August 23, 2006
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Private Messaging Tweaks
Private Messaging is definitely one of the more popular features we’ve ever launched! Since the launch on Thursday, over 47,000 messages have been sent!
We at Xanga HQ have been having tons of fun with Private Messaging too:
My message to Dave: you’re weird.
Dave’s reply: no way man.
Now I know that Dave isn’t weird – thanks to private messaging.
In any event – a bunch of you guys have been giving us some solid feedback, so Vikas thought he’d add some of your good ideas in. Here are some of the changes he threw in:
Sent folder - now you can go back and notice your embarassing typos you already sent to your friends.
Foreign Language Support - this marks an end to all those funky symbols and question marks
Hidden Message Me link – for all you Xangans and ninjas who do not want to receive messages, if you turn off messages, the message me link on your main page will also be hidden.
Thanks to your feedback, we hope these improvements will make your messaging experience a little better. Message away folks!
Comments (361)
Very cool.
P.S. Threaded messages would be fantabulous!
woot!
heh. multiple Protected Lists will also be fantabulous…. but i know… jon already talked about that.
private msg = more sexual predator
Threaded *comments* would be fantabulous.
“private msg = more sexual predator
Posted 8/23/2006 at 9:21 PM by DisBoiRichyard”
Well that’s what flagging is for.
too awesome! thanks for all the hard work you guys are doing!
. . . wait . . . when did John talk about multiple Protected List? I missed this? I’ve been wanting this. Shenanigans!
While I won’t be activating this feature, I do think that it’s a very good idea and will be popular with many Xangans. Thanks for tweaking it to make the link disappear if the option is not enabled.
That is a pretty neat addition.
I do think your really stepping it up a notch.
Hey sup dude well 4 some reason it wont let me upload photos on my site wats up wit dat?
*bow*
you people are incredible.
*bow*
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
hi?
great. foreign language support! hurrah!
Thanks for you improvements about Messaging!!!
I am very like this function. This is so GREAT!!!
katana blade!
AS you all know, i run a suicide prevention site here.
so if you need anyone to talk to, i’m always Here To Listen To You.
feel free to drop by and take a look at the services, including messages, msn and email.
HTLTY
Sweetness. Ya’ll are awesome.
Great feature, and great improvements!
hello ppl!
hey……..wassup???………just showing some love…..CMB
Wow!! It can’t be better!! Thanks!
coolness =D keep up the good work. ;D
you guys are so not weird. thanks for all you do!
awesome job!
Really wonderful stuff you can do with the new messaging.
T(h)anks
Area Disgrace
thanx 4 the messageing it’s really kool
can you message someone a link or pic? if no then make it so you can! thanks!
Awesome! Thank you so much! =]
umm i dont Even noe what this is about lol
Ppl add me on Xanga
xanga.com/whyistherenonames
why is xanga so hard ta figure outt how ta gett everythin…?
your dog is sssssssssssssoooooooooooooooo adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sweet.
Hey thanks well Wow lol buh-bye
*~*The Grand Illusion*~*The Final Cut*~*
Heh. I like The private messaging. Although I am worried that sexual predators will take adavantage of it.
*~*The Psychedelic Luau*~*The Astronomy Domine*~*
You promote PMing, but have yours disabled?
what the? anyway…..go to my site theres funny stories!!!!! 9.9
hey?
I LOVE YOU GUYS
hmmmm i like the new messaging thing….its fun!
hey thats hot and juicy!
I think malls and parks are still statistically significantly more dangerous than the Internets. Maybe we should try banning those before stuff like Xanga or private messages.
i love xanga, and i think you guys are amazing. keep up the good work!
HELLO WHOEVER YOU ARE…….DID YOU SOMEHOW POST A COMMENT ON MY SITE????????WHAT IS IT ABOUT??????AND WHATS IT FOR????????
ooooooooooook you do that.
faith
also here is another idea what about smilies for private messengeing
who are u
cooool lol!
nice but i dont think i’ll use it much.
woohoo! awesomeness. keep up the tweaking!
GREAT!! IT COULDN’T EVER BE BETTER!! THANK YOU!
ok kool n who r u ?????????????
great.
as long as you’ve got the basic “reply … forward …” etc links … I’m a happy camper.
