# 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:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-hidden-profile-it-is-more-difficult-to-follow-your-arguments/973302/59 "2024-05-29T04:39:39Z")

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> [@chela](#):
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> No. It doesn’t make it harder. How so?

See post #1.

> [@Max\_S](#):
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> Doing a search is about ten times as difficult as a filter.

Off the top of my head, **chela** , you tend to only post once in topics that I read. Short posts, too, usually one or two sentences. At least that’s my impression - I live in the more debate-focused forums. And it’s also biased by the fact that if you post more than once in a thread, I wouldn’t note the fact. Because your profile is hidden.

I think I’ve replied to you maybe once or twice ever. This is not a coincidence.

Sometimes you do get more involved in threads.

I remember you had a presence in the [“How do we feel about teachers fired for posting homemade porn?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-feel-about-teachers-fired-for-posting-homemade-porn/994614) thread. And I specifically did not engage with you at all because your profile was hidden, and I didn’t feel like reading all your posts without the filter function. So while I don’t have you “on ignore”, be advised that I have ignored your posts. Because they are harder for me to read. Because your profile is hidden.

Likewise in the [“When does a kiss merit 1-4 years in jail? (Spanish soccer)”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-kiss-merit-1-4-years-in-jail-spanish-soccer/989844) thread, which I read but didn’t participate in, I sort of skim your posts and the posts of people replying to you. I don’t give your posts the full consideration I do for other posters. Because it’s harder for me to follow your posts across large threads. Because your profile is hidden.

I’m _not_ saying you have ulterior motives for a private profile. I don’t really care why you do so (though I don’t see any benefit).

~Max

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