# If you have a hidden profile it is more difficult to follow your arguments **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [October 15, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302 "2022-10-15T20:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![BannyMcBanface](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bannymcbanface/32/18858_2.png) [@BannyMcBanface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BannyMcBanface)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/141 "2024-06-09T15:04:00Z")
This is a dumb question, but I am trying to set my profile to private to create some illustrative screenshots for @What_Exit 's poll, and I can’t figure out how to do that. Does anyone know off the top of their head? Oops, this is puzzlegal, using Banny’s account to see life as a non-mod. I want to set Puzzlegal’s profile to private. Maybe I can’t do that to a mod account? ---
**Author:** ![BannyMcBanface](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bannymcbanface/32/18858_2.png) [@BannyMcBanface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BannyMcBanface)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/142 "2024-06-09T15:06:55Z")
Don’t worry, Banny will be banned again, soon! ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/143 "2024-06-09T15:09:27Z")
I just set it for you. Go to _Preferences_, _Interface_ and check off _Hide my public profile and presence features_ If you’re already on the Profile page, refresh to see changes. ---
**Author:** ![BannyMcBanface](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bannymcbanface/32/18858_2.png) [@BannyMcBanface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BannyMcBanface)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/144 "2024-06-09T15:12:29Z")
Perfect, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/145 "2024-06-09T15:57:08Z")
Hey, if you are logged into the SDMB when you get banned, you get a message saying you’ve been logged out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/146 "2024-06-09T16:04:38Z")
IOW, go away and don’t let the door hit your butt on the way out! Very thorough these Discourse coders. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/147 "2024-06-09T16:09:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > To see yours, click your avatar to go to your personal page, then choose [Preferences] from the top line menu then [Profile] from the second line menu. Aha, thanks much. I did think it was weird to not even have a location field. I see my location field is blank. Did any of the user data get migrated over from vBulletin? I had a location set in vBulletin and clearly I had no idea how to change that here in discourse, so my blank location is just how it has been since the changeover. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/148 "2024-06-09T16:13:30Z")
Nothing like payment info and addresses came over. Email Address did, but only Mods can see that no matter what the setting is. A lot of the stuff self-loaded in vB profiles did not actually migrate, but 4 years later I cannot remember what anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/149 "2024-06-09T16:30:02Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I see my location field is blank. According to this thread, location was definitely not migrated from vBulletin. > [@I Locationed - Have you? A thread with a Community Benefit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454): > > Hi folks - Just like vBulletin, Discourse has a place for you to enter your location. Which will be displayed if somebody clicks on your avatar. Try mine and look just below the big pink/purple L. Back in vBulletin most of us put something in the location in our profile. Some as a joke, most as legit info. During the conversion to Discourse that info was not transferred. So nearly everybody now has a blank location. And nearly everybody doesn’t know that, and also doesn’t know that they can… ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/150 "2024-06-12T15:22:55Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Also, what’s up with **chela** ’s name being changed in quoteboxes? I noticed that too! I just put that in the name space in the last week or two. So odd that my optional name _roseannaroseannadanna_ would show up in quote instead of chela. I did a search of it and it’s in many places. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/151 "2024-06-12T15:27:56Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Nothing like payment info and addresses came over. Testing a quote to see is it shows name instead of profile. Does not appear to. * * * This is still being discussed in the modloop. No poll, as we’ve determined at very least a few things need fixing, like the filter. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/152 "2024-06-12T15:30:21Z")
Scroll up to post 110 from @puzzlegal ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/153 "2024-06-12T15:31:45Z")
I didn’t doubt you, I saw it also, just trying to find a reason. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/154 "2024-06-12T15:34:50Z")
_👍_ ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/155 "2024-07-08T19:59:30Z")
Happy to announce some good news: > [@We plan to disable "Hide my profile" option](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-plan-to-disable-hide-my-profile-option/1003903): > > After much investigation and internal debate, we’ve tentatively decided to disable the Hide Profile/Presence toggle in the Preferences section that enables users to customize their SDMB experience. However, we’ll leave the Presence feature enabled. Below is an explanation of what that means. We’re going to leave this thread open for comments before we do this in case there’s some downside we’ve overlooked: Your Profile is what pops up when somebody clicks on your user name in a post. It contai… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/156 "2024-07-09T07:45:17Z")
It’s good news. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302.md?page=7)