Thanks.
Well she was at NEST so is definitely female 😀 But the point I was making is that both men and women can be jerks. 😀
The very same person can be both a jerk and a gentle[wo]man.
All depends whom you ask.
I honestly can't see a time when users don't get other persistent users trying to contact them all the time.
As Miss Val mentioned, curtailing one's messaging abilities can significantly reduce the raw number of unsolicited PMs.
Also, somebody suggested choosing genderless avatars and names, so potential stalkers cannot take pot-shots at self-advertised female users.
Those are a rather undesirable and offensive workarounds, for some users, and imply mods cannot make a forum a safe community for people to meet and mingle.
I would like to stress, an internet forum is never a safe community, no matter how much pre-emptive screening we do on users to stave off potential threats.
Just be thankful you don't get death threats like I do on tmf! :laughing:
Actually, I do.
Given my not wholly stable state of mind, it is debatable who would survive the encounter.
Most users worldwide can be safe...
Cannot make promises on Europe, though.
I've eaten haggis, and it tastes like users.