I’m feeling left out. He hasn’t posted anything on my profile. 
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I’m feeling left out. He hasn’t posted anything on my profile.
How do you think I feel, no one has ever posted anything on mine
How long since you looked?How do you think I feel, no one has ever posted anything on mine
I’m feeling left out. He hasn’t posted anything on my profile.
Don't feel too bad - only 9 things (including today's) have been posted on mine in the last 10 years, and the most recent prior to today was in 2015.How do you think I feel, no one has ever posted anything on mine
I've never really worked out what is the intended purpose/use of these messages on profile pages - they seem to be a public version of PMs!
Kind Regards, John
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I personally never 'look' - but one gets 'alerts' when someone posts (like I did this evening).How long since you looked?
Kind Regards, John
Same as John, I never look, last posting on mine was June 2016
Nah, it’s sometimes useful!
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Yeah, I meant Kenny Williams.
Thanks for the offer, but I can live with them at the moment - 9 in 10 years is hardly a burden. Mind you, if that changes, so might my response to your offer!
In passing, do you (or anyone) have any idea as to the answer to my implied question above - as to what on earth is the intended purpose/poiunt of these 'profile messages'?
Kind Regards, John
I can see a risk of people seeking advice getting incorrect information sent to their profiles and this incorrect information could not then be challenged by those with the correct information.
I hadn't given any thought to this particular facility as I knew nothing of it until yesterday but you have raised a very good point, however the PM service effectively has the same facilities but completely hidden from others. I can well imagine a rogue contributer [mentioning no names] private messaging to say: "Ignore the other idiots because they don't know what they're talking about, only I know the truth and:
'whatever happens do not fit a 13A socket on a light circuit as it is extremly dangerous and liable to catch fire'
'I said bad practice to have a 13 a socket on the lighting circuit. '
'The ground floor lighting should NOT be a ring. Rings are only used for socket circuits.'
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As I said, these 'profile messages' seem to effectively be publicly-visible PMs and, as such, I cannot think of any legitimate reason for anyone wanting to use them.
Moving from 'legitimate reason's, the only reason at all that I can think of is (as presumably happened yesterday) if someone has been banned from posting to a particular thread by wants to respond to a post in that thread in a manner which is, at least theoretically, 'visible to everyone' - which I would think would be an argument against the existence of such a facility!
So, yes, bernard had somewhat of a 'good point', but one that (as far as the 'recipient' of the 'profile message' is concerned) we can't really do anything about - since, if 'profile messages' did not exist, the same would presumably be done via PMs.
One could argue that people other than the 'recipient' (of a 'profile message') might be mislead by (uncorrected) incorrect information in such a message but, in practice, I imagine that virtually no-one (other than the 'recipient') ever sees such messages - so hardly an issue.
I would still be interested to learn what is the perceived point of these 'profile messages'.
Kind Regards, John
Wow I've been distracted recently and missed all the fun. Anyway just to spoil the Winston thread, can I confirm if I go down the route of a socket and a 5 amp (hopefully no typo this time) fuse, I should be OK?
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