If you applied for this cycle, please tell us your email address

Re:If you applied for this cycle, please tell us your email ... by mhartl on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @08:19PM (#348239)

Just to clarify (this bit me last year): many people put their email addresses in the "about:" field of their profiles, so that other HN readers can email them. Here, pg is referring specifically to the "email:" field, which isn't publicly viewable but is the canonical email address used for YC announcements.

In sum, the problem is that

a lot of applicants haven't put their email addresses in their profiles

and the solution is to

put your email address in the email field [and not just the about field].

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Re:If you applied for this cycle, please tell us your email ... by kirubakaran on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @09:06PM (#348289)

Some people put their email only in the "email:" field, without realizing that it is invisible to others. Putting it in both About: and Email: would be nice, so that we (the other readers) can send a personal email if needed.

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Re:If you applied for this cycle, please tell us your email ... by aneesh on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @10:03PM (#348327)

Solution: Add an option to specify whether your email field is public or private. That would resolve the confusion.

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Re:If you applied for this cycle, please tell us your email ... by kirubakaran on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @10:22PM (#348340)

We've asked pg before :-(

Your solution will work only for new users, unless "public" is the default (opt-out for current users). This can piss off people.

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