Private Messaging Disable?

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Originally posted by R2:
Are you being sarcastic or were you genuinely satisfied with that response?

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I was not trying to be sarcastic and no, I was not satisfied with her response. I was however, pleased she finally came through with an answer, such as it was. I started a private message in the past 3 months and know of another one started on Aug 10 as well. That leaves only one other. The stats seem a little hard to swallow if you ask me. If the service only costs about 25 cents (which you can bill me for) why take a useful feature away even if it is only seldom used. I like AS but tend to agree with R2 regarding support.

I guess AS were reading the 'private' stuff and didn't like what was said - it's a hell of a way to run a railway!

R2

Hopefully AS has more integrity than to stoop that low.

Well, think about it - why else close down a utility that costs nothing and is private?!

R2

How about spam? Did most have email notification turned on? I did, because of all the trouble checking privates all the time since the BIG forum change.

*I* never got any, but perhaps someone or a few did and complained. This is the kind of thing that only gets worse if you ask them to stop.

R2, I have thought from the beginning that what you are saying is pretty much on target. And, before I get attacked for saying this, how many noticed that the view numbers would climb on a private topic without anyone in the topic viewing it? For this reason, I began deleting my topics as soon as possible. I am not accusing anyone in paticular, but I did notice this and mentioned it to a few.

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I guess AS were reading the 'private' stuff and didn't like what was said

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They arent viewable by anyone other than the participants, not even by admins.

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how many noticed that the view numbers would climb on a private topic without anyone in the topic viewing it?

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No, just paranoia.

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The report shows 14. 5 of which are jibberish subjects hjkjkghjk, hgfjyt, tretwertrte, trewert, and wert. Which I didnt count.

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Interesting.

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how many noticed that the view numbers would climb on a private topic without anyone in the topic viewing it?
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No, just paranoia.

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I am not parinoid, Sara. I have never written anything in a private message that I needed to be parinoid about. I was however curious and just like when you are talking on a phone and someone is eavesdropping, I found it a little rude. I did watch the count climb as did some others. We watched and wondered and discussed it at the time. Sorry.

But, of course, this has nothing to do with why it was closed so never mind.

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Originally posted by Mrs.M:
But, of course, this has nothing to do with why it was closed so never mind.

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If the "never mind",
then why take the time?
Oh! Never mind.

Hope you like my rhythm (oops - s/b rhyme).
You might if you give it time.

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Interesting.

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Topics and the originator are visible. The messages themselves, the other participants, and the number of messages in the thread are not.

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Originally posted by Sniper Sara B.:
They arent viewable by anyone other than the participants, not even by admins.

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From Infopop (forum provider) regarding admin's access to private messages:

Note that admins will NOT be able to read. Only users who have been specifically invited to a private topic can access/read it.

When the private message search results are displayed, you will be given the following information: Topic Subject, Status (Open/Closed), Topic Starter, and Last Post Date. Note that you will not be able to read/access private message from this control panel. You will be able to see the topic subjects in the search results here, but only users who have been invited to a private topic can access/read it.

Infopop's documentation supports the quote.

Sara, I'll accept that. I have used private messaging somewhat, but really could care less whether it is there or not. Kind of reminded me of AOL! It certainly tends to isolate some and it is much nicer to see them on the forum. But I will stand on the statement that the views did fly up! Perhaps it was a glich in the program! It did spook me a little! A couple of us tested it and sure enough! ... Rick, I am just sure someone will tell you this is so.

So Sara, now that it's all out in the open, please tell us the real business reasons behind your decision to close 'em down?

R2

The real reason...

Region2 asked us to. So we did, blame it all on him. Bad R2, bad!

Sara - why not just answer the question without trying to be a smartarse - all you're doing is digging a huge hole for yourself and you're impressing.... no-one!

R2

(My inner- most feelings on the subject)

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Originally posted by Chatter:
You would have given an accurate and informative response. Had any arguments started after that, you would have had the high ground, since all you did was accurately report what decisions were made by AS management. You could then have stayed out of the fray. Glib responses do not accomplish that, nor do they reflect well on the employee who makes them.

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Good advice. Something we could all learn from.

Agreed!Just plain common sense and courtesy!