You need to register a working email address in your profile. Only site admins can see that and may use it to contact you, as well as send password reminders. You cannot remove your email entirely, but by default it is hidden from everyone else and not shown on your profile page. Your email address will only show up to registered logged-in users if you set your preferences to show it, otherwise it doesn't show up on your user page at all.

However, being contactable by other users can sometimes be advantageous. Many members use a semi-disposable address for MetaFilter only so that people can contact them. The admins also have the email address you used when you signed up, and may use it to contact you for admin reasons. They will not give out this address, and it is not available to other users. You can use MeFiMail for contacting other users and being contacted if you don't want to have a user-facing email address.

You can edit your email address and the rest of your profile details by clicking on the preferences link at the top or bottom of the page when you are logged in.
(tags: email profile userpage mefimail mail ) March 6, 2006 - back to questions

There is no way to see them all on one page, but you can go to either of these URLs

http://www.metafilter.com/activity/1/posts/ask/
http://ask.metafilter.com/search_comments.mefi?user_ID=1

replacing the number 1 with your usernumber to see a list of the questions you have asked. The first option is what is available on your profile page.
(tags: askme profile ) June 11, 2007 - back to questions

You can add their username to the end of a string like this:

http://www.metafilter.com/username/carsonb

This works with usernames with spaces or some with other odd characters and is not case sensitive

http://www.metafilter.com/username/PUKE & cry

Please note that this does NOT work with a small subset of usernames [for example c:\awesome] in which case you'll have to find a comment or post by that user and click on their username.
(tags: usernames users profile ) March 23, 2007 - back to questions

The live preview doesn't match the post time because when live preview was implemented it was too much of a hassle to make it work. Your comment will be posted with your the correct timestamp for your timezone. If your timezone is set incorrectly, you can change this in your profile.
(tags: timezone timestamp profile preview ) March 14, 2007 - back to questions

If you contribute to other online communities, you can link to your profiles at some other sites from your MetaFilter profile page. (announced here) To add a link, click on "Preferences" at the top of any page, and scroll down to the bottom of the "Customize Metafilter" page. Under the heading "Social Apps", choose a service name from the drop-down menu and then enter your username at that site. If you want to add another link, click "add another service" and you'll get another menu/name combo. When you're finished, click "Save your Preferences" to save everything.

If you want to remove a link to a site you've added, go back to editing your profile. Clear your username for the link you want to remove and click "Save your Preferences". The link won't show up on your profile anymore.

It's not always easy to figure out your username at other services, so here's a quick guide to finding your username/id at some of the more challenging sites:

Flickr
Your Flickr photostream URL does not necessarily contain your Flickr username, and your Yahoo! login is not necessarily your Flickr username. To find your Flickr username, sign into Flickr and take a look at the line at the top of the page that says, "Signed in as...". Whatever appears there as a link is your official Flickr username. Make sure your Flickr profile isn't set to hide your profile from searches.

LinkedIn
Go look at your public profile page (you'll have to log in if you haven't already). Your profile page will show you your public profile URL and whatever is at the end is what you need to enter. It should look like this:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/[some name]

Grab [some name] and enter it as your LinkedIn Name in your MeFi profile.

SportsFilter
Log into SportsFilter and click on your profile page. You should see a URL like this:

http://www.sportsfilter.com/member.cfm/[some number]

Jot down the number, and enter it as your SportsFilter ID in your MeFi profile.

Facebook
Log into Facebook and click on the "Profile" link at the top of the page. You should see a URL in your browser address bar like this:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=[some number]

Copy the number, and use that as your FaceBook ID in your MeFi profile.

Steam
Log into the Steam website, and click the "View my SteamID" link toward the top of the page. You should see a URL in your browser address bar like this:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/[some name]

Use the name as your Steam Name in your MeFi profile. If you see a URL like this instead:

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/[some long number]

Go into your Steam profile settings and set up a "Custom URL". Note what you enter for that custom URL value and use that as your Steam Name in your MeFi profile.
(tags: social users profile userpage ) August 8, 2007 - back to questions

MeFiMail is a private messaging system for MetaFilter users and allows contact with users who may not have an email address in their profile. It is enabled by default but can be turned off in the profile editing area. Members can opt to have these messages sent directly to their profile email address. When new messages are received the little envelope will turn orange on the header bar of each page of MetaFilter.

Members that have this option enabled will have a "send MeFi Mail" option visible on their profile page underneath their username that can be used to contact them. Users can also opt to block MeFiMail messages from another user. HTML cannot be used in MeFiMail messages but URLs will turn into hyperlinks. Banned users cannot use or access MeFiMail.

Unless you have specific permission, reposting someone's MeFiMail is a violation of site guidelines. Do not use MeFiMail to harass or stalk other users. Abusing MeFiMail in this way can result in your account being banned.
(tags: mefimail mail profile pm ) October 20, 2007 - back to questions

This was a feature that some users had requested and it is totally optional. You can indicate your birthday [day/month/year or just year] and your age will appear on your prolfile to logged-in users. If you decide you no longer want to make your age/birthday visible you can revert to having no birthday showing.
(tags: age profile userpage birthday ) April 10, 2008 - back to questions