Mass Messaging on the TNP Forums

Hiya,

So I was sending out private messages to Unity Party members on the TNP Forums. While doing so, I noticed that it is not possible for me to send a private message to multiple people at the same time for some reason.

Is there a reason that this is happening? Or is this a technical matter that wasn't deemed important to work on? I would just like to know, because it would be easier sending one message to multiple people at once, rather than having to send a message multiple times.

It's been on the back burner for a while. Thanks for reminding me, I'll look into it again sometime in the next few days.

Eluvatar:

It's been on the back burner for a while. Thanks for reminding me, I'll look into it again sometime in the next few days.

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Thanks Elu for the rapid reply and thanks for looking into it!

Can I request that this ability be restricted to certain groups?
Admins, global moderators, great.

Random "vote for me" spam? No thank you. Quite frankly I have no desire to receive any election mass messages aside from announcing they are starting.

Former English Colony:

Can I request that this ability be restricted to certain groups?
Admins, global moderators, great.

Random "vote for me" spam? No thank you. Quite frankly I have no desire to receive any election mass messages aside from announcing they are starting.

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Restricting it would defeat the whole purpose of why I brought it up. When I need to send a PM to a group of people in the same RP or the members of a party, I don't want to have to sit there and type in one username after another. I would rather copy and paste a list, and send one PM at a single time. I understand your concern about the possible spam, but by restricting it to the top, that doesn't help those who also need to use it.

I sympathize with your rationale and I have a suggestion. Perhaps we should have a thread that allows us to report spam messages and make rules limiting the usage of mass messaging to prevent spam.

There's a "report" button whenever you receive a PM. A Reporting thread would be inadvisable.

Eluvatar:

There's a "report" button whenever you receive a PM. A Reporting thread would be inadvisable.

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Oh well um... I totally remembered that...

I see no reason for mass messaging to be restricted for the regular folk, right?

You just simply need to set rules on mass PM's. For example, only members of parties and moderation can use it. Not people running for office looking for your vote.

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What's wrong with typing all of our names? Why make it easy?