Note that the e-mail field on HN is not visible to other users. If you want others to be able to contact you by e-mail, you should put your email address in the “about” box as well.
And probably when you do that you might want to type it out as
yourname at example com
Rather than as “yourname@example.com”.
Still, even if you write it that way there are probably some scrapers out there that will recognize it as an email and include it in some list.
You could try to be a bit cryptic like some do though. If for example the local-part of your email address is the same as your HN username, and you are using GMail, you could write something like:
“You can reach me on GMail. My username there is the same as the one I use on HN.”
Just don’t be too cryptic, or you won’t just ensure that scrapers can’t parse it — even people legitimately wanting to get in touch could be unable to understand what your address actually is :P
Alternatively, instead of stating your email address in any form you could put a link to your profile on some other platform where people can reach you.
And probably when you do that you might want to type it out as
yourname at example com
Rather than as “yourname@example.com”.
Still, even if you write it that way there are probably some scrapers out there that will recognize it as an email and include it in some list.
You could try to be a bit cryptic like some do though. If for example the local-part of your email address is the same as your HN username, and you are using GMail, you could write something like:
“You can reach me on GMail. My username there is the same as the one I use on HN.”
Just don’t be too cryptic, or you won’t just ensure that scrapers can’t parse it — even people legitimately wanting to get in touch could be unable to understand what your address actually is :P
Alternatively, instead of stating your email address in any form you could put a link to your profile on some other platform where people can reach you.