my counterpart perceive the hint?

• Is the hint (and subsequent replies) focused on the one fact you wish to tackle?
• Don't divulge extra information that makes it easier to guess who you are.
• Don't use vocabulary or a writing style that you normally use.
• Don't use a nickname that gives away your name.
• Don't use your actual photo as your account avatar!

Sincere, well-meaning people can have disagreements about work, relations, or family dynamics. We encourage you to:

• Write persuasively and compassionately.
• Exercise respect for the law when composing the hint or reply. Never threaten or harass someone.
• Do not use profance language and obscenities.
• Send good vibes in your hints while adding a little intrigue and fun to everday interactions.
• Be clever in framing your messages to encourage acceptance and potential replies.
• Before clicking the send button, put yourself in your counterpart's shoes first.

Yes. Locate the original hint that you received on your wall, and click the star .

Ahhh, no, you cannot.

Anyone who received a hint from you may rate your profile, only after the recipient has set up an account on psHint.com

You are rated on four attributes: Civility, Usefulness, Thoughfulness, and Trustworthiness. The score of each attribute is an average of all ratings given by recipients of your hints.

Anyone who receives a hint from you may view your profile scores.

A genuine hint is an attempt to elevate the truth. Fairness in rating is of essense.

• Ratings should be based on the content of the hinter's messages to you.
• If an honest hint puts you on the defensive, we urge you not to use ratings as punishment.
• Successive ratings given to the same hinter may suggest abuse of the algorithm and won't be tolerated.

Moderation in length is essential until recipients are interested in hearing more from you. Therefore each new hint is always restricted to up to 150 characters by default.

After sending the hint, the recipient might unrestrict you right away. You also have the option of requesting the removal of the restirction in a subsequent reply if the recipient engages with you.

Our profanity filter doesn't like slurs and hurtful, offensive, or curse words in messages. We do our best to maintain a dignified exchange between our members by constantly refining the algorithm.

psHint.com is not a carte-blanche to dump on people. Initial restrictions on the length of a new hint keep the substance focused on the subject of the hint. Both the restriction and the rating feature help all members of psHint.com be responsible hinters.

No problem. Use the block member icon to effectively prevent a hinter from sending future hints and replies to you.

Yes. Use the unblock icon to reverse the blockage status.