Sadly, it's because I presumed the email field was public. I didn't realize that I had to explicitly add it to the About section to make it visible.
Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
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Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#12I don't have my email listed, but I have my website listed: http://inklesspen.com/
It's a simple "personal portal", I guess you'd call it. My email address is the first thing listed, followed by my erratically updated programming blog, github, twitter, flickr, linkedin, and resume.
I'd rather keep all those links in one place and just hand out my domain link, rather than have to update things everywhere when I add a new link.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#13I removed my email and personal information for a while due to my actions on HN. I engaged in a strange exchange on HN which got me thinking that it was an odd conversation after some research on the person in question I found that they where a convicted pedophile and had been expelled from Egypt due to links to a terrorist organization. I believe that they are still being sought in the states. Anyway, I felt that it may be prudent to remove my info for some time least I get a bunch of harassing communications due to my finding out their dirty little secret, but I felt compelled to inform others who they where dealing with.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#14My email is a University address, so it has my full name and the name of my institution - that's more info than I want to give out arbitrarily.
Maybe HN could add a contact form to user profiles, to facilitate correspondence without sacrificing anonymity?
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#15It's embarrassing. My email is still buzz_lightyear97@lycos.net
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#16Argh, I already voted, and now I see the email field isn't public. So there's my reason. It is in my profile; you just can't see it. I do include other methods of contact that are more immediate, though. If someone was interested enough in contacting me, I'm easy to find.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#17I usually list a URL to a page with a contact form instead of my email in profiles.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#18My email is a University address, so it has my full name and the name of my institution - that's more info than I want to give out arbitrarily. Maybe HN could add a contact form to user profiles, to facilitate correspondence without sacrificing anonymity?
I made the mistake of using a university email address for some non-university stuff, they deleted my account when I left and I didn't get a chance to backup.
My point is don't use an email address, that you know is going to disappear in the future, as your main/general address. And if you use a University or company address make sure to find out the email address policy for people that leave the organization.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#19since I use gmail I really don't care and don't hide or obfuscate my email. I often type it 'at' but it's just a habit.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#20What I would actually want is to be able to put something like ruby -r base64 -e 'puts Base64.decode64("emhhbGJyZWNodEBnbWFpbC5jb20=")' into the email field. Doesn't take probably for length or validation reasons :) Anyone who can't figure that out, I don't think I want emailing me through HN.
If I may speak for him, ezl does this on his profile:
you can email me @: "@".join(['quotesentinel.com', my_hn_username,][::-1])