PM'ing ...Do I have to earn the right to PM somebody ?

tnx · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:41

Hi all...

Not been here very long but enjoying myself.

I have a question though. Earlier I was going to PM somebdoy but noticed I couldn't.
Is this not an option round these parts or do I have to earn the privelege ?

Cheers..

Mr_White · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:41

You can if you pay for gold membership.

Sgt Tackleberry · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:42

It's called trust!.

andy_mk3 · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:43

The PM system is disabled on this forum. You need to click on 'Trust' below your post to activate it, then you can open another user's Trust to send them a message via e-mail.

I guess it keeps private communications off the forum, it's one big thing less to moderate.

craptakular · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:44

Why are PM's disabled when "Trust" is the same.

m4cc45 · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:45

Trust isn't the same - trust just emails the person. PM's take up storage on the server waiting for people to log in and read them and when you've got hundreds of thousands of users it takes a lot of resources and slows the forums down.

M.

yhack · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:46

Oxy said:
Why are PM's disabled when "Trust" is the same.

PMs would probably have to be checked by mods, have higher server costs and the forum would have to be changed, which is illegal or something.

Nitefly · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:47

Mr_White said:
You can if you pay for gold membership.

Or become part of the mod team.

tnx · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:48

Mr_White said:
You can if you pay for gold membership.

Good job I was sat down when I read that...

Kol · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:48

yhack said:
PMs would probably have to be checked by mods, have higher server costs and the forum would have to be changed, which is illegal or something.

It's a feature provided as standard in vbulletin but is disabled by OCUK. It would not be 'illegal' for them to re enable it.

Crowort · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:50

Kol said:
It's a feature provided as standard in vbulletin but is disabled by OCUK. It would not be 'illegal' for them to re enable it.

Think he was joking about how the forum never changes for anything.

yhack · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:51

Kol said:
It's a feature provided as standard in vbulletin but is disabled by OCUK. It would not be 'illegal' for them to re enable it.

It's actually illegal for any changes to be made to the OcUK forum, that's why nothing gets added

tnx · 1 Jan 2013 at 21:51

Sgt Tackleberry said:
It's called trust!.

Ok..I see.

I just tested it out..Hope you dont mind...

Sgt Tackleberry · 1 Jan 2013 at 22:03

tnx said:
Ok..I see.

I just tested it out..Hope you dont mind...

It worked.

Kol · 1 Jan 2013 at 22:07

Crowort said:
Think he was joking about how the forum never changes for anything.

yhack said:
It's actually illegal for any changes to be made to the OcUK forum, that's why nothing gets added

Damnit. It's been a long day.

tnx · 1 Jan 2013 at 22:20

Sgt Tackleberry said:
It worked.

It does work....

Never come accross this method before. Bit querky maybe but as long as it works..