Profile Posts vs Conversations (what is private vs public?)

[2020Telly]

Can one of the staff members or forum managers explain the difference between a profile post and a conversation? It appears to me that a conversation is private. When I look at profile posts I see member discussions and in some cases I see personally identifiable information like full names, phone numbers and email addresses in conversations that I was not part of. It may make sense for a salesperson at a dealership to use the profile posts to share contact information, but some forum members may think that the profile posts are a DM like the conversation.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

Can one of the staff members or forum managers explain the difference between a profile post and a conversation? It appears to me that a conversation is private. When I look at profile posts I see member discussions and in some cases I see personally identifiable information like full names, phone numbers and email addresses in conversations that I was not part of. It may make sense for a salesperson at a dealership to use the profile posts to share contact information, but some forum members may think that the profile posts are a DM like the conversation.

Hi there. Profile posts can be seen by other members. Conversations cannot.

 

[2020Telly]

And profile posts require a login? Are they searchable through google like regular posts?