A question about unsolicited PMs

[LoyceV]

has anyone here ever got reported/banned for sending 'unsolicited' dm?

Yes.

[Delight Media]

We all have different purpose of being here in the forum but it's sure that whatever purpose it shouldn't go outside the may reason why this forum is created. Remember this forum connect the global world together and we can all share idea and thought regarding bitcoin and other altcoin relatives issues. So some one may decide to send unsolicited message to anybody is so sure can help him fix a problem instead of overloading this forum with problem that can be resolve with us.

[Cryptoflirt]

Unsolicited message shouldn't be an issues or problem to be handled by forum. Unsolicited message to me is a personal issues. This topic would have been considered important if the author would have plead the mod to include setting that may allowed or deny unsolicited message.

[Cryptojurnalist]

has anyone here ever got reported/banned for sending 'unsolicited' dm?

Yes.

Banning a users for sending unsolicited message seems not right to me because the users may have a pressing issues that needs to be address which the user may think it will get mod if send to the forum. And this users just feel the best is to PM someone. I think the mod needs to reconsider such users except being that the users is sending message that's against the forum use. For instance begging money or trying to convince someone of fakes goods.

[Pmalek]

This topic would have been considered important if the author would have plead the mod to include setting that may allowed or deny unsolicited message.

You mean you would like to have an option to disable all incoming private messages from all forum members? Something like: allow PMs, Yes or NO?! How else would the system/forum recognize if the PM is unsolicited or not?

The option to prevent newbies to PM you is enabled by default. I think that is sufficient. I have received all kind of PMs throughout the years, from links to "lifechanging projects that will make me rich , to merit begging and questions if I can lend someone a bit of money. I usually just ignore those.   

[lovesmayfamilis]

If there is anything I must like about this forum is for the fact that it connect people all over the world and it never segregate anyone. So for that reason i suggest unsolicited message should be welcome.

We all have different purpose of being here in the forum but it's sure that whatever purpose it shouldn't go outside the may reason why this forum is created. Remember this forum connect the global world together and we can all share idea and thought regarding bitcoin and other altcoin relatives issues. So some one may decide to send unsolicited message to anybody is so sure can help him fix a problem instead of overloading this forum with problem that can be resolve with us.

Why talk of forum upgrade when we quite fully know that the forum work efficiently without any traffic obstruction despite the large population of people that work here on daily basis. I urge we should think of something else that will benefits the forum than upgrade

I think the creators of this forum never made a mistake. They presume the future of it before launching it. I see no mistake or either an error. I suggest you study the operation of this forum because I feel you maybe finding it difficult because you're new in the platform. Soon you will get use to the forum.

I wonder what attracted the META theme lately, these two accounts?
Do you only own two accounts, or would you like to express your opinion on four more of your accounts?
Why can't you tell everything in one post?

[isaac_clarke22]

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Pretty sure Cryptoflirt and Cryptojurnalist are also alt of Delight Media/Delightcrypto1.
These four almost always seem to follow each other's reply.
They seem to even encourage "farming accounts" in the last image, which a no-no.






Cryptoflirt and Cryptojurnalist even have short gap based on their Registration Date.
I am pretty sure four of them are into farming accounts.

[hilariousandco]

Maybe it would be best to encourage people to just block users who PM them offers and only take action with bans if it's done en mass. I don't think people should be spamming users with offers but I also don't think someone should have to be worried about being banned just for sending one PM. It's really subjective to what is spam or not and I'm sure someone would be ok with a PM from me regrading certain things but not a Newbie etc. On at least one forum I've been on before they allow users to set a pre-message that is shown before you PM them and sometimes users have stated they don't want to receive unsolicited messages or offers about certain things and maybe that would be helpful here.

[Rikafip]

I wonder what attracted the META theme lately, these two accounts?
Do you only own two accounts, or would you like to express your opinion on four more of your accounts?
Why can't you tell everything in one post?

Worst of all, he goes around and bumps threads that were inactive for months (which I reported)  without adding anything new and just writing some generic crap. It that's some merit farming attempt, its pretty weak one.

Some short temporary ban should be issued for accounts like that one.

[Pmalek]

Maybe it would be best to encourage people to just block users who PM them offers and only take action with bans if it's done en mass. I don't think people should be spamming users with offers but I also don't think someone should have to be worried about being banned just for sending one PM.

Is that how you would personally handle such a case? If someone reports a user for sending him an unsolicited PM about working with him, would you ignore the report and maybe warn that individual that he got reported and shouldn't do it again? 

On at least one forum I've been on before they allow users to set a pre-message that is shown before you PM them and sometimes users have stated they don't want to receive unsolicited messages or offers about certain things and maybe that would be helpful here.

I have seen that on other forums as well, but I am not sure our current forum software supports such a feature. @theymos does it? Maybe it could be proposed as a feature when the new forum software gets rolled out. A notification stating a user is not interested in any offers could make the difference.