/operate/ - 8chan Operation & Discussion

Intra-board communication between board staff via PMs works.

I'm not sure about PMing globals. I do not recall ever interacting with them via PMs. They should have a more abilities than regular board owners and volunteers for PMs. Someone else might be able to confirm.

PMs between board owners and volunteers from separate boards used to be a thing, but was disabled by HW due to abuse.

PM functionality was drastically limited because of swami harassing people I think. That was a stupid reactionary move and it should be reversed. Ideally it should be possible to block an individual or have the ability to opt out of PMs.

As it is, the feature is useless for most people.

>>47516

Swami's name rings a bell. I kinda remember there was a connection when the inter-board PM functionality was disabled. I suspect there was more to it, and someone better versed in the history might be able to detail it in depth. Personally, I don't care.

Besides inter-board shenanigans, the PM system was a convenient means of communication between board staff members. My later experience was that it became painfully glitchy to the point of being unusable during the Next transition circus. We (not /operate/ – different board) stopped using it and moved to an off site communication system, and never used the PM system again. I suspect many other boards did the same, or never used the PM system at all from the get go.

>>47516

>>47519

Yep, swami spammed one of the /v/ mods with PMs, so instead of just banning her from PMs or adding a captcha, they were disabled for everyone for contacting anyone outside your board.

Idk why half the moves taken want to decrease communication between the globals and users but whatevs. No one listens…