IBgkim

Our policy doesn't allow us to lift the limit for FT members. You would have to post more past the limit. However, if the moderators sense a posting run, they can suspend the account, so make sure your posts are relevant to the topics.

Hope this was helpful!

JDiver

Some of the troubles we've seen are non-bot people who sign up and then PM members to spam or scam them. They often make a few token posts ("Well said! Thanks for that" types) and start PMing. We then hear from members who are upset someone is intruding. So there's an attempt to establish a slowdown mode initially, but unfortunately it also affects "the good guys".

Yeah, we wish they'd stay away too.

JDiver
Senior Moderator

TheCapitan

"You have exceeded the maximum number of private messages per day. This limit is removed after you become an established community member. Please contact an administrator if you feel this is in error."

I've sent 5 PMs today and now I'm not allowed to send any more?
Is this an error?

SanDiego1K

No, it's policy. We know most folks who sign up are legitimate and should have the right to send PMs. And then there is the occasional person who signs up and immediately sends beautiful Russian girl or Nigerian financial opportunity PMs. Really, you can't imagine how livid the folks are from whom I hear about getting such messages. Allowing 5 messages a day allow those who are legitimate to get some messages out while putting breaks on spammers. Post a few more times and you'll be able to send all that you like.

Welcome to FlyerTalk. We hope you stick around, learn and share, and send and receive many PMs.

Carol/SanDiego1K
Community Director

TheCapitan

Hi Carol

I just saw the post 4 down from mine and read it - no problem.
Look forward to contrbuting where I can and promise not to tell anyone I'm a prince who needs help liquidating US$14b for a small admin fee

jazzfeline

Hi - I'm having the same problem ("You have exceeded the maximum number of private messages per day"). I used "Contact Us" to report the problem (about 12 hours ago maybe) but haven't heard reply, so trying here.

When does the "day" restart? (E.g. midnight GMT? Midnight in my mime zone? 24 hours after limit was initially exceeded?)

Does PMing to 5 people at once count towards the daily limit as 1 or 5?

Does re-attempting te PM before the "day" has expired reset the start of the day (meaning I have to wait up to 24 hours since my last failed send)?

Can you bump up my limit a bit? I'm not a frequent poster, and not a spammer, but my PMs will likely come in small infrequent mini-bursts.

Thanks
Steve

IBgkim

Hello Steve,

I have responded to your inquiry via email. Hope it receives you well! Please let me know if you have further questions.

-Grace

cincofone

As a long-time lurker but a new member, this is agonizing.. (ironically, I joined so I could PM folks without cluttering up threads)

I just got a message that I can't post either without the post being reviewed by a moderator.

I can understand needing to stop spambots but there has to be a better way..

How about limiting the number of PMs only if they don't generate a reply? In other words, every PM you send counts against your "new user limit", while PMs you receive back from established users subtract from that count (without letting it go negative). That would at least allow private conversations to take place without forcing participation in a bunch of different threads first..

tom911

Seems like the easy workaround here is to contribute to the public forums and let the PM increase fall into place on its own. I just don't buy into the "PM folks without cluttering up threads" argument. Clutter them up as much as you want as long as you're on topic.

Did the post you made include a link? Often those will be held for new members until a moderator can review them.

Mary2e

I agree with Tom. Sending PMs rather than posting sounds to me like asking for information or sharing it with a select few to keep it off the boards.

tom911

Are you looking for these additional PMs so you can do more Southwest credit card referrals? I see you have two posts in that forum, of your three, asking for PMs. Or, do you need them for some other reason?

cincofone

Currently, yes that's my main motivation. I now have several PMs asking me for referrals.

I'd be happy to share them (which benefits other FTers as well as myself, because I don't believe there's currently any other way to apply for the CC in question other than through a referral). But I don't want to post the referral information publicly because only the first few people to try to use them would qualify as there are a limited number of referrals that I can make.

However, I now can't respond to the incoming PMs I have because I've already used up all my outgoing PMs in the last 24 hour period.

So I'm trying to read various threads and contribute useful information to them to get my post count up.. I'm just saying that it's kind of tedious to go through this forced participation just so I can respond to PMs.

cincofone

There are legitimate reasons for PMs. See my post above.

I've benefitted from reading FT over the years and I'd like to give something back. Participation is what makes this site work.

I can see how reaching a minimum post count doesn't seem like a big deal for someone with 27,000 posts. As a new user, though, and as someone who values quality over quantity, it's a disincentive to keep participating.

Lucky for you guys I'm persistent

Mary2e

FWIW - asking for PMs and lurking for years isn't participating, IMHO.

cincofone

Ouch. Guess not. I suppose "once a lurker, always a lurker"?

I would disagree with you, though- that reading is not participating.

Let's say I had some information of value. Having read a related thread, I might then decide to sign up and (try to) share that information with others.

Whereas someone else with that same valuable information who has never heard of, visited, or read FT clearly cannot decide to contribute.

It's like saying unless you were a teacher, you never 'participated' in school.