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Usually, something along the lines of "Click the little red box".
First Thought When You Get a PM?
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I love getting PMs; they're usually very nice (asking how I am, offering to make avs for me, etc). Only a few have been negative or creepy, and those stopped awhile back. Recently, I even got a friend request (thanks, GA!).
I do miss the "happy envelope" signal, though.
I do miss the "happy envelope" signal, though.
I love getting PMs; they're usually very nice (asking how I am, offering to make avs for me, etc). Only a few have been negative or creepy, and those stopped awhile back. Recently, I even got a friend request (thanks, GA!).
I do miss the "happy envelope" signal, though.
I miss the envelope thing too. There was something special about an envelope flashing, kind of old school "you got mail" from the AOL days.
I'm always afraid that whenever that red box lights up, I'm getting another warning for some such shit i did, lol.
My first thought is "Uh-oh, I'm being recalled to moderator duty!"
They activated the much dreaded Nogura Clause. In other words, you've been drafted!
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Ah yes, the flashing PM envelope.
How many of you TBBS veterans want to click on this right now?
How many of you TBBS veterans want to click on this right now?
I mostly lurk and post only very, very sporadically; so I receive hardly any PMs anymore. Back when I was more active and still did, I always got excited. Same with actual mail! Nowadays it's mostly bills or other bureaucratic stuff, my my inner five year-old girl still hopes that somebody wanted to surprise me. She's never right but I still quite like it.
me.
My first thought when I wake up and the last before I fall asleep. Only sometimes intertwined with the thought: I.
i was rsponding to J. you got in the way.
Wow! Very nice.
"Oh, geez, what the hell does s/he want??" 
More seriously, it depends who it's from. PMs from acquaintances / friends are always good. PMs from people I rarely or never interact with tend to make me think I might actually have to do something around here, which seriously conflicts with my natural laziness. PMs from Bonz automatically induce terror. And PMs from Kestra I just delete unread.
And yes, I miss the envelope. I don't miss much about the old software, but I do miss that envelope.
More seriously, it depends who it's from. PMs from acquaintances / friends are always good. PMs from people I rarely or never interact with tend to make me think I might actually have to do something around here, which seriously conflicts with my natural laziness. PMs from Bonz automatically induce terror. And PMs from Kestra I just delete unread.
And yes, I miss the envelope. I don't miss much about the old software, but I do miss that envelope.
Hah, I've had the same reaction. Unless I know to expect it by initiating a conversation, I sometimes wonder what I've done, as I like to think I'm easy to get along with and don't get into much trouble, or at least try not to. I think if the PM notification were green instead of red, I'd feel less nervous about receiving them. Red makes me feel like I need to stop something where green makes me feel more at ease. I guess traffic lights have conditioned for us to think that way.
Now I just want to PM people an image of that envelope.
"Oh, geez, what the hell does s/he want??"
Yeah, this.
That too, but you only get to see that after clicking the initial notification.
I get them so rarely that I get a nice little jolt of euphoria and excitement. And I have to click it right away!
Most of the it's just friend requests or people (See: J.) sending me stuff.
I'm a happy camper when someone actually takes the time to send me an real message, even if it's bad.
Most of the it's just friend requests or people (See: J.) sending me stuff.
I'm a happy camper when someone actually takes the time to send me an real message, even if it's bad.
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