Private Messages for new members

Hi,

Unfortunately, we have had to remove the privilege of Private Messaging for new members. From now on, the same rules that apply to the Arcade will apply to private messaes - 50 post limit before it can be used.

The reason behind this is that as MAP has grown, so has the opportunity for unscrupulus sorts to use it for spam. The most recent thing we have discovered is people registering accounts, not contributing to the site and spamming via PM.

If you have reigstered before today, are a valid member and have contributed to the site and feel this is unfair on you, please speak to one of the global mods or Admin who will help you out. If you have registered after today, then you will need to reach the post limit before you can use private messaging or purchase a supporting membership. The idea of this is not to restrict any of our exisiting members, but to stop people hijacking the site for their personal ends.

Saz

 

Backne, a permanant lease on their mother's basement and a strong aversion to sunlight and socialising?

 

Only complete noobs... 50 posts and more and you can have at them

*whistles innocently*

 

Spam is unsolicted mail (posts in this case) advertising a product/website, so no it doesn't.

If we find someone making junk posts to get their post count up, we delete them until they make proper posts or temp ban them if it carries on.

 

Crysis,

Firstly, please stop artificially bumping your post count. I already posted in another thread you made on this saying it was against the rules here.

You may want to re-read my original post where I said the following;

"If you have reigstered before today, are a valid member and have contributed to the site and feel this is unfair on you, please speak to one of the global mods or Admin who will help you out."

and then;

"The idea of this is not to restrict any of our exisiting members, but to stop people hijacking the site for their personal ends."

Many people have done exactly that instead of junk posting and spamming.

Granted there are people who prefer this, but we have to look after MAP's best interest and strike a balance given that this is a free site we provide here.

And people were spamming everyone's inboxes without posting first, which is exactly why we implemented this rule.