1) to discreetly send a correction when the typo is egregious 2) to discreetly offer help, sympathy, or if asked opinions or support on personal issues. 3) to make a discreet suggestion to a newbie on how to format something 4) to make plans with someone about running something on hubski, like a writing prompt or quotesporn or if collaborative stories need to be killed, right insomniasexx? 5) to respond to users who comment privately to public posts for reasons of their own. At some point, I usually ask, "Can we bring this conversation to the community?"
6) sometimes to update people who realize that a sh*tstorm has just swept across the hub and are wondering what they missed. Like humanodon, if there is anything interesting going on in pm, it's worth bringing forward if it's not personal. I also agree that "relationship building" can happen on hubski in the pm space.How often do you find yourself sending PMs to people and does that figure into your hubski experience?
The records show that I have started 385 pm threads in the last 1050 days, or an average of 3 a week. Each thread might have anywhere from 1 - 20 messages. The purpose of these messages include: