Feedback and suggestions

I am a social person so I like to talk to others. but sadly this site limits the amount of messages you can send so that mid conversation you can't reply anymore. this can make others think your rude or ignoring them. a better option would be to limit the amount of different people that can be talked to. this would make the site way better.
but the way it is now makes me want to leave this site and go back to feabie

It would be nice if DMs functioned the same way as chat.

Here's an in-between suggestion that might not be better than the status quo or what's been described above:

Maintain the current message limit, but sending someone a message gives them a free reply to you (and vice versa). This way a conversation that's gotten going between two people can keep going as long as they want, but no one side can start spamming or dominating the exchange.

The messages limits work as follows:

There are no limits on the amount of messages you send. You can send as many replies or first messages to anyone on the site with no limits.

You have 5 message views per rolling 24hours.

Message views relate to the user and not an individual message. For example 5 replies from the same member would only count as 1 message view not 5... This is to allow users to get to know each other on the site and have back and forth conversations.

If you have been speaking with someone over a couple of days, the 24hour message view limit will reset at some point. SO further messages past 24hours will take up another view.

Please note you can keep track at the top of the message page how many views you have remaining and when they will be reset.

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We can certainly consider changing the message function, but limits would still need to be in place for regular members. If you have any suggestions about how you think the message system could / should work then do let us know and we can review this.

Thank you for your feedback.

c00kie
FF Team

After making my post I realized that I hadn't a good understanding about what the basic account limits actually were; it seems like the OP request is pretty much already de facto, no? That's exciting. Thanks for the reply c00kie!

Yes you're right. The way it's currently set up means that the limits refer to amount of users, not individual messages.

Glad to help!