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Request HN: please add your email to your profile

15 points by kgermino 16y ago

Just a reminder that anything typed into the email field is not publicly visible (edit: not visible to anyone except pg and a few other admins) so please put your email address into the about field of your profile. This way it is visible to other HNers so that they can contact you. Thanks. Click on your username in the upper-right corner of your browser and add your email address to the about field.

mdaniel 16y ago
May i ask what your argument is for requesting this? I didn't realize that there was no "pass through" contact link, so maybe that should be the target of your request.
- Locke1689 16y ago
  It's been pretty useful before. Wanting to contact other HN'ers about specific things is fairly common and there's no private messaging system. I agree that it would help if PG could add a contact link, but he seems a bit busy lately.
rhizome 16y ago
It's not just visible to "other HNers," it's visible to everybody. Bit of a tone-deaf request.
plurinshael 16y ago
...Isn't registration still free? How is it not publicly visible if other hackers (HNers) can view it? I think I will add my email anyway... I am not anonymous. Just wondering about your logic.
- Locke1689 16y ago
  The email field is invisible. If you add it to your profile it's world-visible. I still think the usefulness outweighs spam risk, though.
japherwocky 16y ago
Nice try, spammers
- deleted 16y ago
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- japherwocky 16y ago
  pfft, it's funny, pokes fun at the "reddit is invading" meme, and answers his question by showing _why_ people don't put their email addresses in an easily scrapeable / semi-public forum. In 3 words! Screw you, downvoters!
nametoremember 16y ago
If someone wants to contact me, they can reply to one of my recent comments to ask for my email.
wccrawford 16y ago
It's optional for a reason. If people want to give away that information, they will.
- mindcrime 16y ago
  My experience has been that a lot of people don't realize that the email field in their profile is hidden except to pg and admins. People who probably DO want to be able to be contacted by other HN'ers, fail to put their contact info in their "about" box because they don't know they need to.

15 points by kgermino 16y ago

mdaniel 16y ago

May i ask what your argument is for requesting this? I didn't realize that there was no "pass through" contact link, so maybe that should be the target of your request.

Locke1689 16y ago
It's been pretty useful before. Wanting to contact other HN'ers about specific things is fairly common and there's no private messaging system. I agree that it would help if PG could add a contact link, but he seems a bit busy lately.

rhizome 16y ago

It's not just visible to "other HNers," it's visible to everybody. Bit of a tone-deaf request.

plurinshael 16y ago

...Isn't registration still free? How is it not publicly visible if other hackers (HNers) can view it? I think I will add my email anyway... I am not anonymous. Just wondering about your logic.

Locke1689 16y ago
The email field is invisible. If you add it to your profile it's world-visible. I still think the usefulness outweighs spam risk, though.

japherwocky 16y ago

Nice try, spammers

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japherwocky 16y ago
pfft, it's funny, pokes fun at the "reddit is invading" meme, and answers his question by showing _why_ people don't put their email addresses in an easily scrapeable / semi-public forum. In 3 words! Screw you, downvoters!

nametoremember 16y ago

If someone wants to contact me, they can reply to one of my recent comments to ask for my email.

wccrawford 16y ago

It's optional for a reason. If people want to give away that information, they will.

mindcrime 16y ago
My experience has been that a lot of people don't realize that the email field in their profile is hidden except to pg and admins. People who probably DO want to be able to be contacted by other HN'ers, fail to put their contact info in their "about" box because they don't know they need to.