"Strange" is a good word choice.
From the point of view of this user, there was a very good Direct Message system available for a long, long time. Then one day it went away.
I don't know but I think that it would require little investment to simply bring back what members once had.
"It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's what it amounts to. I haven't found any shortcuts, and I've been looking for a long time."
-- Chet Atkins
-- Chet Atkins