Clarifying Hacker Profile “About me” and “Intro” fields
Both free-text fields on the hacker profile settings page now carry persistent helper text explaining exactly where their content appears on the public profile.
What we did:
Added always-visible helper text under each field:
About me - appears under your profile picture and next to your name on the leaderboard
Intro - appears at the top of your profile, directly above Hacktivity
Each line also states its character limit and whether Markdown is supported.
Why we did it:
Hackers told us that they couldn't tell where "About me" went. Both fields are public, but their labels read as inverted relative to their output; the field labeled "Intro" produces the profile section headed "About {name}", while "About me" produces the short intro line.
Who it helps:
Hacker editing their profile, particularly newer hackers setting one up for the first time.
Spot Check deadlines now show days, hours, and minutes
The Due in column on a researcher's Spot Checks page now counts down in hours and minutes once a deadline is less than a day away, instead of showing "0 days" for the final 24 hours.
What we did:
Due in now picks its unit from the time actually remaining: 6 days, 1 day, 18 hours, 45 minutes, Less than a minute. Values always round down, so the column never overstates the time left. Multi-day countdowns are unchanged.
Why we did it:
For the entire last day before a deadline, the column read "0 days", which was ambiguous enough to be read as "the window has closed". It was least informative when it mattered most, and a missed submission deadline forfeits the reward.
Who it helps:
Researchers with an accepted Spot Check. This was a feature Request raised by the Hacker Success Program.
How to use it:
Nothing to enable. Visible automatically on the Accepted tab of My Spot Checks for anyone with an accepted Spot Check.
