01-06-2014, 01:49 PM
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I thought it was 50 posts to see the 'members thread'For a pm - I don't see a problem with access from the start, as long as you could stop the person from being able to pm in the future, should there be a problem.
Is that a possible option Azz ? Putting a block on a certain person .......
01-06-2014, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheshire Cat
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My concern is that if a few friends from another forum join (as a few have done recently, and as when I joined with others), they won't be able to pm each other. I know it was important to me when I joined to communicate with my friends, until I found my feet, being shy like I am. I'm sure it would put them off from contributing. 50 posts sounds like a lot to me. 
I'd be interested to know what the new members feel about it.
members still have access and can use the Visitor Messaging on their Profile page but the PM system has been abused in the past by some new members joining the forum, using the PM system on their first visit, then not returning to the forum again As has been said some forums require many more postings before having access to the PM system.
01-06-2014, 05:45 PM
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I don't know anything about the running of forums but I heard some folks just join forums to use the PM facility as a secure messaging service and that's why the 50/100 post system gets introduced, they don't bother to introduce themselves, maybe make one post or not even one, that in my opinion is in the interest of nobody, except themselves.
01-06-2014, 06:46 PM
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As Mags mentioned, yes unfortunately some people sign up just to spam via PMs. They get reported, banned - but then sign up again to carry on
Having a restriction makes it more difficult for them - although of course you will never stop the determined
Originally Posted by Patsy
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I thought it was 50 posts to see the 'members thread'For a pm - I don't see a problem with access from the start, as long as you could stop the person from being able to pm in the future, should there be a problem.
Is that a possible option Azz ? Putting a block on a certain person .......
I was actually going to go with 100 on this site as it's a very 'chatty' site and easy to rack up that many posts. But we'll see how 50 goes for now
02-06-2014, 12:59 PM
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As a newbie, I was pleased to get a few PM's to welcome me.As my "counter" seems to have got stuck at 16, I would have a long wait, wouldn't I?
I don't understand why people want a "dating" facility. For me the attraction was that the site didn't have one, but you can't please everybody, I suppose.
I joined because I like playing "Word Games", seemed a good enough reason to me.
FLY
02-06-2014, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYBYNIGHT
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As a newbie, I was pleased to get a few PM's to welcome me.As my "counter" seems to have got stuck at 16, I would have a long wait, wouldn't I?
I don't understand why people want a "dating" facility. For me the attraction was that the site didn't have one, but you can't please everybody, I suppose.
I joined because I like playing "Word Games", seemed a good enough reason to me.
FLY
people can still leave 'visitors messages' of welcome on member's profile pages, it is just PMs that require a quota of posts.
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