Do we need private profiles?

[engineer_comp_geek]

There is already a thread discussing this here:

If you have a hidden profile it is more difficult to follow your arguments

Continuing the discussion from Why do Dopers start contests regarding grave matters?: I said it is hard, not impossible. The interface may be different for you because you are a moderator, but this is my experience. Doing a search is about ten times as difficult as a filter. You only see a preview of each post. You have to click on each one to see the full text, at which point the search results are hidden. To jump to the next post you must first click the search icon again to show the resul…

I will close this one.