Vicki,
Have you looked at this problem/dilemma?
As of now we are presented with a all or nothing choice, which encourages users to completely hide their profile. It’s seemingly impossible to follow a hidden profile and it also breaks the only feasible way to list a user’s posts:
(https://discussion.fool.com/u/laffisloon/activity)
(@laffisloon: Hope you don’t mind me using a link to your profile as example. Image upload seems broken atm.)
I believe this isn’t hard to address, and should be top priority imho. I could write an essay of the implications of those public stats, explaining why I would advice people to hide their profile. I’m currently making an exception, since it would break useful functionality and would be difficult to reach out to users at a later date - i.e. would result in profiles staying hidden for a reason that no longer exists.