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@U. A. It seems like I have access to more features now that I've been here for a day, can you help me figure it out please? I'm especially confused about the PM system, while searching is pretty straightforward I think; and are there other features that I'm not aware of? Sorry for the bother
For sure; so, the forum has both DMs which are called
Conversations and are basically private threads for two or more people (there's an upper limit though), and well as
Chat. You can initiate either on a user's profile card, assuming they allow them (some do not):
imo Conversation is far more useful for people you talk to infrequently, as it sends an alert on every message and is hard to miss; initiating a Chat with someone
only sends them an alert at first—when a chatroom with you and them is created—but will manually need to be checked thereafter. There are also group chatrooms where anyone can come and go whenever.
Chemi actually had some issues with the chat when access was gained and it might take some more days to work right. I don't think there are any other permissions given other than these at this point but if there's anything weird or confusing just holler.