> That's untrue. I never made that choice. That's the email I use to sign-in to the service and I have no way of making it private. False, your HN account emai

> That's untrue. I never made that choice. That's the email I use to sign-in to the service and I have no way of making it private. False, your HN account email is private (The "email" field if you look at your profile). That's the reason why people often comment "put your email in the about field so I can contact you". People falsely assume the account email is public.