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[Beneddie1112]

Hey guys,

Anybody else think it is worth scrapping this rule? Pre-rule I hardly ever got spam messages and when I did it wasn't much trouble to delete them.

Also, having it in place means people rush to get to 10 posts, lowering the quality and potentially devaluing the forum, which is good for no one.

Finally, it is potentially losing business to some of the sellers on here when people come here looking to do business in private and not wishing to post their email, they may just go elsewhere, or revert to point 2.

Take care,
Ben

[geosamm]

I don't think anyone should be able to access members contact details until they have a number of posts.... because the spammers and scammers are rampant, had 3 yesterday. Newer members may be a little less street wise and fall.
I also think the forum in general could be opened up to much criticism if new [no post] members were scammed by other new [no post] members
Yes the rule can be easily circumvented but doing something is usually better than doing nothing in the eyes of the law.
Being able to check someones involvement in the forum is a small thing... but it leads to trust and a better business relationship... but as we all know it is not infallible and should never be relied upon as a sole indicator of honesty or trustworthiness.

[hardwareheroes]

I like it the way it is too

[boyscrapper]

I agree, if the 10 post rule was removed you would get an awful lot more spam, and the inexperienced members who had just joined aswell would be more vulnerable!

[iBuy]

My avatar is my old email address and I'm getting around 15 ad's a day on MSN. I only leave it on as I cba to make a new one!

But the same applies, if we were to open up the forum to new people straight off, spamming would be a lot worse!

[Beneddie1112]

Well I was here before this rule was implemented and don't remember getting much spam at all, providing you take the right precautions with email addresses etc, you should be fine.

[Anthony]

I hate to say it Ben but this is a suggestion that I simply cannot endorse.

It is for the greater good of the community that we limit the slightly enhanced features of this forum to those who contribute a small amount in return. In addition to this, by having this rule in place generally we stop the one time members who come here just to spam and leave. Forum post spam we can remove and ban the offending member, private messages are a totally different ball game and we have no direct control over them.

We are actually considering raising the minimum limit of posts to secure private messaging privileges. Either that or we may increase the length of time a member must be registered combined with the current setup. This is to counteract the issue of post spam and ensure people are here for the right reasons and not to abuse our members or indeed our user agreement.

You mentioned that potential advertisers may be missing out on custom - As long as they have provided an email address or their website is listed within a thread, any browsing individual can pick this up. However, as far as possible we are trying to convert as many browsers into actual members, once again to benefit the whole community.

As always, I appreciate your suggestion never the less and hope my comments have gone some way to explaining my reasons for passing up on this one. Please let me know if that isn't the case.

Thanks.

[Beneddie1112]

Sure Anthony, understand that it is here to stay .