Private messaging [Archive]

7thson

11-19-05, 11:07 PM

Is private messaging a lost art?
I mean I use to do It a lot, but I feel that it is a bit out-dated.

Does anyone do this regularly? I am asking because well I enjoy talking to everyone and have nothing to hide. Just wondering and not judging...WHO P.M.s on a regular basis...just curious..............??:)

Caitlyn

11-20-05, 12:00 AM

I'm terrible... I owe people PM's from last year... :blush:

SamsoniteDelilah

11-20-05, 12:03 AM

I PM several people on a regular basis.
Does that mean I have something to hide?
You decide.

Strummer521

11-20-05, 01:20 AM

I PM several people on a regular basis.
Does that mean I have something to hide?

Nope. You probably just have a closer connection with those particular people and you want to talk to them on a more casual personal level, without the formal, forum structure of presenting all which you want to say in front of a large group of people, who are probably unrelated to that particular discussion.

Meanwhile, to answer the question: I PM one person on a regular basis (in the past it was two). Then I PM others occaisionally when I want to discuss something very specifically pertaining to them.

Wait a minute...that was a rhetorical question wasn't it Sam? Oops. :rolleyes:

SamsoniteDelilah

11-20-05, 01:55 AM

heh! :D
Either way, m'friend. Either way.

SpoOkY

11-20-05, 04:17 AM

yeah I have regularly PM'd people in the past but those people don't post much anymore ha, we just have another lil community going.

In relation to normal posting it's good to get certain things pointed out to you; like a mistake you made in typing or a particularly interesting thread or post is nice. For me it isn't that useful but that's just my opinion and would love to see how some of the older members feel about it :)

Godsend

11-20-05, 04:17 AM

I PM myself to kepe myself happy

nebbit

11-20-05, 04:30 AM

I PM a few people :yup: I e mail Susan regularly, we are both married to guys named Robert, we are both named Susan, she is a great person, very interesting. :kiss:

Tacitus

11-20-05, 07:50 AM

I love PMs. It's like getting a little friendly email, wrapped up in MoFo.....

ermmm.

nebbit

11-20-05, 09:02 AM

I love PMs. It's like getting a little friendly email, wrapped up in MoFo.....

:yup:

7thson

11-20-05, 11:14 AM

I PM several people on a regular basis.
Does that mean I have something to hide?
You decide.

How could I decide that? Thats why I am asking. Certainly if you wanted to hide information from people whom you did not want to be privvy to it then that would be totally normal and perfectly okay.:) Or the opposite is okay too.:p
Just wondering not judging

susan

11-20-05, 12:01 PM

I PM a few people :yup: I e mail Susan regularly, we are both married to guys named Robert, we are both named Susan, she is a great person, very interesting. :kiss:

yes it's true and i agree with the above...susan is a lovely person in her own right...

i try to pm people as much as i can for various reasons.....

Eyes

11-20-05, 02:16 PM

I used to PM a fair bit, but after Mofo got revamped and it always says I have one unread mail message, I kind of stopped, I don't know why, it just kind of bugged me...

Equilibrium

11-20-05, 02:30 PM

I never get PMs. :(

So I never PM anyone.

Pyro Tramp

11-20-05, 03:33 PM

That "one unread" PM bugs me as well...

SamsoniteDelilah

11-20-05, 04:42 PM

To get rid of the Phantom PM Menace:
Open your Inbox.
Go to the last page of PMs and look at the bottom of the list.
Open that PM.
Voila.

7thson~ I'm just being squirrely because you offered only one possible explanation for PMing. Struck me as funny. :p I think PMs offer a level of intimacy that the board doesn't, and more personal interactions are possible when you can trust one person at a time. Of course I have things to hide - I've told things to people in PMs that my own mother doesn't know about me. But mainly, it's because I'm talking about personal stuff with people and it wouldn't interest the rest of the gang.

Piddzilla

11-21-05, 05:37 AM

Blibb keeps PM-ing me begging me to be his girlfriend, but I won't have it.... Sure, Piddina is all that but this is bordering to harassment.

nebbit

11-21-05, 05:55 AM

Blibb keeps PM-ing me begging me to be his girlfriend, but I won't have it.... Sure, Piddina is all that but this is bordering to harassment.

Move over Blobby, http://bestsmileys.com/bumping/3.gif if anyone is going to be Piddy's online girlfriend it is me :scream: that's right isn't it Piddy, diddy, widdy http://bestsmileys.com/kissing1/20.gif ;D

starrdarcy

11-21-05, 10:32 PM

Move over Blobby, http://bestsmileys.com/bumping/3.gif if anyone is going to be Piddy's online girlfriend it is me :scream: that's right isn't it Piddy, diddy, widdy http://bestsmileys.com/kissing1/20.gif ;D

Whoa ! Smili on smilie crime! Police!

No, i don't use the pm system here much anymore, however i do use it on other sites frequently.

Piddzilla

11-22-05, 09:10 AM

Caitlyn

11-22-05, 12:21 PM

Police!

What?

:p

Sedai

11-22-05, 01:59 PM

I only PM when I have serious business to discuss with incredibly important people. The fate of the world hangs on these PMs, so I treat them as such.

Eyes

11-22-05, 09:08 PM

Move over Blobby, http://bestsmileys.com/bumping/3.gif if anyone is going to be Piddy's online girlfriend it is me :scream: that's right isn't it Piddy, diddy, widdy http://bestsmileys.com/kissing1/20.gif ;D
now, just post that but use the username trick SC did instead of Piddy's name, and the thread will never die :D