Comment by babuskov
12 years ago
Adding a "private message" feature could solve this for all the people who don't want to give a public e-mail in their profile.
12 years ago
Adding a "private message" feature could solve this for all the people who don't want to give a public e-mail in their profile.
I think for what HN aims to be, keeping everything public is a good thing. I seem to find quite a few "one-on-one" threads that get the occasional input from a third,fourth,fifth participant -- and also a few I find interesting even if I'm not participating.
When everyone knows that what's being discussed is public, it tends to keep the tone more conversational and clear -- I think. The "feel free to contact me, email in profile"-response seems to work well enough for those that do want a private (albeit not anonymous) conversation?