# What were you THINKING?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/1568 "2024-02-29T18:32:29Z")

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I can’t even find the place under preferences to change it.

There is a way to turn it off the hide profiles for an Admin apparently.

> [@I don’t care for the way Discourse handles private profiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-for-the-way-discourse-handles-private-profiles/929498/4):
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> 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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