@DBear knows our mind! This is not a major issue or anything and we definitely like facilitating folks connecting for contract work. For your own sake it is best to eventually move to email (PMs are okay but we don't want to be responsible for the written record in case of legal issues). Further PMs/email help reduce forum noise since after a connection it is really just between the two parties. There's a note about it on the pinned topic for this category.