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Discoverable by email

The state in which an account or profile can be found by using the email address associated with it.

In plain English

This describes a findability condition. It means an account or profile can be located through the email address linked to it.

In context

As a label for a discoverability toggle, it refers to whether the account or profile can be found by using its associated email address.

Situation
Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
What it communicates
labels a discoverability toggle

Meaning limits

The term alone does not say who can do the finding or what can be done after the account or profile is found.

Examples

“Her profile was discoverable by email but not by display name.”

Core meaning

“He set Discoverable by email to off for the secondary account.”

In context