My only problem with people contacting me through my IM systems is that their names tend to change a lot (as do mine). If I haven't heard from someone and am not sure who's behind the name, they sometimes get deleted from my list.

I don't think it's forward, though. Some Pixies have intricately fun ways of getting in touch with each other. We chat in the chat room, on the floating chat bar, Yahoo, MSN, PMs, phone, in person . . . we're the most connected community I know!