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How can I find users that I know from Facebook, Google+, etc. on the Stack Exchange network? Wouldn't this be fairly easy given the OpenID integration?

I know, this isn't a social networking siteā€¦

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I know, this isn't a social networking site...

Which is exactly why Stack Exchange has no incentive to add this feature to the site. In short, Stack Exchange is about the content, not about the people.

People always have the option to link to their Stack Exchange profiles from their other social media profiles and you can find them that way.

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  • The problem is that people don't generally link to their Stack Exchange profiles, and I'd like to see if they are members... To me, the content of the people I know is likely important to me as well. There is no way to see that if they don't post their profile....
    – ryry1985
    Jul 18, 2015 at 16:37
  • And thanks for killing my reputation...
    – ryry1985
    Jul 18, 2015 at 16:42
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    That last sentence suggests that you're taking a social-media-esque mindset toward SE. It's understandable that you're going to have a hard time with that, because the system is specifically designed (and intended) not to work as a social media site - to emphasize content over people, and Q&A over discussion. Also, if other people don't link to their SE profiles from elsewhere, that's only a problem for you, not for them. They might have it that way intentionally, because they don't want their SE accounts to be discoverable from their other online presences.
    – David Z
    Jul 18, 2015 at 16:46
  • (2 comments up) eh, don't worry, you didn't have any reputation here to lose yet.
    – David Z
    Jul 18, 2015 at 16:51

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