# Topic List Author

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-author/269910
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** official, topic-list-author
**Created:** [June 28, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-author/269910 "2023-06-28T15:45:52Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-author/269910/57 "2025-08-07T13:59:06Z")

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> [@Override or change AboutPageUser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-or-change-aboutpageuser/367720/8):
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> I just merged [this commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8adb6649fe48c0d1435f22696cc468b601b4317b) which removes the user profile links from the topic-list, topic page and about page for anonymous users when hide\_user\_profiles\_from\_public is enabled. Note that this is purely a UX change. Crawlers see a different version of the HTML. The nofollow directive was added to crawler-view user profile links [back in January](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e8aa2b8d9a2765ea30521fa5e8a71481689f7480).

It would be great if this component mirrored the new core behavior and removed links when `hide_user_profiles_from_public` is enabled.

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