I’ve noticed that this system was taken down. I was just wondering why.
I don’t think the SDMB has ever had private messaging.
From the FAQs at the top of the forum:
I think PM was for site speed issues. You already have email. No need for a site specific personal messaging system that cranks the servers (i.e. makes the hamsters’ job harder).
There’s a lot of functions in vB we don’t get to use; just keeping the board running (or whatever other speed it’s operating in at the present time, which these days seems to be somewhere between creeping and crawling), just handling posts takes every bit of server power we have and beyond.
Sometimes I feel like Scotty from Star Trek, “They’ll not take the strain!”
The Star Trek reference is apt; it’s going to take a server from another dimension to get to a place where we can fully explore all the things vB can offer and still allow all of you to see the board as you want when you want it.
your humble TubaDiva
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