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Manage your face (and your community)

There are times that you just don't want to be noticed.  Maybe you're sneaking off to a gossip blog, or checking out what people across the political divide are chatting about.  Who knows.  Who cares.  You should be able to go incognito when you want to.  That why we've launched the ability to hide yourself from the reader roll on any site.  Just put your mouse over your face and click on the little "X" that appears.  From that point on, when you visit that site, no one but you will be able to see your face.  You'll know that your hidden because you will always see an "X" on your picture.  When you're ready to be seen again, just click that "X" and you're set.

Authors get tons of value out of this too.  If someone shows up in your reader roll -- spammer, troll, arch-nemesis -- you can hide them from your site.  You'll see an "X" over every person in your reader roll and you can turn any off that you want.  Don't worry, a member can't override your hide setting.  Authors also have this control in their communities.  If someone you're not comfortable with joins your community, you can hide them as well.

PLEASE NOTE: The relationship between the reader roll and community works differently for reader and authors.

For Readers:
Your "hide" status in the reader roll does not affect your status
in a community.  If you are a member of a community and then hide
yourself from the reader roll, you'll still be seen in the community's
member directory.  If you don't want to appear there, just visit the
community page and click the "leave" button.  We are working under the
impression that membership is a less fluid relationship than showing up
in a reader roll.

For Authors:
Hiding someone in either place hides them everywhere.  We are working on the assumption that when you don't want someone associated with your blog or site, that's a universal feeling.

This is the initial release and, as always, we will be improving it based upon your feedback.  Please give it a whirl and let us know what we can do to make the service even better.