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> Oh my god no. I intentionally am uncontactable on here and I’m sure that’s true for many others. Then don't add an email to your profile. I have been on thi

by sph 2y ago

> Oh my god no. I intentionally am uncontactable on here and I’m sure that’s true for many others. Then don't add an email to your profile. I have been on this site 10 years more than you, and I have yet to be contacted by a scammer, con artist or whatever else you are afraid of, FWIW. Not everyone is out to scam their fellow neighbour. Again, no one is forcing you to become contactable.

ffgjgf1 2y ago
So people who don’t want to be contacted by others don’t get an option for password recovery? Interesting perspective…
- meiraleal 2y ago
  Adding your email to HN and adding it to your public profile are different things, you can add your email without make it public.
  - Tomte 2y ago
    OP‘s idea was that HN‘s admins use the private/non-public email field in the profile to play middleman.
meiraleal 2y ago
I have received multiple emails that were initiated by my email in HN. Most of them were legitimate contacts related to job positions or participating in open source projects but a good 20% that I didn't engage were probably scams.