Title: One of the things I do on HN is look up previous discussions.  When doing so I deliberately keep my search terms open and under-specified, because in that way I regularly and frequently turn up related items that turn out to be of interest.<p>Many times I want to follow up on the discussion, to recount more up-to-date experiences, or to find out what happened so I can share in any discoveries made.  People so often learn things, and so rarely come back to share them.<p>But very few people have any contact details in their profiles.  I&#x27;ve not been gathering data explicitly, but this submission is prompted by the frustration of wanting to help, wanting to share my experiences and&#x2F;or expertise, wanting to respond to a request for assistance, or wanting to find out how things turned out, and being unable to.<p>I know people are concerned about exposing email addresses, etc., but I get virtually no spam to the HN visible email address, and what little I get is more than out-weighed by the emails I get from the HN community.<p>Sometimes people think they have shared their address when in fact they haven&#x27;t. The &quot;email&quot; field is not visible to others, it needs to be in the box of text.<p>Do you share your email?  Have you explicitly listed contact details in your profile?
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