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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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