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

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**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")\
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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 25, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/36 "2022-10-25T13:22:40Z")

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[The last time you mentioned that,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-for-the-way-discourse-handles-private-profiles/929498/4) codinghorror told us that these two features are separate from one another.

I’d personally be fine with disabling the ‘presence’ feature altogether. Nobody needs to know whether a particular poster is online at any given moment. This is an asynchronous board.

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