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Many people at news.yc with interesting thoughts have no contact data in their profile. It's a pity.

12 points by ivan 19y ago

ivan 19y ago
Sure, I understand you can have real reason for this.
ralph 19y ago
I'd assumed the email address I entered on my profile was public. It was only on logging out to check just now I realised it wasn't. Perhaps I'm not alone. I've now copied it into the free text as well.
- ivan 19y ago
  E-mail address in profile is a big secret for me also :) This is probably question for PG.
- pg 19y ago
  It would not have been nice to publish everone's email addr on the web for spam crawlers to find. But if you want to put an email addr (or anything else) in your profile, you can.
  - joshwa 19y ago
    You could also make it visible only to logged-in users, or users with karma > n...
    - ivan 19y ago
      ... or simple form for logged-in users sending your message as an e-mail to particular member :)
      - staunch 19y ago
        Yeah. I'd like that. A remailer service is ideal and mind numbingly simple. If there is a email spam problem I'm sure PG will think up a solution.
raganwald 19y ago
Thanks for the reminder, I didn't even realize there were profiles on news.yc!
pg 19y ago
I've thought of adding messaging within news.yc. Would people use that?
- joshwa 19y ago
  c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawinski%27s_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawinski%27s_Law
- ralph 19y ago
  No. Email does a better job. I don't want to have yet another medium to check and use.
  - jsjenkins168 19y ago
    Many dont list their email though. I guess it leaves the option to stay private but I suspect ppl often dont list it simply out of laziness or they forget. Being a startup site, where people may be looking for contacts, co-founders, advice, etc, I think having a tool to get in touch with each other would be very useful. I vote yes do it, but KISS.
    - run4yourlives 19y ago
      Point the Author link to a supplied website or the author's choosing instead of the profile, and problem solved.
      - brlewis 19y ago
        URLs in the profile are live.
        run4yourlives 19y ago
        Yes, but I'm not interested in visiting the profile, because as you say it's usually blank. The person's website though would be something I would visit, and most people don't hide their websites on blogs. EDIT: I should clarify: When a person writes a comment, it's the comment itself that would lead me to wonder what this person is all about. I'll click on his name. I'm not interested in a "profile", I'm expecting a website. The fact that I get the YC profile means I stop looking, and go back to reading the article. As such I never really figure out who the person is.
omouse 19y ago
I have my email there! But unfortunately I have no interesting thoughts, sorry.
- ivan 19y ago
  That's the reason why you are here
maxklein 19y ago
From what I've seen so far, I don't really see a lot of interesting thought here. The things said here are interesting in comparison to the outside world, but once you read for a while, you realise that you're reading the same old shtick over and over again. That's MY interesting thought of the day ;)
- juwo 19y ago
  perhaps because we are all frogs in a well - and with PG the bullfrog? :)
  - maxklein 19y ago
    I'd describe pg more as the french man who pulls out one frog every now and then. To fame and fortune, we are led to believe...
    - lupin_sansei 19y ago
      Will he eat them like a Frenchman too?
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12 points by ivan 19y ago

ivan 19y ago

Sure, I understand you can have real reason for this.

ralph 19y ago

I'd assumed the email address I entered on my profile was public. It was only on logging out to check just now I realised it wasn't. Perhaps I'm not alone. I've now copied it into the free text as well.

ivan 19y ago
E-mail address in profile is a big secret for me also :) This is probably question for PG.
pg 19y ago
It would not have been nice to publish everone's email addr on the web for spam crawlers to find. But if you want to put an email addr (or anything else) in your profile, you can.
- joshwa 19y ago
  You could also make it visible only to logged-in users, or users with karma > n...
  - ivan 19y ago
    ... or simple form for logged-in users sending your message as an e-mail to particular member :)
    - staunch 19y ago
      Yeah. I'd like that. A remailer service is ideal and mind numbingly simple. If there is a email spam problem I'm sure PG will think up a solution.

raganwald 19y ago

Thanks for the reminder, I didn't even realize there were profiles on news.yc!

pg 19y ago

I've thought of adding messaging within news.yc. Would people use that?

joshwa 19y ago
c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawinski%27s_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawinski%27s_Law
ralph 19y ago
No. Email does a better job. I don't want to have yet another medium to check and use.
- jsjenkins168 19y ago
  Many dont list their email though. I guess it leaves the option to stay private but I suspect ppl often dont list it simply out of laziness or they forget. Being a startup site, where people may be looking for contacts, co-founders, advice, etc, I think having a tool to get in touch with each other would be very useful. I vote yes do it, but KISS.
  - run4yourlives 19y ago
    Point the Author link to a supplied website or the author's choosing instead of the profile, and problem solved.
    - brlewis 19y ago
      URLs in the profile are live.
      - run4yourlives 19y ago
        Yes, but I'm not interested in visiting the profile, because as you say it's usually blank. The person's website though would be something I would visit, and most people don't hide their websites on blogs. EDIT: I should clarify: When a person writes a comment, it's the comment itself that would lead me to wonder what this person is all about. I'll click on his name. I'm not interested in a "profile", I'm expecting a website. The fact that I get the YC profile means I stop looking, and go back to reading the article. As such I never really figure out who the person is.

omouse 19y ago

I have my email there! But unfortunately I have no interesting thoughts, sorry.

ivan 19y ago
That's the reason why you are here

maxklein 19y ago

From what I've seen so far, I don't really see a lot of interesting thought here. The things said here are interesting in comparison to the outside world, but once you read for a while, you realise that you're reading the same old shtick over and over again. That's MY interesting thought of the day ;)

juwo 19y ago
perhaps because we are all frogs in a well - and with PG the bullfrog? :)
- maxklein 19y ago
  I'd describe pg more as the french man who pulls out one frog every now and then. To fame and fortune, we are led to believe...
  - lupin_sansei 19y ago
    Will he eat them like a Frenchman too?
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