# "Hide new user profiles" setting applies to TL2 users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-new-user-profiles-setting-applies-to-tl2-users/355768>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-new-user-profiles-setting-applies-to-tl2-users/355768 "2025-03-05T04:14:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-new-user-profiles-setting-applies-to-tl2-users/355768/3 "2025-03-05T10:42:56Z")

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> [@jahan\_gagan](#):
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> However, even if you manually promote such users to trust level 2 (TL2) without them making any public posts, their profiles remain hidden, as the visibility logic does not solely depend on the trust level but also on whether the user has made a public post.

Which contradicts the setting’s description, which is the issue raised by the author.

The condition for reference:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/ba262733a6149ee5a7bfa5b010afab425c15c2e9/lib/guardian/user_guardian.rb#L137>

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