<p>I'm SO not a computer person - can someone tell me in plain English the steps on how to private message someone? Ever since cc changed their format, I can't start a private message; I can only respond to old ones. Plus, did anyone ever notice that when you click on someone else's profile, sometimes there are messages shown that should be private, but obviously aren't since I'm able to see them. Thanks in advance for private messaging help!</p>
<p>Look up at the top of the screen, the icon to the right of the globe is your private message inbox. When you click on it, there will be a drop box. At the top right of the drop box there is a link to start a “new message”.</p>
<p>Thanks so much GSOMTMom!</p>
<p>You’re welcome!</p>
<p>You can also click on the screen name of the person you want to message, then click on the Message icon when their info page comes up.</p>
<p>Thanks austinmtmom! I’m on an I-phone which I think is creating the difficulties.</p>
<p>OH! On my phone (not an iOne), I can’t initiate any PMs. I can respond, but that’s it.</p>
<p>GSOMTMom - glad to know I’m not the only one.</p>
<p>OMG I can see a lot of private messages; that is VERY disturbing!!!</p>
<p>Yes, all of the pm’s that I deleted before the update made a comeback and they cannot be deleted.</p>
<p>So everyone this is really disturbing. I clicked on some people and now know the ACT scores for one of my friend’s kid, and the first names of a few people on here, as well as other personal info. This is scary and not ok. Please contact <a href="mailto:admin@collegeconfidential.com">admin@collegeconfidential.com</a>. They need to hear from us all. I’m sure many of you like me have sent personal info in PM’s and don’t want it out there for all to see. :(</p>
<p>@Calliene - I tried clicking on a few people and I didn’t see anything unusual. I can understand how what you experienced would be disturbing, I’m just not seeing that from my account. </p>
<p>I think those are the “wall” messages that were always visible, but a lot harder to find in the old version. When I go to my profile, the private messages are not on the profile page. One general message is.</p>
<p>It seems haphazard. Some you can see and some not. But they are NOT “wall” messages. Some have personal info.</p>
<p>Are they dated, @Calliene? Maybe it’s pre-CC update as @GSOMTMom mentioned. I don’t think I did any PM’ing before the update – I didn’t have enough posts then – so check my profile and let me know if you see any of mine.</p>
<p>Nope not you, maMTma. The most recent I saw was this past January. Still, many before that have very personal information!!! And I just checked with someone and these are DEFINITELY PM’s. My advice: don’t ever PM anyone on CC again!!!</p>
<p>@Calliene - Are these things listed under the “Activity” heading on each person’s page? I looked at a couple more and I do see some notes there. I had thought they were showing the person’s posts, but scanning through some definitely appear to be private messages. Funny thing is I don’t see anything under my “Activity” heading, but I have definitely sent private messages (before and after the site update). </p>
<p>Yes, mine either, thank goodness. But I am seeing PM’s from other people that include very personal info. </p>
<p>I found some from a friend of mine and I sent them to her and asked, “Were these Private Messages??” And her answer was YES.</p>
<p>Yes, the first few people I looked at either didn’t have notes or there were very simple and looked like they could be regular posts. Hence my earlier message. But looking at some other folks and reading a little more it is pretty clear that these are private messages. While there wasn’t anything “bad” in what I read, it definitely made me uncomfortable once I realized these were PMs (and now that I’ve confirmed that I’m not clicking on anyone’s name again!).</p>
<p>If any of the moderators are reading this stuff, we need someone to take a look at this. </p>