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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by sph on Sunday July 07, 2024 @01:06AM (#40895387)
> 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.

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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by ffgjgf1 on Sunday July 07, 2024 @03:53AM (#40895929)
So people who don’t want to be contacted by others don’t get an option for password recovery? Interesting perspective…
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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by meiraleal on Sunday July 07, 2024 @09:15AM (#40897459)
Adding your email to HN and adding it to your public profile are different things, you can add your email without make it public.
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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by Tomte on Sunday July 07, 2024 @09:36AM (#40897626)
OP‘s idea was that HN‘s admins use the private/non-public email field in the profile to play middleman.
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Re:Tell HN: Please add a way for people to contact you in yo... by meiraleal on Sunday July 07, 2024 @09:16AM (#40897469)
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.
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