Newscoop\Entity\User::setPublic PHP Method

    public function setPublic($public = true)
    {
        $this->is_public = (bool) $public;
        return $this;
    }

 private function addUser($name, $status = 1, $isPublic = 1)
 {
     $user = new User($name);
     $user->setStatus($status);
     $user->setPublic($isPublic);
     $this->em->persist($user);
     $this->em->flush();
 }