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As I understand it, and I'm prepared to be wrong here, I often am when it comes to technical issues, it's easy to get rid of anyone likely to abuse your p.ms by simply removing them from your friends lists. I also understood, and again I could be wrong, moderators can't read p.ms. Can someone tell me what 'Rich Formatting' is?

Kezsmum said:

Can someone tell me what 'Rich Formatting' is?

It allows you to do more things when you make a reply. It opens up a more sophisticated box where you post photos, create links, do spell checks etc. Click on it and you will see what I mean.

I agree with you about PM's. All you got to do if you don't like what's being said is to remove someone from your friens list.

rich formatting en.wikipedia.org/.../Enriched_text

I am sure that if neccesary, they can access pm's, just they dont as a matter of course.

Also yes you can only get messaged by a friend so, this is a step forward from the old profile comments.

Hello Chip,

If you go into rich formatting, you will get a box similar to what we had before.type in your message and check spellingissues, there is also bullet issues if you have them, paste from wizard and insert media

Best wishes Jenny

Hi Kezmum

I hope that removing people who abuse the PM system should be part of the T&C forum rules without any quibbles at all...no excuses for any reason not to at all.

I also know that from my other forums that moderators can read PM's if they require to - and to at least check if all is alright for the sakes of concerns on here of abuse taking place.  privacy is not the issue.... it is abuse of a forum that is wrong.

Friends lists are good, but as I got 'a freindship' request the other day is a newbie wanted to be my friend after arriving on the RSPB Forum - without a chance a chance of me working out who they are.  It does not make me comfortable at all.

Friendship lists are still open to abuse by people trying to prentend to be something they are not to gain your trust - and that is the risk factor here.  anyone can be anypone to suit themselves at the expense of others

Maybe a way of getting around this is to only allow new members to post 'say' 20 posts before they are allowed to use the friendnship facility - just a thought here!

Chip: Not sure what rich formatting means... other than you can place a quote from another member so you can reply to them and thart is about this facility means.  Yes, and a longer area of a post to type text into too

Regards

Kathy and Dave

Kezsmum said:

As I understand it, and I'm prepared to be wrong here, I often am when it comes to technical issues, it's easy to get rid of anyone likely to abuse your p.ms by simply removing them from your friends lists. I also understood, and again I could be wrong, moderators can't read p.ms. Can someone tell me what 'Rich Formatting' is?

Ahhhhhhhhhh thankyou J.1 Problem solved he he :0)

1. also right clicking on the text box enable you to align things(left right or centred), so that not everything is squished to one side
2. New paste from word box!!!!! the orange clipboard with a W on is for that purpose so no more x0x0x0xinternet exploder 4 xoxoxo messages.

Thanks TJ, I'll give rich formatting a go:-)

Gulp Jenny, I don't even understand the answer, paste from wizard? Bullet issues? I come from an age of snail mail, am bemused by Facebook and Twitter and just want to yell YIKES! Technophobe and indeed, technoklutz of the first order. I know where the on switch is:-) That's a start, right?

Hi Blackbird, in response to your comments about private messaging, if you do not know someone who has invited you to be friends and you are unsure whether you want them as a friend, simply do not accept the request. If someone that you do accept then abuses the system you can de-select them and report the actions to the moderating team.

Best wishes