twocats Yes, I imagine it's possible. It can be done globally, so it should be possible per-user, but most likely would need an extension to support that.

Josephine Yes, this is possible. However, anyone can easily create an account. Individual chats are possible and those would never be automatically visible to anyone except the participants. Maybe we could have a forum only visible to Gold Members?

I've added the above two requests to the feature request list.

Pretender Welcome!

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Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
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        I am not sure if I am worthy of a Star either, I was only part of PW since 2010 and then also PC in the dark Side since it went live. I do thing this forum is very different to PC and is very welcoming. I feel that I would be free to respond and contribute more than the old one too. I wish we can make a great success of this safe place. Thank you to Navindra for taking the initiative and creating this.

        Hi all,

        I hope all my friends from PW are doing well.

        It has been sometime. In the meantime I've moved to Wales and my outside of work mental energies have been consumed by trying to learn Welsh. After almost 2 years I will give it a break for a year, which hopefully means some time again for piano.

        We started the process of building a piano room, but an elderly neighbour with dementia has killed that. We spoke to them before starting work and everything seemed fine. But it all blew up in our face, so my ambition for an acoustic piano remains on hold.

        In the last month I've started poking at my digital piano after a long break.

        Kevin

          Hi, thank you, Navindra for creating this site. Looking forward to having good discussions with y'all.

          Is this where we introduce ourselves? I'm a long-time PW member. Began lurking in 2005, joined in 2007 and posted a fair bit until around 2019 when I felt I'd said all I had to say (and probably a few things I shouldn't have said...) 😃 However, I was still reading the posts at PW regularly (Pianists Corner & Teachers mostly) until the ADS got to me. Some of my favourite posters have migrated here, which is nice, and I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops. BTW, I too like the names Learners Lounge and Pianist Zone - both have a comfy, welcoming vibe.
          And could I please have a nice little star?? 🙂

            KevinM Wow! What an unexpected and most welcome surprise!

            I definitely noticed your abrupt absence and even went back to check your Vimeo channel a few times. I'm so happy to see that you're back and everything's ok! I'm really looking forward to what you come up with next on the piano. 🙂

            @Killomiter @MandM Welcome! 🙂

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            Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
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              Greetings from the UK! Bit of a junior PW member at only 298 posts, but fast approaching 35 years in the trade (mainly rebuilding). Hope to be of assistance in due course...! 😊

              KevinM Hello KevinM and welcome. I believe that you posted in PW whilst living in the good old city of Sheffield, my alma mater.

                  Thanks for setting up the site and being so open to suggestions for improvements, Navindra, I appreciate the work you put in. I love the new "Learners Lounge" title, it is an all encompassing phrase which trips off the tongue nicely and somehow has much more pleasant connotations than anything involving the word "beginners".

                  "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

                  keff I did yes. I'm now in Penarth just outside of Cardiff in South Wales.

                    I'm glad you're alive, KevinM!

                    Thanks navindra for creating this forum. 😃

                      navindra Thank you for starting the new forum, it is exciting! Can you please tell me how to add an emoji? When I click on the smiley face below, I get a popup with letters and the words "regional indicator". Sorry I am not very much of a techie.....