You can develop a list of contacts from those that view this bulletin board by clicking on the user name (clown Name) on any post. It gives you five choices. You may add the person to your contact list, invite a person to a private forum, get the board to advise you when this person makes a post, or view all posts by a particular Clown. Try it the next time you read a post. Just click on the Name of the postor in the upper left hand of the message.