# "Hide My Profile" option will be disabled Sunday, 7/14/2024

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/978175 "2023-01-13T15:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/978175/21 "2023-01-13T18:04:50Z")

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Question came up in ATMB on how to subscribe or otherwise get an email when Cecil posts a new column in that forum?

> [@New Cecil Columns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cecil-columns/978183):
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> Is there any way to subscribe or otherwise get an email when Cecil posts a new column in that forum? I don’t want to miss them when they come out.

So I wrote up some simple steps to pretty much do this:

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Click on the category (forum), [Cecil’s Columns/staff Reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7)

Click the bell icon button to the far right, after the New Topic button.

I recommend selecting Watching First Post as this will let you know when a new topic is started in this forum.

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As far as Email notifications, those are all under your profile preferences. However, there is not a lot of fine tuning on these options.

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