it is, on the face of it, a weird thing to say. given english is his second language, I think it is possible he meant one of two things: (1) he does not think

it is, on the face of it, a weird thing to say. given english is his second language, I think it is possible he meant one of two things: (1) he does not think the question will be helpful to other users (2) he is embarrassed about having his name attached to it. my money is on (1), although it still seems mildly weird to me.