I like it.
thanks for adding it
yet another reason to call MySpace shit and move to something better.
Sweet! Thanks.
Very cool – thanks!
I agree. The PM-system is quite awesomee.
8]
you guys make life easier/swell.
awsome!! keep up the hard work!! (your not weird)
I LUV U GUYS!!
nice job!!!
dud will sombody type me
no realllllllllly
I-like-it-a-lawt.
kickass! Thanks!
Thank you for all the work you do for the site.
eh?
kudos to the foreign language function!
SWEET!!!
I wish I had friends that would actually private message me. :{
But IF I ever make friends, I’m happy to know my options.
i like the changes you guys are making. xanga is my favorite. thanks!
kool illl be checking this messaging thing out…
neeto
That was cool
FINALLY
You guys are making xanga into the best website on earth! Thanks for everything!=)
A good idea made better!
Oh you folks kick so much ass. Where is the “sent” folder? I want to see it!
Thank you very much for this option. I love it and I don’t care who knows it.
Whats up n2m here just chillin you rock catch ya later
Cody Kodak Madison Marcum
Yeah, thanks for the message back.
Heyy whats up?
Haven’t used it yet, but okay.
WOW!!!!!!I LIKE UR SITE!!!!
i dont understand hit me back to educate me
waz up
Awww, thankyou ^.^
Thanks for everything!
Words are not enough to describe my happiness!!!11
i appreciate the sent folder, but can you make it so anyone can message anyone? (i.e. ppl w/o xanga names can message people w/xanga names?)
hey what is up man
hi
private messaging is AWESOME!!! you guy’s rock!!
hey whats up
sounds good. I am with jeeves777, multiple protected lists! Please!
i dont even know u but hey
hi
thats kewl
~ glitterglory
You need a better search function – or something. I can’t find someone I know is there!
Can I have a “edit HTML” box in the Private Messaging so that I can use some HTML tags in the message (it just like writing an entry)???
If so, I can write a table or something else, which I cannot type now, in the message.
Also, you may also consider the “hand-write” function use in Private Messaging / Writing Entry, so that I can use the mouse to draw some cute pictures to my friends / in the entry.
Yup, I like this a lot.
THIS IS THE BEST FEATURE XANGA HAS—-MESSAGING. NOW WE DON’T HAVE TO TRY AN E-MAIL SOMEONE — IT’S RIGHT HERE AT OUR FINGERTIPS. THANKS A HEAP!
I’m a lifetime premium member, and I really don’t care for all the new bells and whistles that have been added to xanga, especially since it’s really compromised the integrity of something as simple as showing photos. Is somebody on that? My pictures aren’t showing, and those that do take forever to download and show. My connection is lightning fast and my photos aren’t big. I’d like to know that Xanga isn’t selling their real supporters short just so they can compete with the myspace revolution. Please get someone on this problem. Thanks.
nice puppy but my minn penn is better looking lol
didn’t know we had this
hello everyone. you all should tottally comment me.
yup.
these would be kool!
thanx!
Jennifer
exciting
…?
Thanks for tweaking!
great job!
hey wat up
Thanks for hiding that link.
theres an undeRAGED KID TALKING BAD ON HERE HIS USERNAME IS cleveland_indains_Evan he called some ppl bad words
comment back
awesome!
could u add things to xanga like if someone is one or something so this sign lights up when someone is online and if they are offline it says offline it would make it easier to know when they are on.
w00t!
regarding your friend denial: maybe we should go out for coffee.
Hi write me plz
That is so cool…I always wanted to message in a foriegn language!
Now see, there is an example of a embarassing typo. DOH!
um and you guys are weird but in the best possible way!
hey babe you look good
Heyy
…Cool…Awesome…Better than Myspace…
thanks i think
sweet new feature!
You’re funny, thank ya!
hey hey hey guys…..well wats goin on?? well comment me back i guess
katie
tag me back
who are you
my picture was takin 5 yrs ago !!!!!!!! hahaha
-osssy
Who’s This Holla Bac
Tray
funny. my dog’s name it Gromit too. he’s a pug. ^_^
hmm!!
