Just a courtesy post to those who showed interest in posts indicating the country of origin. HU have replied saying that they will perhaps institute encouragement to HU members to enter their country in their profile , as so few do at the moment. They also say it is possible it could be made a condition of posting that the country of origin of a post is stated and displayed in the post heading.
No decision on this has been made.
For those not familiar with this issue I expressed some annoyance that having spent a lot of time replying to posts, some of the help I tried to give was partially or totally irrelevant if the poster was not in the UK.
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Personally I have no idea. I would n't think so, I just made a suggestion which i thought would directly benefit people replying and indirectly people who have posted.
As hopefully we are all anonymous I find it difficult to imagine why anyone would n't want to give their country of origin, but then I'm not a North Korean.
I'm just an ordinary member. Olderal
If people are worried about stating their country for privacy reasons, then if you lock your post when you put it up no one on the web will see more than the first 2/3 lines.. If you don't then the post and all the replies can appear anywhere on the net and can be viewed in full by anyone who comes across it. To do this click on 'community only' when you post. The default button is set to 'everyone' by HU. Maybe they could change this?
Most longer term members do this anyway for their privacy (and others) but a few never do. Mentioning no names I think many aren't aware of this.
I would rather HU changed their software so if anyone puts in a date of birth showing them to be younger than 16 it would immediately be rejected. Of course youngsters could lie but it would cut out quite a lot of them.
There is. If you just report it to admin they ensure the person is ok and redirect them towards age appropriate sites where they will be a lot safer than on an adult site. If you look at the pinned posts too under underage users there is an explanation and a link to other sites for minors.
I agree that even 16 is too young for here and wish it was raised to 18.
To be honest on my other site I do ask if they are from another country now On occasions I do say where our sites are located.
Many contributors on not only this site, also others come from some very diverse locations and as long as we answer in general terms that should be it.
America has been having problems with their Health Service, that may be one problem although the system is being changed that could have caused an increase of calls from the USA.
Other countries in the Far East seem to call quite often on my other site so I would imagine the same here. If some changes of policy on this site need to be taken, that will be up to Shaws and Healthunlocked. Personally learning new things from various countries gives me more inclusive understanding of other places, and how their systems work
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I think many aren't aware of this. 
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