Miicksi wrote:
I think the first idea is kind of cool, but I don't like the second. What if you wanted to contact someone that you didn't know? I feel that the lack of options there without PM would be kind of off-putting and eventually people who didn't hang out in the forums would feel quite alone. An alternative idea for that would be to be able to turn off the pm's from people who aren't your friends. But still - you would miss out. Even if it might be annoying to get certain pm's, there are others who are really nice to get. Like, say someone thinks you seem very cool and wants to "speak" to you, but aren't able to. Or perhaps someone wants to sell you something that's on your wish-list.
I mean, sure, you could just write in the guestbook. But that's not really private and doesn't feel quite the same. The guestbook isn't a good place for conversation.