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#1328
Why Hide Your Profile ?
Lonefrogman - 8/17/2012 12:37 PM
Category: General
Replies: 5

Like the title says, why hide it. DiveBuddy is a great site and laid out well for divers to find other divers. With location, like interests and dive training/experience . That’s why I asking "why hide your profile"? The first thing I do before asking someone to be a buddy is look at their profile. Then I find it say’s " only buddies have access ". What’s up with that?
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RAWalker - 8/17/2012 1:02 PM
Some people like their privacy others fear ridicule. Some take pride in setting up their profile others don’t. It takes all kinds to run a world.
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RockRat2008 - 8/18/2012 5:38 AM
I agree Lonefrogman; I’ve gotten friend requests from someone with a hidden profile and if I can’t see anything about you I’m not going to add you and if I’m looking for a dive buddy and your profile is hidden I’m gong to add or contact you.

Just my .02 cents.

Michael
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Greg - 8/21/2012 7:12 AM
Some people just like privacy and simply want to use DiveBuddy as a way to find divers in their area to dive with. Others are more open and use DiveBuddy as their social community.


But this question has got me thinking. If someone sends you a request to be their buddy, I suppose I should allow the recipient to see their full profile so you can make a more informed decision before accepting their buddy request. I’ll look into how difficult it will be to do that.



What info do you think is important to know before accepting a buddy request? Location, experience, gender, age?
#2344
malibu - 8/27/2012 6:52 PM
I have asked some women about why they do it and they have told me that they had stauker problems in the past or are conatantly hit on by men.
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LatitudeAdjustment - 6/14/2017 9:20 AM
From RockRat2008: I agree Lonefrogman; I’ve gotten friend requests from someone with a hidden profile and if I can’t see anything about you I’m not going to add you and if I’m looking for a dive buddy and your profile is hidden I’m gong to add or contact you. Just my .02 cents. Michael

Ditto, if I get a request but I can’t see theirs I suspect they are Spammers