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You get to reply to like 3 things in a day, im not even sure I did that many today after coming back to answer the couple threads I started last night.

 

Horribly restrictive to the point I didn't even get a chance to post the suggestions I had yesterday or today. Guess ill just read these and not bother trying to post/reply if I have to string it out over weeks just to reply and thank people for answering the couple posts I made.

 

Will just say thanks here i guess to all that replied to the 3 posts it allowed me to make.

 

                                  **Edit 11-23-2015  9pm Because I cant even post once**

This doesn't even stop the spam , just makes them send me private messages. Had this x3 in my private messages today when I came back to reply and cant even make one single post, What a fkin joke and waste of time signing up on this site has been!

 

 

Hello my dear,
My name is Success Samuel, is my pleasure to contact you after viewing your profile today, I am looking for a partner and relationship if you are interested write me back thanks i will be expecting your mail,
Your friend
Success
<[email protected]>

 

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Odd. I reply as much as I want. Never heard that restriction.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I've never heard of that restriction either, and I have certainly posted more than three times in a day, although not recently.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top


You get to reply to like 3 things in a day, im not even sure I did that many today after coming back to answer the couple threads I started last night.

Horribly restrictive to the point I didn't even get a chance to post the suggestions I had yesterday or today. Guess ill just read these and not bother trying to post/reply if I have to string it out over weeks just to reply and thank people for answering the couple posts I made...

 

OP is right. This is a great way to keep new members easier to moderate, but it doesn't really keep out determined troublemakers, who will just let the account sit until the restriction falls away automatically after 30 or 90 days.  Meanwhile the forum community loses out on feedback/input from new blood.  Can't you just slow the remaining posts for the day as a compromise? I.e. one per every 30 minutes after the first three or some such?  Otherwise new players who decided to engage with the communists may lose interest because of the rather draconian limits on their posting in the first month(s?).

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

This is a necessary restriction to prevent some of the spamming that has been occurring in the forums. They restrictions are temporary for new users.

 

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting jdblue82, reply 3

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You get to reply to like 3 things in a day, im not even sure I did that many today after coming back to answer the couple threads I started last night.

Horribly restrictive to the point I didn't even get a chance to post the suggestions I had yesterday or today. Guess ill just read these and not bother trying to post/reply if I have to string it out over weeks just to reply and thank people for answering the couple posts I made...



 

OP is right. This is a great way to keep new members easier to moderate, but it doesn't really keep out determined troublemakers, who will just let the account sit until the restriction falls away automatically after 30 or 90 days.  Meanwhile the forum community loses out on feedback/input from new blood.  Can't you just slow the remaining posts for the day as a compromise? I.e. one per every 30 minutes after the first three or some such?  Otherwise new players who decided to engage with the communists may lose interest because of the rather draconian limits on their posting in the first month(s?).

 

Well said. I called a buddy who owns this game to ask him if he had same problem. He said he did and (just like you pointed out) quit the forums on the second day because of it. After replying to the couple I can today, I am going to do the same thing myself. 3 is just too restrictive.

 

A better solution would be to check if people own a copy of the game in steam at least (or write a small program that does it for you) and not subject them to this. I wonder how many of the forum members would have kept coming back if they had experienced this when they first started their account with stardock.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I've experienced this kind of new user restrictions (and other types including a timer between individual posts) and it can be annoying at times but it hasn't ever been the reason I might not participate on a forum. 3 is the lowest I've seen though, that probably should be a touch higher.

You definitely shouldn't be caught out by the restriction though, which it sounds like you were.  If the system doesn't make it clear you have this restriction and how long it will last or how to progress pass it than that is something Stardock should sort out. 

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Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Hello my dear,My name is Success Samuel, is my pleasure to contact you after viewing your profile today, I am looking for a partner and relationship if you are interested write me back thanks i will be expecting your mail,Your friendSuccess

Got the same spam, getting the impression that this is a scam. Why doesn't SD take that acount down for good?

Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Maiden666, reply 7

Hello my dear,My name is Success Samuel, is my pleasure to contact you after viewing your profile today, I am looking for a partner and relationship if you are interested write me back thanks i will be expecting your mail,Your friendSuccess


Got the same spam, getting the impression that this is a scam. Why doesn't SD take that acount down for good?

Have you reported it?

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Maiden666, reply 7
Got the same spam, getting the impression that this is a scam. Why doesn't SD take that acount down for good?

I've got that one too. Sadly, I foolishly deleted the message before I even thought of reporting it.

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Private Messages are, as one might surmise, private. We can't know that there is spam going on there if nobody reports it, and this is the first I've ever seen someone do so. We'd need the userids to nuke them.

 

Reply #11 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Gaunathor, reply 9

I've got that one too. Sadly, I foolishly deleted the message before I even thought of reporting it.

Me too, but it's still in the trashcan.

Quoting Rhonin_the_wizard, reply 8

Have you reported it?

No, because my initial thoughts were someone playing a joke on me. But seeing that exact message now in the OP made my change my opinion.

the userID is this

https://forums.galciv3.com/user/6541690

Reply #12 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting kryo, reply 10

Private Messages are, as one might surmise, private. We can't know that there is spam going on there if nobody reports it, and this is the first I've ever seen someone do so. We'd need the userids to nuke them.

 

Jafo knows of it. Several others and I have reported it already. That one may have sent out a lot of people and the ones who are not as regular may just now be getting it.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

That user is already banned. Since those are PM's, we can't remove them from all accounts like the regular forums. Just need to delete.