Unable to reply to PMs until I Post 10 times is ... annoying

[Retsef]

No problems with being the first to send, but replying? cmon!

So anyway, here comes some blat posts to make up for that.

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Now post 5

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Oh god, this isnt going to work is it.

[Belloc]

Editing a post isn't making a new post. Check the various threads for a topic that you're interested in and post in them.

[rayvio]

it does seem a bit over the top but it's possible that the forums administration tools don't allow for separate settings for sending an unsolicited PM and replying to one

[Wildtree]

The 10 post limit is awesome. Possibly should be increased even....
Spam bots cannot abuse the PM function that way. And I am pretty sure that's the main reason, to prevent spam...

[Doomchicken]

Probably trying to reply to that crouching tiger hidden PM that I sent him

[Tziva]

It should be pretty easy to find 10 threads between the WoW forums and the Off Topic forums to share your opinions on.

The limitation is annoying but it's there for a reason. We really don't want spambots sending out PMs to our users with advertisements or malware. It's annoying enough when they do it on the boards, but at least we can see those to catch.

[Retsef]

Yeah I did go and hit 10 threads, but it was forced.

Also, the edit catches a reply you make when you were the last poster and appends it.

I 100% agree with sending PMs and having less than 10 posts - sure.
Replying to a sent PM is all I wanted to be able to do.

[Lochton]

Though, we rather wish to see constructive posting instead of upping post count with non-constructive commenting or junk. Normally easily solved by just finding a few threads looking interesting, and just join in.

As Tziva pointed out, there many places in the forums where a little comment can easily turn your number up.

As well, it is a small defense against spambots going around and so on.

[Tziva]

I 100% agree with sending PMs and having less than 10 posts - sure.
Replying to a sent PM is all I wanted to be able to do.

I understand, but I don't think the system can differenciate between a PM that is a reply and a PM that is new. It is all the same function; one just has a quote in it.