I'm curious as I've been to have a nosey at profiles of people who have sent nods only to find they don't exist.  Are these from people who have been kicked straight off the site or something?                                                                                                                                                                                

  I think some of them disable their profile and that's why we can't access them.   I had a nod and went to see who sent it and got the message that says they've either disabled it or haven't had it approved yet.                                                                                                                                                                                 

I have had a few of those too! just says they don't exist!                                                                                                                                                                              

One success this week, I received a nod from an "invisible" profile, I messaged back and got a reply, they hadn't realised their profile was hidden.                                                                                                                                                                             

  I can't see how it's  possible to not know, cos ya have to click on 'disable profile' to disable it                                                                                                                                                                               

Never underestimate the doziness of Mr and Ms Average.                                                                                                                                                                             

  ROFL   and those of us who are 'blonde'                                                                                                                                                                               

wills you on about me again lol                                                                                                                                                                              

I was so busy last week I vanished up my own backside!                                                                                                                                                                             

    Was it entertaining?                                                                                                                                                                               

Hey Prof - numpty question here - how'd you manage to message someone who's got a disabled profile?

I've managed to do it before if they've posted on the forums, but can't see how else to do it.

I wonder if we lose quite a lot of new members who join, send a few nods and view a load of profiles then leave because "nobody" views their profile or nods back?

It seems to happen quite often that new members have disabled profiles. Is there a way to make the profile visible by default? Or are new profiles perhaps disabled until they've been checked by a mod?

Just typed their handle in the message box Wannabe                                                                                                                                                                             

Oh my life... I don't believe myself sometimes...

*takes self off to stand in the corner with the nice D hat on*

How flipping simple is that?! That's why you're the Prof & I'm just a Wannabe
                                                                                                                                                                             

Hi WB , welcome back! missed your input for a couple weeks , guessed you must've been busy preparing for events or something                                                                                                                                                                              

Cheers Billy :o)

Computer weirdness followed by cash flow crisis unfortunately... and that particular crisis has just taken a HUGE turn for the worse, thanks to Norwich Union's/Aviva's complete ineptitude.

                                                                                                                                                                             

This so isn't the thread I thought it would be....   *cough*                                                                                                                                                                                

lmao                                                                                                                                                                             

Talking of disappearing members .. Has anyone besides me noticed that ianhg1971 has now left the site ?? By the comments made by him .. It looks like he`s been forced to leave by the pettiness of some members A good , witty member lost .. hope the people are happy now .. (you know who you are )                                                                                                                                                                             

Ian will be back , he's off somewhere recharging his batteries for a while but said he'll be back , no probs Nitro...think we all need a short break now or then .                                                                                                                                                                             

profiles are ENABLED by default (i.e. as soon as you create one).  They are NOT disabled until approved, they are automatically enabled but are put into a queue pending moderation.  However, while in this queue they can still be viewed.   You can PM someone who has a disabled PROFILE if you just put their name into a New Message box, but you can't pm someone who has had their ACCOUNT disabled (My mods).  A disabled account means they wont be returning!