What does PM and PMB mean at Getafreelancer?

Few new comers asked what PM/PMB means in the A1newspapers Forum: so here I am posting about it so that, if anyone else wants to know about it, then they can find the answer here.

At GAF, PM means “Private Message” and PMs mean “Private Messages”

PMB means “Private Message Board”

In order to send a PM, the user must first place a bid on the project. Only then can he/she send a PM to that project creator [buyer].

But this is not the case with PMBs. Any registered user at GAF can use PMB. Users can talk about projects in PMBs and they do not have to place any bid on the project in order to post messages in PMBs.

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