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These are irritating enough, but there have been several examples recently of what have effectively been personal (and frankly trivial) "conversations" being carried out within a thread.
Does anyone else feel the same or am I just getting grumpy as I gradually leave my youth behind and enter middle age...?
And if there is agreement, is this something we just have to put up with or is there something that can be done to encourage members to put PMs to the use for which they were intended (and indeed named)?