ya get told to use pm's! me thinks everyone should have the pop up message so ya know when ya have a pm! it makes sence really!
they can be handy sometimes but when its for your boyfriend/sister/best friend and really frequent it's annoying cause surely you have an easier way to contact them than a message board unless it's cause you want to make yourself look cool by telling your boyfriend/sister/best friend something in "private" that the whole world can read if they so wish
i like to do FAOs to bairn and kid cos kids normally at uni and bairns in darlo and i like to show them my work
FAO can be VERY handy when someones PM box is full!!! so i dont see anything wrong with them, just dont think they should be overused and should be used in moderation.