Looking at a listing[1], I notice that you provide email addresses to users and presumably act like a craiglists for anonymous messaging...
I'm just curious though, don't you find that you get spammed out if you do this?
I think providing email addresses to users on a marketplace is a great way of keeping discussions/messages boxed up in your platform, but showing the emails on the site must result in way too many spam emails?
We used to expose the raw email address of the underlying user. Now it's a two-way email proxy, which is why the domain is "Floors.me" e.g. [email protected]
We do get spammed but we've been able to keep a handle on it. Mailgun's filters capture most of the spam and we have backup handlers in place to address the rest.
Do users know who they're emailing with the anonymous addresses? The [email protected] address may look like they have to communicate via 42floors (meaning more friction) instead of directly with the manager. Craigslist emails are more obviously throw aways.
I'm just curious though, don't you find that you get spammed out if you do this?
I think providing email addresses to users on a marketplace is a great way of keeping discussions/messages boxed up in your platform, but showing the emails on the site must result in way too many spam emails?
[1] : http://42floors.com/ny/new-york/25-w-39th-st/3171