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No. Email does a better job. I don't want to have yet another medium to check and use.
by ralph 19y ago
No. Email does a better job. I don't want to have yet another medium to check and use.
- jsjenkins168 19y agoMany 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 agoPoint the Author link to a supplied website or the author's choosing instead of the profile, and problem solved.
- brlewis 19y agoURLs in the profile are live.
- run4yourlives 19y agoYes, 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.
- danielha 19y ago"No. Email does a better job. I don't want to have yet another medium to check and use." Many times I'd rather call someone up, but I may only have their email. Point is, there are usually always better alternatives. However, choices make the end goal more possible than it might have been.
- ralph 19y agoMany times I expect those people would prefer an email as it doesn't interrupt them and they can deal with it in their own time. There's a balancing act between convenience to the caller and inconvenience to the callee. The free text box in the profile lets the user give an email address, or their home page, or anything else including their phone number. The point is, they can limit how you can contact them. I don't think adding private messages on news.yc helps.
- cwilbur 19y agoIf I wanted to be called by strangers from YC, I'd put my phone number in my profile.
- danielha 19y agoIt was a general analogy and had nothing to do with this site. Actually, it especially had nothing to do with this site.
- run4yourlives 19y agoPersonally, I'm a big fan of the "Don't call me unless I know you" ethic.