Pm question

bluflame02 · Post by **bluflame02** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:11 am

this may be a dumb question and i looked a lil and searched for it in earlier posts but had no luck...

ive never got a pm before and i got one randomly today asking if i was doing ok out of nowhere asnd it creeped me out cuz i hadnt posted anything that would make poeple think i was sad or anything. Maybe i am just being paranoid but that person had never posted before at all.. and i know that i havent got the guts to pm ppl yet so it was *creepy* that they had pmed me w/o ever posting

So i was wondering if that is normal?? or more specifically can i like turn it off til i want someoen to pm me cuz i dont really feel comfortable w/ random ppl pming me and i never remember the screen names so i just open up all of my pms..

well now i read and it dont make much sense *sighs* oh well i dont know how to say it any other way

mallie · Post by **mallie** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:37 am

The person may have seen you online (on the index page there is a box saying "who is online") and PMed you because you were on at the time. I've had people I don't really know PM me this way before.

If this person had never posted before, and randomly PMed you, I can understand why thats a bit scary. You could report it to an admin, and forward the message, in case the person is a spammer, or something.

I think there is a way to block people from sending PMs, but I'm not sure about for receiving them. An admin should know though.

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:24 am

I've had quite a few people pm me before posting - I assume it's cos they can see I'm online and that I'm a mod. The first few times it did feel strange, but people vary in whether posting is scarier than pming or vice-versa.

Try not to let it upset you. It's fine not to reply. Of course, if the message is inappropriate in some way, then alert a moderator.

I don't know of any techie thing that can be done, but I'll check.
Laura

bluflame02 · Post by **bluflame02** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:54 pm

thx guys for responding

i think i may have been in a wierd mind set yesterday... i just dont really like it i guess when ppl ask me if im ok*dont mind if i provoked it tho* like i asked for help or something.. but i just thought ppl on here would be more sensitive to other ppls *paranoidness* and therefore not pm "you ok ?" outta nowhere i dunno maybe im just wierded...

but yeh it felt like kinda a personal type questoin so i thought i might *know* them like in real world or somethign *

* yikes.. but yeh now im rambling but thx

bluflame02 · Post by **bluflame02** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:57 am

well ive got a new question thingy... that is related if i dont want ppl to pm me how would i put that so ppl would see it in my profiile?? i put it in my signature... but how do i do it in my profile..im in a bad brain place so its workin sooo slow i cant seem to do anythign other than simple things lol

Chimera · Post by **Chimera** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:06 am

The only place I can see where you could possibly do that in your Profile is in the "interests" field. Not a great solution, but it would get your wishes into your profile at least...

Jessica

bluflame02 · Post by **bluflame02** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:15 am

thx... i already turned off my visibilty on teh board thingy... ill try that thx.. i hope i can figure it out *sighs* brain isnt working right

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