# I don’t care for the way Discourse handles private profiles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-for-the-way-discourse-handles-private-profiles/929498>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [January 2, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-for-the-way-discourse-handles-private-profiles/929498 "2021-01-02T05:36:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-for-the-way-discourse-handles-private-profiles/929498/4 "2021-01-21T02:28:49Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> The fact Discourse bundles show/hide of the presence indicator with show/hide of the profile info is unfortunate

It doesn’t, though: the two site settings (changeable by a site admin) are

- allow users to hide profile
- presence enabled

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