[Haskell-cafe] Re: Haskellers.com recent changes (and I need some volunteers)

Roman Cheplyaka wrote:

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:09:00 +0200, Vo Minh Thu wrote:

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2010/10/11 Roman Cheplyaka :

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On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:54:12 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:

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On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 08:37, Michael Snoyman wrote: [...]

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Also, now 10 random profiles will be displayed on the homepage. Only "verified users" will be displayed here. I'm also considering adding a new status as well: real picture, so that only people with real images (not cartoons, not identicons) can show up on the homepage. I think this might give a more professional feel. Thoughts?

I'd be weary of making that a requirement, there are good reasons for not putting your picture on the web, just like there are good reasons to not use your real name :-)

... just like there are good reasons not to publish yourself in a public catalogue (such as haskellers.com) at all.

I have nothing against anonymity. I voted against requirement of real names on hackage.

But in this particular case, the whole point to be in the listing is to present yourself. So I find the above proposal very reasonable.

Hi,

In the belgian law, an employer can (of course) request a faithful resume, but cannot request the resume to contain a picture of you. This is a clear example where you wish to advertise yourself, but not necessarily with a picture. Anyway, I don't think it is difficult to imagine situations where one doesn't wish to show a picture of his/her face.

Agree. But then there should be no picture at all for a given person. As Michael said -- no cartoons, no identicons.

Why not? They can say more about a person than a picture (not some generic, auto-chosen one, of course). Cheers Ben