BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
We've just updated the way that you Connect on BiggerPockets. Our Colleague and Follower system has been a little bit confusing to some users, so we've come up with a way to improve it.
Below you'll find a link to a post that explains the following:
- What are Colleagues and Followers?
- The new way to Connect as a Colleague or Follower
- And other conditions . . .
Oh, and everyone who recommended we improve the ability to write and respond to messages with these requests, will be very pleased. As per the above post, you can now send a detailed message with a colleague request, and the recipient can now respond to that message.
Of course, if you receive any spammy requests, please don't hesitate to report the sender and we'll do what we do best . . .
BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
14y
You have been able to do this for some time, Uwe S.. Just enter the names of the people you'd like to add to the private conversation in the TO field, one after the other.
BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
14y
Just an update . . . we added the ability for our PRO and PRO Basic members to do a quick search of their colleagues with a search box on the My Colleagues page.
We hope that you find this to be a useful addition.
BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
13y
It does nothing on the forum, Kelvin. BiggerPockets has many other functions outside the forum and that's where the value of following comes in. I answered your question posted on the blog post linked above as well.