If a user has set his My Profiler collection to "Private," why are we presented with an icon to click on?

I don't have any problem with users wanting their collections private, I'm just curious why there's a button to pick that only gives you a message that the collection is private.  I think that if someone's user profile doesn't allow email messages, the email icon doesn't show up in his messages.  So why do we see a collection icon?

This is not something that ever really bothered me, I would not keep my collection private. But in recent weeks i have found it to be very troubling, with the advent of users making rather gorss changes to international title (all copies and versions) while keeping their collections private I thin is outrageous. Every time I see it happen i ask myself the same question and the answer is obvious in these instances, what is the user trying to hide? I think thes type of Contribution and perhaps ANY contribution from a PRIVATE collection should be banned. I am a big believer sunshine, if you have nothing to hide...

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I understand deejay, in fact I am opposed to it as well, but i am also vehemently opposed to users making wholesale changes to the Online, every copy of any given film, based only on the copy in his possession, when it is known that in many instances that is a bogus assumption, and he keeps his collection private to mask his activities. Frankly i don't know what the answer is here, well I should say i do know the answer but...

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I take vehement exception to your comment regards vendetta. if you think that is true then you understand nothing. TIt is simply a users, as you put it correctly laudable effort, but it is misguided at best, his attempts to mask his efforts make me question his motives, but it has nothing to do with any sort of vendetta. I am simply totally opposed to what he trying to do since we know that the data of one copy cannot be relied upon to be the same everywhere or in every version. I applaud the effort, but it IS misguided. And i WILL accept your apology.

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Callit an educated guess. Since he made his collection private about the same time as he started making wholesale changes.

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Quoting kdh1949:

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If I can't see someone's collection, why do I get the option at all?

Because the programmer didn't think of it? 

Quoting Dr. Killpatient:

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Quoting goblinsdoitall:

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Because the programmer didn't think of it? 

That's my guess.

Mine as well.