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Couldn't this be clarified greatly with just a few more words of explanation on the profile page itself? There are a few pages and blog posts scattered around H

Couldn't this be clarified greatly with just a few more words of explanation on the profile page itself? There are a few pages and blog posts scattered around HN which explain most of the fields on the profile but there's nothing like explaining frequently misunderstood settings on the page people are changing those settings. Even "email: (not displayed)" would be a big step forward.

anigbrowl 14y ago
What, you want developers to waste valuable time on mere documentation? :-)
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ChuckMcM 14y ago
Actually it would be cool to add a check box 'allow this to be displayed' which would solve both issues. I always assume that if folks don't put an email there then they don't care to be contacted and leave it at that.
- Lockyy 14y ago
  If that was the case then anyone who used it would show a plain x@y.com, whereas some people prefer x (at) y (dot) com. By adding the check box some people would have it in the about section and some would have it in an email section and it would be inconsistent. And inconsistency is just ugly. Edit: A nice way round this would be being able to specify how your email is displayed.