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I will start off by saying I am not having a go - what I outline below, I do as well but ........................

Why is it that if you send someone a pm, or reply to a pm, people then put it down on an open forum.

The recipients know that they have got a pm - it shows up on your screen as soon as it comes ffs - along with the reply. There really is no need for the "sent you a pm" - "replied to pm" business.

I think we do it to prove to the rest of the forum that are having conversations not on the board lol. How self absorbed is that :rofl:

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Have summarised my view in a facebook post.

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Why didn't you tweet this?

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So what is it you are saying ? You dont want people to do it ? didnt you say you do it ?

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It's probably the only thing I don't do

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It's a terrible thing when you get a PM from someone that admits that they 'have issues'. I mean, how do you deal with that, eh Moo? ;)

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Nope just think it's funny

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Karma sent.

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That has to be very disconcerting. Maybe you should start up as an agony aunt :confused: ;)

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See now thats another one (and I know you kow it is thats why you sent it to hilite the point) but the recipients know they have the Karma (unless they don't know where to look). So it's just an under the table way of saying I agree with you but am not going to put it into words.

That was stating the obvious wasn't it :(

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I've dealt with it via PM, in a discreet and sensitive fashion. :)

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I misread the title, thought you were starting a new business :)

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Can mods read PMs?

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With these calloused hands??? You're having a laugh :lol:

Nope I don't think mods can read pm's (only their own!) - wouldn't it break some sort of privacy code / law or whatever?

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I would hope not. Somebody on the BE staff will be able to though as it's just data in a database somewhere.

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So it doesn't look as if you are ignoring a question you are happy to answer in private but not in public??

Maybe you don't know the system very well and so thought it was appropriate?

Didn't realise it would annoy someone enough for them to make a thread about it?

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I knlow you are playing devils advocate here Fled :D and it doesn't annoy me as such, why would it? I do it :rofl: It's just something that struck me as being funny :thumbup:

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.Perhaps because sometimes people don't sign in and would not get the message that they have a PM waiting,but may just surf which is what I usually do. I am one of the 'timid' ones in spite of which I actually posted today and yes, got shot down, even though I have pm'd only perhaps two times. I'll know better next time, if there is one. Being self absorbed has nothing to do with it -- at least in my case. The fact that you say you are not having a go does not help.

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Sorry couldn't see where you got shot down, and whilst I apologise for offending you I do think you might be ever so slightly over reacting?

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I sent you a PM about this.

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It's possible they may query the data to see if it contains any key words or phrases that are unacceptable. If any come up, then maybe someone might read it. I can't imagine an administrator trawling through them for fun or just to be nosy though. I could be wrong of course. There could be somebody doing just that now and having a good chuckle at our expense.

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<goes back through old messages searching for anything naughty - finds nothing>

Nothing to chuckle about here :thumbup:

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I hope you do stay in the forum. I enjoyed your turnips thread, I also enjoyed your pm too.

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As usual I enter this late, I have no idea what has gone on? Could you PM me the details? :p

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I did this today on another forum (NZ). THough I did agree outloud too. Does it count if you agree as well? Does that cancel the 'karma sent' out?

I need to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:unsure:

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I think it should count as double Karma :)

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No me neither. I doubt they would bother unless somebody complained or the "authorities" asked for them.

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Although there is this new member called CSIS, who seems to be asking a lot of rather odd questions.

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huh? :blink:

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heehee wassup Caz?!!!!

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I got confused on the first point - can you pm me what you are on about !! ;)

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PM and Karma sent, also notified you on your wall on FB and via pm there too, may even put a blog entry about it.

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No we can't - apart from any sent to us personally of course.

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So where's my telegram then?

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Fantastic :) have pmd my thankx

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Sorry went old school and sent it snail mail

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Agree totally as said in pm, am not on face book Anymore but then I told you in my pm, not sure you got that so will email you later, did you get the karma I sent ? :rofl: as you didn't pm me :blink:

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lol aw glad to see you still here though :wub: You still waiting on the pr?