I don’t have any way to move my messages to the “trash” folder.
Anyone know what’s up with that?
I guess I am in the minority …
yo wat up
ME!! ME!! Oh I have a grand idea for all those writing blog leaders out there! Please answer this one. . PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!. . .make it so that a blog ring leader can send out ONE announcement to ALL THE BLOG RING MEMBERS AT ONCE! Couldja please! I’m sure you’d get a rousing round of applause from all of the blog ring leaders who actively run blog rings! ESPECIALLY THE WRITING ONES!
Thank you (by the way. . .all those tweaks and new video’s and the messaging. . cool stuff!)
Most Sincerely,
KoffeeKween
KoffeeKween
Its great that this is available to all xangans
ummmm…. okay
are you sure dave’s not weird???
Cool! The whole messaging thing is great. The improvements sound good too.Thank!
awesome! u guys are great!
xanga is sooooooooooooo cool now its better than ever thanks for making all these changes but if you could please get us an online now icon that would be awesone
Nice =) Yu guys are great!
That’s a cool example.
Thanx for msg feature =)
Thanx for msg feature =)
Threaded would be great, as would multiple (or even just 2) protected lists — sometimes I want something not-public & sometimes I want it almost-private-but-not-quite.
also here is another idea what about smilies for private messengeing Posted 8/24/2006 at 9:49 PM by mibashful61
WHO NEEDS THEM???? KEEP THE SMILIES FOR COMMENTS ONLY….GOLLY GEE!
cOoL
uhh hi all of u check out my site it rocks!
yo sup ever one
hi what up? and do i know u?
There should be the ability for non xangsters to send messages… like it’d be nice to be able to turn that option on or off.
well done guys! thanks
good job!
stop trying to compete with myspace
hey chris whats up?
I take it u work 4 xanga?
was that a good thing
hey chris,
this is jessica ur the maker of xanga arent you? comment me back and let me know! well talk to you later !
xanga member,
jessica
How do you send a private message?
great!
why is your xanga on my xanga?
hi
hi people
r u the one
hi chris
Kyuuuuun…
thanks guys
This feature is sooooo cool. But how do I delete my sent messages.
Due to the continuous concern with child safety, I believe you should have to be eighteen before posting on xanga, and if you’re under eighteen, you can have a xanga site, but all posts and comments have to be moderated.
Appreciate it all, thanks!
I’ve only sent one message. >_> Good to have though.
how do you private message?
ok then…..
Xanga Plugin http://www.xanga.com/myblogpet
GOOD! I LIKE IT!
I don’t understand why we need:
1) Comments
2) Email
3) Guestbook
4) Chatboard, and now
5) Messaging.
What next? Voice-messaging? Going to do a Skype in the same way you did a Myspace?
I don’t have any problems with all these bells and whistles but I don’t see the point of such duplication. What about some serious new features – like a better entry box, with adjustable margins and fancy borders (ok, those aren’t serious!)
What about an index feature for the blogs, so you could feature them privately or publicly in a column on the left side, like chapters in a book?
Footprints are a joke – everyone who wants to surf anonymously uses a false site or a proxy server as everyone is now paranoid about every footprint they see that isn’t matched with a comment or rss feed. Its impossible to surf Xanga, read some blogs regularly but not comment without being accused of being a stalker. And it seems from reading John’s comments somewhere or other (NFP?) that Xanga agrees with the definition, a stalker is not someone who pursues you and does their best to hurt you virtually and in real life anymore, but anyone who merely reads regularly and annoys someone by not commenting! I think John said something like: Measures will be taken… aggggh. Still, if you do manage to sort that out, multi-protected lists will stir up the hornet’s nest again.
(Sorry to write such a long, and off-topic, comment, but since Xanga doesn’t reply to emails for all I know they are immediately sent to the mail box trash@ xanga.com. How about a more responsive customer service team?)
hi r u hot like sexy hot
uhhhh hi
cool i guess i uess thats pretty cool.
So how do you access the private message tool?
