I agree, but this should be submitted as a comment on the Feature Requests story (see link at the bottom of HN pages).
In fact, this request has already been submitted, so you should just vote it up.
In fact, this request has already been submitted, so you should just vote it up.
There's still no indication that the "email" field on your profile isn't public, leading to a lot of confusion for HN members that want to connect. Recent examples of people commenting that their email is in their profile (it's not):
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3247412
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3240072
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3194602
If you'd like to see something as simple as "(This isn't visible to anyone else, add contact info in the "About" section above if you want others to be able to reach you." added to the email field, upvote here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1017933