Private messages on the forum

Posted by: Pierre Isabelle on 17 February 2014

I would like to reach a member of our community but I haven't found how to send private messages on this forum. Is there a way to do that?

 

  Pierre

Posted on: 17 February 2014 by osprey
No. Apparently the feature was misused in the past so it has been disabled by the administrator.
Posted on: 17 February 2014 by rjstaines

Suggest you just put  "PRIVATE"  at the top of the message then no-one will read it, Pierre.

 

 

(or to be really sneaky, write them in French - that will make sure the majority of inquisitive forum people are kept in the dark... well, those who haven't discovered Google translate, anyway)

 

Posted on: 17 February 2014 by sheffieldgraham
Originally Posted by rjstaines:

Suggest you just put  "PRIVATE"  at the top of the message then no-one will read it, Pierre.

 

 

(or to be really sneaky, write them in French - that will make sure the majority of inquisitive forum people are kept in the dark... well, those who haven't discovered Google translate, anyway)

 

Joking aside; if Pierre isn't aware foreign language posts aren't allowed on the forum.

Posted on: 17 February 2014 by Jan-Erik Nordoen
Originally Posted by sheffieldgraham:

Joking aside; if Pierre isn't aware foreign language posts aren't allowed on the forum.

Quoi !!! C'est un scandale, je vous le jure, un scandale !!! *

 

Pierre : assuming the member you're trying to reach has not provided contact information in his profile, you could either 1/ put up a new post " Paging the honourable xxxx " asking for that person to contact you (provide your email address in a form that can't be machine read), or 2/ contact Richard Dane and ask him to put you in contact with the person.

 

* Posting en français is admis since la fusion with Focal.

Posted on: 17 February 2014 by Engelbert
Originally Posted by rjstaines:

Suggest you just put  "PRIVATE"  at the top of the message then no-one will read it, Pierre.

 

In fact, that's a good way of ensuring that everyone will read it!

 

A morbid sense of curiosity is part of human nature. 

 

Engelbert

Posted on: 18 February 2014 by Richard Dane

Pierre,

 

the principle here is that anything you say should be transparent and suitable for all members to see - it is a group discussion. Often the reason members want a private discussion is to talk about matters that contravene forum rules - there's not much point in having rules if they can be so easily circumvented.  If you feel it's of importance then do send Naim an e-mail with details of who you want to contact and why and we can then take a view as to what is appropriate.