Hi
hey
this is coolness.. thanks for adding it..
chris do you want to chat
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<TBODY>
<TR height=”100%” UNSELECTABLE=”on” width=”100%”>
<TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width=”100%” background=”" height=250 UNSELECTABLE=”off”>
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sounds cool…
Personally, while new featurs certainly arn’t bad, I’d happy happy with what we have a s long as you get IP blocking or blocking people from viewing the site (I know your goign to say “but they cna log out” but if you have xanga lock on they can’t) up, if you think it’ll lag the site you can make it optiona.
PS Comment spell-checking would be sweet too!
nice
you’re trying to copy myspace
That is so tech!
To God…
Messaging is cool.
One more tweak, please. When someone sends a message and you reply to it, what you reply does not go in the sent folder. Only messages that you compose and send go in the sent folder. I sent something today as a reply to someone and now it’s gone because it didn’t get in the sent folder.
wow
sweet!
I can`t comment my friends anymore because you took away the username that you write there username on and it sends you to there xanga site please fix that cause I can`t comment my friends!
Nice!
Sounds hot!
This is Aweswome….Message me all you xangans!!!!!
-Estreet311
hay wuts up comment me back !! bye bye bye
& hearts ;
stephanie
bye bye lol
hay hay hay hay hay hay hay lol lol lol lol lo lo lol o
yo sup yall
The “email me” link is still missing…
Need to clear your inbox and sent easier
TIGHT!
yayness
very awesome!
i dont think your wierd at all, and very much appreciate all the hard work!!
that’s soo soo cool. =) hahah
Wow, that’s great! (lol to knowing that Dave wasn’t wierd.)
cool
oh wow ! youve got so many messages =]
woot woot that is cool
Nice but you are still miles behnd facebook.com keep on keeping on.
Thanks
cool! you guys are great!
it’s cool!! but there are problems with msg composed with chinese traditional!
hey
im bored what are you all up too
if anyone wants to talk or see other pics of me go onto myspace if you have an account it is under the email of chrisjudd822003@yahoo.com thanks bye.
I like the idea but I have 2 suggestions: How about letting us send messages from our own site instead of having to go to theirs?
If you have to put a maximum length on our messages, can’t you at least let us know we’ve reached the limit when we’re typing it instead of cutting it off when we send it?
I love “Message Me”!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
I love that dog
hi i am new
um…hi?
who are you?
wow what a feature adds more to the privacy ha
hi
yaay! i love how u have made it a *main feature* … you shuld add some editing tools to it as well.. i see one guy calls it “more sexual predature” .. this isnt the only website to have personal messages, all the ones i love and enjoy have it.. i think there are always guna be sexual predators EVERYWHERE.. all u can do is use caution whereever u are.
anways.. i was thinking another good thing you culd add to this.. is a filter. so we can filte*who* we dont want messaging us.. say by age, sex, location, keywords, etc etc. just like they do on plentyoffish.com .. anyways great job on the site!!
This is nice!
I’m confused what is this?
thaaanks
I really like this feature. Without having to go to private e-mailing, it is now possible to use just Xanga to communicate with other Xangans about things that just the two of us wish to talk about! Great job!!!
slt sa va bonne continuaions
how do you delete sent messages? all mine just stack up in there?
could you guys still have an e-mail link like last time for people who would want it? I have non-Xangan friends who are turned off messaging me because they have to have a Xanga account. Pretty please?
Thanks, a bunch! Good idea! (Bunch as in “honey bunches of oats ” good)
Totally lovin private messaging
Wewt, Sexy. ^^
ARE YOU THE PERSONT THAT CREATED XANGA?
AND DO YOU HAVE A MYSPACE?
thanks?
*Hugs* You rock… Er…. Person! ^_^
There’s private messaging?
what is this
c/b
¬¬’
pretty cool addition..thanks
who r u?????????
cmb xoxoxoxoxoxo
do u kno how to get a music box on my site?or even a song that plays whenever some one gets on my site?
-anna
way to go.. keep on improving
woooot?
hey
like who are you? and explain to me exactly what tweak messaging is because i’m confused!!!!
courtney
whos this
hey
kool
Thanks for making video posting happen- it’s the only thing xanga needed – and now we have it –
Question: Why does the audio un-sync from the video when played with your player. Is there any thing I can do to fix that – Or is it a technical difficulty? I’ve uploaded some of the same videos to similar sites (youtube, myspace) and they don’t un-sync.
xanga rules.
