Checking old PMs
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When was the last time any of you checked your old PM's on DS, if it's been a while I suggest giving it a go.
I have just done this and discovered lots of old PMs that I forgotten about, including some sweet ones from some of my old DS buddies on here, Joni M, 21stCenturyBoy (Sausage boy!) and Christina83
Check 'em out, theres bound to be a few hidden gems in your boxes.
I have just done this and discovered lots of old PMs that I forgotten about, including some sweet ones from some of my old DS buddies on here, Joni M, 21stCenturyBoy (Sausage boy!) and Christina83
Check 'em out, theres bound to be a few hidden gems in your boxes.
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Report back with hilarious and adorable details. :kitty:
Yes some them are really confusing now
Yes I've had a few of those too
Pervy is a...."good" way??;-)
I guess I felt sad for them that they maybe didn't get the kind of messages I got. Alot of my PMs meant a lot to me because they included lovely compliments, from people who wanted to thank me for helping them, for giving them the information or the files they'd asked for, for replying to a thread no-one else had etc., or some were general chats with friends who wanted to check in with me. I found it hard to get my head around the idea that others could get similar messages, especially out the blue compliments and things like that, then what? presumably reply saying thanks and then just delete them like its nothing?. I admit I relied on the internet to boost my self esteem - I kept a text file where I copied all such messages to, so I could read through them if I wanted to. It meant a lot to me.
I don't mean to say these things exclusively in a bragging, show off way by the way. If anything my posts just show how I get too attached to sites and what people say about me and things which isn't necessarily a good thing really but some stuff I just don't get. If you had messages that brought back good memories, whats so lame or 'sad' or whatever about wanting to save a copy? I managed to download an archive of them in the end but I can't say I read through them too often. Its nice to know I still have them though.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking compliments, I think that's lovely.
And I love nostalgia, so it would be a shame to lose old PMs, I think it's cool to save them
Its just nice to have a copy of things that bring back some good memories. I don't know why some people are so quick to claim its evidence of someone being too emotionally attached (ie to the site) or whatever. Its not like it hurts anyone, to want to keep an archive of some meaningful messages...sheesh. I guess it bothered me how judgemental some people were, though it probably really shouldn't.
Yes, it's no different from keeping birthday cards or hand written personal letters or postcards........ it's nice to hang to things if they meant something to us once.
People can be a bit quick to judge. 10 years ago I had AOL, me and my friend would spend a few hours a night chatting away on AOL IM, I wish now so much that I could see those messages again
I guess I thought of PMs as more like guestbook entries I liked to look over sometimes, rather than a daily IM/chat conversation that could be exited/deleted daily without thinking about it too much, though you could save conversations on AOL. I was with AOL in the 90s...I saved some IMs from friends in America, if they gave me their address or something then I'd save it obviously for future reference.
I bet it is fun looking through messges from that far back.
No, you didn't see them