What are visitor messages?
Visitor messages are short messages that appear under the ‘Visitor Messages’ section of a member’s Public Profile. These are opportunities to leave brief public notes for a member: comments about profile pictures, welcomes, etc., that don’t warrant a public post in the main forum, but which are more public than being reserved for Private Messaging. Examples of Visitor Messages might be comments on a member’s profile, to which others might also wish to contribute (e.g. ‘I see you’re from Germany, welcome’, to which another member might add ‘So am I!’, etc.).
Visitor messages are publicly viewable messages posted on member profile pages. To post a message, click on the ‘Visitor messages’ tab, and use the form at the top of the section. You will only be able to use certain formatting in these messages, as described underneath the edit box. This message will be viewable by all visitors to this profile, including guest users and search engine robots if the administrator has allowed this. To communicate privately with a member, send a Private Message instead. Visitor messages can be edited or deleted by site moderators or the member who owns the profile. If you see a visitor message that is not appropriate, you can alert the moderators by clicking on the ‘Report’ link. The ‘View Conversation’ link allows you to view all visitor messages between the member and the owner of the profile.
