Newbies shouldn't be allowed to PM! Check pg 16 - Page 5

I was on another forum trolling around yesterday and I realized I couldn't post anything until I had reached a minimum posts (50). I was only allowed to PM the Moderators. Topics were also moderated until member would reach a certain sanity. I think newbies should not be allowed to PM other members, unless they are in their buddy list, or some sort of.

Originally posted by: TexanHolden

I was on another forum trolling around yesterday and I realized I couldn't post anything until I had reached a minimum posts (50). I was only allowed to PM the Moderators. Topics were also moderated until member would reach a certain sanity. I think newbies should not be allowed to PM other members, unless they are in their buddy list, or some sort of.

Originally posted by: souro

They should be able to PM the DT, IMO. Any newbie may not need to PM other members IMO, but if they need any help and want to contact the DT, they should have that road open.

Originally posted by: -Xaffron-

Yes, I agree with Aahaana. They can befriend a user and then send them a PM. However, once they start sending mean messages and the concerned person removes them from their list, the PM feature will be automatically disabled. Of course, it's needless to say that such troublesome users should be reported right away.

This is a good idea!!

Originally posted by: DejaVu.

How can you reach 50 posts if you can't post anything?😕

They approve the posts. One by one. and when I mean post I meant as in TOPIC.

I have seen sometimes that a member is caught by admin, temp banned or something; then they cry and apologize and surprisingly they are allowed back within days! This should not be happening. Even if for some reason you believe the culprit should not be permanently banned (maybe it's not a big enough offense, maybe they are on old member with a clean record before that incident or something, I dunno) you should still let the temp ban stand for an appreciable amount of time (couple of months?) and when the ban is lifted, they should be put in a restricted usergroup where they will face many of the restrictions/moderated posting/etc mentioned above for some time. They need to earn the forum members' trust back. Don't go soft on them please.

A few days ago, Blue Ice was openly abused by an MID. It was disgusting. She even stopped posting in the forum after this, sadly.

Originally posted by: Kal El

I have seen sometimes that a member is caught by admin, temp banned or something; then they cry and apologize and surprisingly they are allowed back within days! This should not be happening. Even if for some reason you believe the culprit should not be permanently banned (maybe it's not a big enough offense, maybe they are on old member with a clean record before that incident or something, I dunno) you should still let the temp ban stand for an appreciable amount of time (couple of months?) and when the ban is lifted, they should be put in a restricted usergroup where they will face many of the restrictions/moderated posting/etc mentioned above for some time. They need to earn the forum members' trust back. Don't go soft on them please.

Originally posted by: DejaVu.

And 10 PMs per day is enough to stalk a person and torture them. So I guess it should be no PM for Newbies.

Originally posted by: shaktheback

No Somy.

Suppose I have taken a selfban and want my account back. I always have to make a new ID and PM and Global Mod to unban my profile. So if newbies are not allowed to send PM, how will I be able to communicate?

I suggested this some time back:

[quote=Kal El]
Rather than creating a new ID to get the old one back, why not simply do through email. You know like a "forgot your password" feature, there could be an option like "request to end self-ban" or something. You select it, confirm your email address (the one that's in your profile) and you will receive a confirmation link in your email. Click on it and voila! You're unbanned. [/quote]

Alternately, when a self-banned member tries to log in they could be shown a message like "You have been banned upon your own request. Do you wish to unban yourself?" If you click on "Yes" then you will be asked to confirm your email address, security question, etc and then a confirmation link would be sent to your email as I said above.



BTW a ban should be a ban in every sense. It shouldn't be possible for a banned member to still log in, like posts, etc.


I also came up with a suggestion to automate self-banning:

[quote=Kal El]Then there's no point calling anything a "temporary ban". It's just a ban until Bhai...err the GM says otherwise. I thought it was like some other forums I've been where it is possible to issue bans for specific periods for offenses that aren't big enough for permanent ban (sometimes it happens automatically when your WL reaches a certain point and the system bans you for N weeks or whatever).

For self-bans they should just add a self-ban option in the Dashboard and let members use it as they like (the unbanning would be done by email like I mentioned earlier). This would take some load off your shoulders. [/quote]