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Re:Many people at news.yc with interesting thoughts have no ... by jsjenkins168 on Thursday June 14, 2007 @11:08AM (#28094)
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.

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Re:Many people at news.yc with interesting thoughts have no ... by run4yourlives on Thursday June 14, 2007 @11:51AM (#28106)
Point the Author link to a supplied website or the author's choosing instead of the profile, and problem solved.
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Re:Many people at news.yc with interesting thoughts have no ... by brlewis on Thursday June 14, 2007 @03:14PM (#28170)
URLs in the profile are live.
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Re:Many people at news.yc with interesting thoughts have no ... by run4yourlives on Thursday June 14, 2007 @05:26PM (#28205)
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.

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