# Do we need private profiles?

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**Created:** [October 21, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-private-profiles/973602 "2022-10-21T17:38:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-private-profiles/973602/3 "2022-10-21T17:44:58Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> None. But I don’t think we can turn that off.

[I believe a site admin can turn off the ability to hide profiles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-for-the-way-discourse-handles-private-profiles/929498/4)

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