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The 'email' field in the profile is not visible to others (only seen by yc admin). 'About' is visible though.
by kirubakaran 19y ago
The 'email' field in the profile is not visible to others (only seen by yc admin). 'About' is visible though.
- eru 19y agoI did not figure this out, yet. Thank you.
- kirubakaran 19y agoNot your fault at all. Confusing UI.
- ecommercematt 19y agoI have seen confusion with this aspect of account configuration numerous times. Perhaps simply adding a note next to the email field indicating that the email address is only visible to the administrators would help solve this problem. edit: perhaps you could vote up and/or comment on rms' suggestion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100
- eru 19y agoYes. I even searched for a check box like: "Make my email visible to the public".
- dcurtis 19y agoAt this point, considering how many people have been confused by that form, it's PG's fault for not fixing it.
- eru 19y agoPerhaps it is for building social capital - accustome users to help each other. Just like in a related way - but with a different morale - SMS seems from one point of view an inferior user interface. But people use it anyway instead of calling. Anyway - I suspect he just has not come around to fixing it.
- pchristensen 19y agoI didn't realize this for 6 months until I read a similar conversation someone else about seeing an email address.