MEMBERS helping MEMBERS: General Help and Assistance Thread

[LoneStar1836]

Someone of you might know the answer to this very unimportant question.

Has the PM character limit always been 2000? Is it the same for every poster (i.e. does it depend on the post count level, like the maximum number of PMs you can have at one point does)?

I can't remember ever surpassing the character limit except for today...

I'm pretty sure it is the same for everyone and it's been that way for a while. The only difference between post count levels is the number of PMs that you can store.

I hate the 2000 character limit. I can almost never get my PMs to be under the limit and have to go back and edit to get it smaller or just end up sending it in two PMs. I wished they'd increase it.


From the "Ask the Mods" thread.

Yo mods! Is there anyway to see my past rep comments?

There is a way to see past reps that are no longer shown.

I did this back when reps were made no longer anonymous. You can put users on ignore and the system will ignore their reps and thus cause other rep messages to appear. You have to fiddle around with it by putting different people on ignore and then taking them off again to get it to show most if not all past reps depending on how many you have. I guess it's possible to have so many reps from one user that you could never go back and see all the reps that particular person gave you because the system is set to only shows so many reps at a time.

[Pharaoh Atem]

maximum of 2000 characters

well your just writing a pm not a book i wouldn't think it would need to be a long drawn out thing.

[Ronja]

well your just writing a pm not a book i wouldn't think it would need to be a long drawn out thing.

2000 characters is not a lot at all. Especially when you quote the person u are replying too. It's really annoying when you have to delete some of their text to make room for your own... and sometimes not even that helps.

There is a way to see past reps that are no longer shown.

I did this back when reps were made no longer anonymous. You can put users on ignore and the system will ignore their reps and thus cause other rep messages to appear. You have to fiddle around with it by putting different people on ignore and then taking them off again to get it to show most if not all past reps depending on how many you have. I guess it's possible to have so many reps from one user that you could never go back and see all the reps that particular person gave you because the system is set to only shows so many reps at a time.

Thank you! I had no idea you could do that... interesting must try it

[AdrianneP]

2000 characters is not a lot at all. Especially when you quote the person u are replying too. It's really annoying when you have to delete some of their text to make room for your own... and sometimes not even that helps.

Agreed! But I don't talk too much.

Adrianne

[sg-daniel]

i have a question, is there a thread for people who have msn problems? because i have a question about that and i don't know where to post it.
thanks

[Pharaoh Atem]

i have a question, is there a thread for people who have msn problems? because i have a question about that and i don't know where to post it.
thanks

just go make a thread it's easier

[AdrianneP]

just go make a thread it's easier

Terrible advice!

You could do a search on "msn problems" and see what comes up. Or you could just ask your question here.

Don't just go starting a thread all willy-nilly.

Adrianne

[Pharaoh Atem]

Terrible advice!

You could do a search on "msn problems" and see what comes up. Or you could just ask your question here.

Don't just go starting a thread all willy-nilly.

Adrianne

oh ya like MSN is something everyone talks about on STARGATE forum

[AdrianneP]

oh ya like MSN is something everyone talks about on STARGATE forum

Excuse me, people ask advice on picture size and how to make movies here, surely he can ask his MSN question here. People do use MSN to discuss Stargate or anything else privately with friends they meet here.

Adrianne

[Missster.Freeman]

well your just writing a pm not a book i wouldn't think it would need to be a long drawn out thing.

I just noticed this. Are you addressing me or people in general? Sorry but, a private message is exactly that - PRIVATE. It's up to me how much or how little text I put in a private message. If it's a long and drawn out thing to you; well fine that's your prerogative. I'm certainly not going to tell someone how many characters they should write in their PM.

2000 characters is not a lot at all. Especially when you quote the person u are replying too. It's really annoying when you have to delete some of their text to make room for your own... and sometimes not even that helps.

Exactly Ronja. 2000 characters is not that much. I only used as much characters as was necessary to reply and it just so happened that the message hit the maximum limit.

[Pharaoh Atem]

I'm certainly not going to tell someone how many characters they should write in their PM.

Darren did by setting it to 2000

[Alipeeps]

I just noticed this. Are you addressing me or people in general? Sorry but, a private message is exactly that - PRIVATE. It's up to me how much or how little text I put in a private message. If it's a long and drawn out thing to you; well fine that's your prerogative. I'm certainly not going to tell someone how many characters they should write in their PM.

Exactly Ronja. 2000 characters is not that much. I only used as much characters as was necessary to reply and it just so happened that the message hit the maximum limit.

I think the point trying to be made was that PMs are simply not designed as a system for having big, long, detailed conversations - email or, I guess, something like MSN Messenger is far better suited to that purpose - so if you want to be having those kind of discussions then perhaps PM is not the best mode to use. I assume, from Darren's point of view, that the word limit - like the maximum inbox limit - is there for practical reasons to do with memory and storage space.

[aintright]

I just noticed this. Are you addressing me or people in general? Sorry but, a private message is exactly that - PRIVATE. It's up to me how much or how little text I put in a private message. If it's a long and drawn out thing to you; well fine that's your prerogative. I'm certainly not going to tell someone how many characters they should write in their PM.

Exactly Ronja. 2000 characters is not that much. I only used as much characters as was necessary to reply and it just so happened that the message hit the maximum limit.

sooo agreed ... it drives me absolutely nuts ... and if i want to write a book to someone ... it is up to them whether they want to read it or toss it or respond to it .... and the quoting thing is true ... deleting can change or lose the context ... and if you haven't repsonded immediately you can lose the whole thought process ...

i find the limit very frustrating

teehee!!

[Pitry]

sooo agreed ... it drives me absolutely nuts ... and if i want to write a book to someone ... it is up to them whether they want to read it or toss it or respond to it .... and the quoting thing is true ... deleting can change or lose the context ... and if you haven't repsonded immediately you can lose the whole thought process ...

i find the limit very frustrating

teehee!!

Well, it does give you a worthy challenge - how to edit your PM without losing meaning.
Much like hitting the 12,000 characters limit for regular posts.

*innocent*

[sg-daniel]

Terrible advice!

You could do a search on "msn problems" and see what comes up. Or you could just ask your question here.

Don't just go starting a thread all willy-nilly.

Adrianne

indeed, i don't want open a thread just because i have one question, because i really don't like the people who open a thread for everything. thats why i searched the forum already for "msn problems", but that didn't work. i thought maybe you people know a thread that wasnt in the search.