Starting now, we've disabled the chat feature for new members

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And the infamous Nigerians, answering every question with I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.

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I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.

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Me: I am tired
Nigerian: I can help with that! DM ME!

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Please make the “Buyer requests” category invisible for new or unverified users

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Same thing happening there?

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Yes
@SMM can confirm :laughing:

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Checking a few inboxes right now, you’re right.

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UGH that’s going to hurt, that category brings in traffic. I’m not sure what to do; I need to find an alternative way.

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You know what, I found some GEO-blocking plugins for our site, we may reverse on the chat ban and just outright ban a few countries.

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UPDATE:

We’re trying something new. We’ve re-enabled chat for newbies, but only for General chatrooms. However, new users cannot start 1-on-1 conversations unless they’re spoken to (via chat) first.

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Saw it coming a few weeks ago. I wonder what the % is for registered members and non registered members browsing the forum.

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Hard decisions. By blocking the entire chat, we cripple growth and hurt actual (honest) newbies. So let’s see how our recent change works.

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Good decision

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Touché

I hate them :slightly_smiling_face:‍:arrow_up_down:

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I would like to hear about @GOAT on this.

Please Goat

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Chatting is a privilege and should only be available for ID-verified users. Furthermore, users should not be able to send messages to anyone or post sales threads until they’re ID-verified.

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Good!

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thanks god

i get so much spamming i get overwhelmed

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Thankyou. They have solutions for everything but they do nothing lol

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Report everything you can, please. Once we isolate the individuals, we can have better solutions for blocking that group out.

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