I note that one member has complained in posts about receiving "nasty" PMs. I would have thought that sending trackable offensive internal mail was a good way of getting yourself booted off the forum. Anyone else had a problem with this kind of thing.
Yes, it's against forum rules. And it could lead to instant ban without warnings or infractions. In fact some additional things that currently belong to "Unwritten rules" category will be added to Forum Rules, including PM abuse violation.
If you know the person sending you the PM is hateful/annoying, then why open it? I don't open all the junk mail I get at home. It goes straight to the garbage. Doesn't PM stand for Private Message? When does it become micro-management?
You are talking from experience now! Why be annoying then and just stop sending them pms.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Private Message: you're right, I'm sorry.. Orleander boldly going nowhere (4,203 posts) Today, 12:14 PM that you have no self control. Seriously! Quit opening these! :roflmao:
I thought I had. Miss them that much?? I mean, the date on it says 'today' but that is incorrect. How long ago was that? And as you can plainly see, I start it by saying YOU'RE RIGHT and I'M SORRY.
i have had a few nasty pm's but the way i look at is, if they are picking on me they are leaving some other poor basterd alone! anyway like my friend said to me a while ago "i am such a nice person, that if anyone has got a problem with me, then its they're problem"
No one has ever sent me a nasty PM. I have never sent a nasty PM. I'm just too boring for any of that I suppose. If it is a problem, it isn't one that effects me.
You're going to write down the Unwritten Rules?? That's sacriledge. And you can't do it in the War Room.
yeah, next thing you know there is a rule against being a cunt! imagine that. Half the people will be banned.
Dear spuriousmonkey, *************************8***************************** You have received an infraction for: Being a Cunt. This is against the Unwritted Sciforums Rules which Plazma is writing down, making them the Written Sciforums rules. This infraction is worth two points to your total Douchebag score. Serious infractions - like being a Cunt or Douchebag - never expire, because you never stop being one. ****************************************************** Your friend, SciForums
OK, us ADULTS get told to take it to PM to argue things out because not only can it derail threads, but it is in front of everyone (some of whom are children) So we do. Now we may be punished for a PM that is not in front of anyone, is not in front of kids, and is where we were told to take it in the first place. If someone is gonna get in trouble for a PM, why take it there in the first place? Why not say it all in a thread? How much babysitting to Mods really want to do? They already have to deal with 'you wrote me up, but you didn't write him up, you're so mean' Now its gonna be "Mom! He's picking on me! He stuck his tongue out on me. He called me a name where no one else heard it" If you want more rules, then ok. But more rules mean more whining.