Question re: PMs

[justML]

How do we PM someone on the board so the message is truly private?

The "start a conversation" posts seem to be viewable to everyone...I just read comments between posters that I felt like I shouldn't be privy to.

Thanks!

 

[doggydaddy]

That start a conversation is private. You select the posters name and only you and they can see it.

 

[JS]

How do we PM someone on the board so the message is truly private?

The "start a conversation" posts seem to be viewable to everyone...I just read comments between posters that I felt like I shouldn't be privy to.

Thanks!

Any PM you start only includes the person(s) you enter in the Participants box. If you're reading something between others it's because you were designated an original participant, or the originator added you, or the originator checked the box for "Allow anyone in the conversation to invite others" and one of the other participants invited you.

Hey, what did you read? Sounds like something juicy.

 

[justML]

Any PM you start only includes the person(s) you enter in the Participants box. If you're reading something between others it's because you were designated an original participant, or the originator added you, or the originator checked the box for "Allow anyone in the conversation to invite others" and one of the other participants invited you.

Hey, what did you read? Sounds like something juicy.

When I clicked on the poster's name I read a conversation about a long ago thread that was quite heated. I've never had conversations with any posters before so didn't know why I could read any of it.

I did just contact a poster. If I get banned b/c everyone can read it I know who to blame. LOL

 

[JS]

When I clicked on the poster's name I read a conversation about a long ago thread that was quite heated. I've never had conversations with any posters before so didn't know why I could read any of it.

I did just contact a poster. If I get banned b/c everyone can read it I know who to blame. LOL

When you "click on a poster's name," if you mean you're clicking on the avatar, or the name under it, you come to something called Profile Posts, among other things. Those are conversations that are NOT private. Anyone who clicks on the poster's name or avatar can read them.

If that's what you just did, you have the ability to delete it.

To start a private conversation, click on your Inbox at upper right. Then click on Start a New Conversation at upper right and go from there, entering a subject and the desired participant(s).

If you don't follow these instructions successfully, you WILL get banned -- for general ineptitude.

 

[Aluminny69]

If you don't follow these instructions successfully, you WILL get banned -- for general ineptitude.

If this were a true criteria, I'm afraid you wouldn't have many posters left...

 

[EricLA]

Hey, what did you read? Sounds like something juicy.

inside scoop that said Diamond, Erica and Linnae were all getting set to verbal this weekend! i was part of the messages. oops! did i let the cat out of the bag??!!!

 

[justML]

inside scoop that said Diamond, Erica and Linnae were all getting set to verbal this weekend! i was part of the messages. oops! did i let the cat out of the bag??!!!

I'll never tell . . .

 

[justML]

When you "click on a poster's name," if you mean you're clicking on the avatar, or the name under it, you come to something called Profile Posts, among other things. Those are conversations that are NOT private. Anyone who clicks on the poster's name or avatar can read them.

If that's what you just did, you have the ability to delete it.

To start a private conversation, click on your Inbox at upper right. Then click on Start a New Conversation at upper right and go from there, entering a subject and the desired participant(s).

If you don't follow these instructions successfully, you WILL get banned -- for general ineptitude.

Thanks, I figured it out. For today anyway!

 

[Bestiarius]

When you "click on a poster's name," if you mean you're clicking on the avatar, or the name under it, you come to something called Profile Posts, among other things. Those are conversations that are NOT private. Anyone who clicks on the poster's name or avatar can read them.

If that's what you just did, you have the ability to delete it.

To start a private conversation, click on your Inbox at upper right. Then click on Start a New Conversation at upper right and go from there, entering a subject and the desired participant(s).

If you don't follow these instructions successfully, you WILL get banned -- for general ineptitude.

If you click on the avatar or the screen name (at the left side of a post) of a person, you can select Start a New Conversation. Wouldn't that automatically start a private conversation with that person? Wouldn't it be the same as clicking the inbox as you describe above except you don't have to add the recipient of the message?

 

[Bestiarius]

I'll never tell . . .

I too can keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.

 

[Bestiarius]

Thanks, I figured it out. For today anyway!

Please include me in any PMs. I'm not nosy, even though my wife thinks so. (At least that's what she writes in her diary).

 

[winlots]

When you "click on a poster's name," if you mean you're clicking on the avatar, or the name under it, you come to something called Profile Posts, among other things. Those are conversations that are NOT private. Anyone who clicks on the poster's name or avatar can read them.

If that's what you just did, you have the ability to delete it.

To start a private conversation, click on your Inbox at upper right. Then click on Start a New Conversation at upper right and go from there, entering a subject and the desired participant(s).

If you don't follow these instructions successfully, you WILL get banned -- for general ineptitude.

JS - did you mean banned "by" general ineptitude? That's MY name. Signed: General Ineptitude

 

[JS]

If you click on the avatar or the screen name (at the left side of a post) of a person, you can select Start a New Conversation. Wouldn't that automatically start a private conversation with that person? Wouldn't it be the same as clicking the inbox as you describe above except you don't have to add the recipient of the message?

You're right, Beast-Fighter. I condensed two steps. Speaking of ineptitude.

With the avatar click you get an expanded avatar with four links.

One of them, the Start a Conversation link, is indeed the same as clicking the Inbox, but with the added convenience of the system filling in the other participant for you.

Another link is to the Profile Page. THAT's where you can see the non-private Profile Posts and resulting conversations, and that's where I think justML was.

 

[JS]

JS - did you mean banned "by" general ineptitude? That's MY name. Signed: General Ineptitude

And here I thought you were General Jubilation T. Cornpone.

Of course they may be alter egos.

 

[JS]

I'll never tell . . .

I took a stab at guessing where you looked and found some Profile Posts that I'm pretty sure weren't meant to be public. If they were, we'd have a problem with them.

So I cleaned them out. Take another look and tell me if I was right about the Profile where they resided.

 

[justML]

Another link is to the Profile Page. THAT's where you can see the non-private Profile Posts and resulting conversations, and that's where I think justML was.

I think that's where I was too.

Fun place to check out. Like eavesdropping without the fear of getting caught!

 

[justML]

I took a stab at guessing where you looked and found some Profile Posts that I'm pretty sure weren't meant to be public. If they were, we'd have a problem with them.

So I cleaned them out. Take another look and tell me if I was right about the Profile where they resided.

Wow! You're good, JS.

Everything I read that I thought would have been private is gone now . . . glad I asked my original question

 

[JS]

Everything I read that I thought would have been private is gone now . . . glad I asked my original question

As public discourse, you could call it embarrassing candor, I think.

 

[FairView]

Question re: PMs


I am not brave enough to ask questions re PMS, I just soldier on until the coast is clear in a few days.

 

[wire chief]

I, for one, don't suffer from PMS.

 

[Icebear]

I, for one, don't suffer from PMS.

Really, I thought most of us had "Post Maya Syndrome."

 

[Husky7882]

Question re: PMs


I am not brave enough to ask questions re PMS, I just soldier on until the coast is clear in a few days.

Smart guy

 

[Husky7882]

I, for one, don't suffer from PMS.

Consider yourself lucky, then

 

[rocky rococo]

And here I thought you were General Jubilation T. Cornpone.

I can't imagine a more likely place to find "Jubilations" than in a place dedicated to UConn wbb.