Thanks, keep up the good work.
hi ilove xanga it has all my friends on it
Thank you, I will.
hey that en enormous amount!
were would the best place to get a moing icon and back grounds?
Were is the best palce to get music to put on my xanga?
thanks
Can folks outside of xanga message me? I miss the old email link.
Nice to meet you=D
what?????????????????////????/?/???
Excellent.. o_o
How do I delete sent private messages?
Dave’s not weird?
I’m not convinced.
yay!!! if xanga is still hiring a little down the ways, im gonna apply. i wanna be a software developer or computer programer of some sort.
whatever… yeah… sorry… i’m depressed… don’t feel like talking…
laterz
-FaTe’S cHiLd
Hi you do not no me my name is kayla i am in 7 grade what grade are you in ?? w hat do you look like are you white I AM.
Why is this on my xanga site?
hi chris my name is carmen and i want 2 now how 2 get pic. 4m other websites how do u do it.
okkk
i have no idea wat 2 do im new and i cant even put a picture on or write a text!!!
who are you?
ur cool dude
hello there my name is James breeden and your name piz
Hey thanks. Lucy
Love the messaging feature.It is wonderful!!!!!!!!
private messages is the best! i absolutely love it!!!
I love messaging! Thanks so much!!!!
hi…im sarah…wuts up…
u have a lot on your site
i really don’t care…
hi was up asl pls in just new at this thin so pls msg me bak =)
But why have you removed our “Email me” function? I hate the messaging thing, it’s just one more layer of nonsense that I don’t use, and never check it, but the email function was v. useful. Why oh why is it gone?
cool, it is a good feature…
can you make it possible to disable
email subscribers?
Very good. I do like the messaging and I think the hidden part is the best thing, as well as the option of only letting friends send messages.
Sweet, keep up the goo work!
MESSAGING IS THE GREATEST!!! THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST PRIVATE! DANKE! CAROLYN
Hey what up.
stupid idea, people just comment anyway.
hey it is MOrgan i LOve your of your dog wish i could have that
cool thanks!
stop bothering me gosh
Umm…I’m not really sure who you are!!Can you leave me a message please?!?!
hey wats up how do you know me?
thanks a bunch!!! You all are awesome!
HI WAS UP HOW R U
i love your dog show he is so adorable and cute
what’s up people i’m new here and i’m trying to make new friends any 1 please feel free to message me meganramirez16
I think it is wonderful keep up the good worh,I appreciate Xanga so much!!!!
hi homie what up?
Awesome. n_n
Free full dharok and party hats plus halloween masks free! Just messege me ur
RuneScape username:
password:
what you want:
P.S Jagex will NEVER scam you.
dude y do u keep privite messagein me
p.s how do u kno me cmb
LAMEASSES!!! SORRY BUT EVERYONE HAS MOVED ON TO MYSPACE N NO ONE CARES BOUT XANGA N EMORE… I REMEMBER WEN IT “USED” TO B POPULAR BUT NOT NOMORE!! SO I THINK IZ ALIL TO LATE 4 PRIVATE MESSAGES NOW!! AHA HA AH HA
hey who is this ??
hello..chris~I’m Elaine
Wow, kind of like private comments. Pretty cool! – JN.14:27 Rom.5:8
hi ;we are all great in wat we do but not how much we do.you r all creatting but remember that give good things and u will get great things
You allow people to make messaging by friends only and then make it so we have to have Premium to even have a friends list? That’s akin to making it so private messaging only works for premium accounts! Either make it all free or all premium, not this half and half shit!
Another MySpace feature. Wow..
hey whats up i have a question what type of wall paper do you have in the back ground? and how did you get this background
how ’bout a way to delete some messages and keep others
and a way to forward messages?
both would be good….
SAWEEEET!
hi there is a gril is under 13 and she has a xanga. here is her username ll_MyxMusicxSource_ll
so good~~~~keep your work~~~~
yeah, but wheres the mustard?
u guys r cool dude i dont know why they think u r weird your freakin awesome
Nice!!
