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There is some good information in this thread:
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As for difficulty with the Friendship Requests, not to worry.
There are two sides to Pipesmagazine.com, the Magazine side (which has your main profile) and the Forum side which has your profile as well.
If you click on your Screen Name below your Avatar place holder it will take you to your Forum Profile page. You can upload your Avatar, and it will have a list of all of the Threads in which you have made posts. Below that is a list of the Threads that you have started.
If you desire to send a Friendship Request you can click on the "Members" tab at the top of the page. A list of all the Members will appear. It is in order by Members most recent activity. To locate a specific Member on that same page add the following to the URL:
/pstlpkr then hit enter. That will take you to my Magazine side profile page. You can do that with any Member's real screen name.
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