Reason for poll: I am just curious as to how people think about email in a pseudonymous environment.
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?
#2Should probably have an option on there for people to respond that they have their email listed, if only to see what proportions of people who read this thread have email listed vs. not.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#3What I would actually want is to be able to put something like
ruby -r base64 -e 'puts Base64.decode64("emhhbGJyZWNodEBnbWFpbC5jb20=")'
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#4Granted it's probably the most convoluted way possible to give an email address, but it's there.
Re: 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?
#6Granted it's probably the most convoluted way possible to give an email address, but it's there.
That's 100% better than all the captchas in the world.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#7What 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.
The email field isn't public anyways.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#8There's a more subtle point not listed here: I want to control who gets my e-mail. So I'd rather stay anonymous to those who are anonymous to me, and know who has my e-mail.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#9I don't think I've ever gotten any spam from HN. Have gotten a few nice emails that started an interesting conversation, though.
Re: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN profile?
#10What 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.
The email field isn't public anyways.
Ah, I should've been clearer: I meant putting your email in the "about" field for others to see.