And...

You can also simply click on a 'user name' (including your own)...
When you click on a 'user name', you are taken directly to the basic user profile page which is available to the public...
You will find there options to send e-mail or Private Messages to a user here (If the user has allowed/enabled these options to be displayed.)
If there is a user with whom you would like to establish some 'chat', it may be easiest for you to first contact that user with a PM here in Gnutella Forums.

Also, on the upper right of the 'user profile page', you will see a line which says, "View all posts by this user"... A very useful little tool !

Last, be sure to check out the 'Forum Jump' feature down on the lower left at the bottom of every thread page here...
You can use it to navigate very quickly through and around Gnutella Forums...
AND, if you check out the options at the very top of the 'Forum Jump' menu, you will find some other interesting 'features' of these forums... You'll see...

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