WAZ ^
I love it.
Hey, just an idea I had. Sometimes I’m majorly changing around my site, and I’m not ready for my new look to be public, because I’m still making a few changes and such. It would be cool if your look and feel changes could be private if you wanted until you finished them fully. Like a post, if I have to leave in the middle of a post, I can click private and then finish later. I wish my Look and Feel could be like that.
You guys are doing great.
OMG! Is there a limit on it? I just typed a long reply to someone and it is not showing all of it in my sent box!!!
I love Xanga, and I love the messaging…..I’ve tried My space, but I think Xanga far outweighs myspace, and it’s way more user friendly! Keep up the great work! ….one suggestion though……it would be nice to add a sound track when you chose “Listening to”, maybe you already can, but I havent figured it out yet
Messaging is definitely one of Xanga’s most useful features launced in recent weeks. Well done.
Thank you….
But how do I delete the SEND-messages?
Is this automatic or do we sign up for it?
Completely un connected – The spell check new thing does not seem to realise when you just missed a space!
Also – The chooseing of pictures and the sizes of them when looking into the pictures bit has now not worked for months and months and months!
Also – I hate the new bloggy editor and I really miss the old one. I loved the old one – Now it is icky
Seems when you supposedly ‘fix’ something – So many other things are busted that it gets annoying
The saying I always went by was ‘If it ain’t broke – Don’t fix it – And all of the above is now broke but was absolutely fine beforehand
Please fix it
chris! i am so pissed right now! why doesn’t xanga let me log out?! I am suffereing some technical difficulties chris.
Help a brotha/sistah out.
poop
poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop
help me fix my toilet
grrreeeeaaattt!!
I really like the old editor more. It works just fine in firefox, but for some reason the new one only works in IE.
have you guys tested it in firefox?
Cool. Definitely a good facility.
yo
I LOVE YOU XANGA much better than My SPACE!!
so who are you exactly
hahahaha that still cracks me up
hi who r u?comment bak
hay wuts up ?? he he h e lol lol
♥
stephanie
HOW DO YOU DO IT???
What about deleting the items in our sent/outgoing?
I would like to suggest there be an option to delete messages in the sent folder as well.
hey thanks a lot
uh i got a question (i’m REALLY new) how do i send friend requests and all that jazz? (meaning how do i accept any i get)
Please enable sent* private messages to be permenently deleted ..This is extemely annoying..Only incoming messages are able to be deleted permently as far as I can tell..Please Please Please Enable Sent Message Permenent Deletes Too!
WingsofDesire
hey who r u well wat school do you go to well commet me back!!!!!!!!!!
HAGS,
bailey
Cool man…=]
Hi you, nice to meet ya!
Hey, Chris! I actually have a comment about the new editor…I like some of the new features, but I’ve had HUGE problems with the photo feature not being able to download my pics properly – Half of the pic is there, and the other half isn’t. These aren’t big pictures by any means, and I could’ve easily gotten them up on my site no problem with the old feature. Any idea why this is happening and how it can be fixed? It’s getting VERY frustrating and limiting my site considerably. Thanks!
what up
There was a boy…
A very strange enchanted boy…
They say he wandered very far, very far…
Over land and sea…
A little shy and sad of eye…
But very wise was he…
And then one day…
A magic day, he passed my way…
And while we spoke of many things…
Fools and kings…
This he said to me…
“The greatest thing…
you’ll ever learn…
Is just to love…
and be loved in return.”
lifes final lesson… and also first.
dont forget it.
I would like to have a delete button while I am looking at the message. Then I can delete it quick and easy so that it does not clutter my space.
Can I limit messages to allow only friends to message me?
i want to be able block someone from my site TOTALLY! and not let them even see my sight.
hey chris hows it haging call me bye
awesome
huh what were you saying
umm hi how come everytime i cm you then you never cmb jw cause its kinda annoying lol jk well loves you guyszes bye bye
thank you thank you thank you
peace!
hey….Hi man….Nice to meet you!!!
hay wuts up man hearts; baby gurl 3001
Hey Chris… I’m Daniela… You wrote to me right? You seem like a really cool guy… So, how’s it going?