Since I’m still rather new, perhaps I speak out if ignorance…
It would be great to contact, as in, send private messages, to other notable people taking the same courses as I am taking. For example, I was viewing a member’s profile today that had a great tip to remember a word, yet I found no way to tell this person I appreciated the tip! To the designers/owners/programmers of this website, connections made easy is a GREAT way to add and increase members!!! Public forums are too public and basic for this to be an acceptable practice to benefit members, connections, and increased membership… Please add ways for people to connect privately. And, if they already exist, please make the information well known and easily accessible to members to take advantage of. Thank you! Thank you not only for listening, but also for having such a great learning tool available to people around the world to use!!!