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How to start a private conversation with another user

  1. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    Simon Hampel, 21st Mar, 2017
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  2. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Hi Simon can the PM feature be turned off?
     
    Terry_w, 21st Mar, 2017
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  3. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    That's a good question - I'll add it to the FAQ.

    In short: yes - go here https://www.propertychat.com.au/community/account/privacy

    Down the bottom, uncheck the "Start conversations with you" to disable it completely, or change the dropdown to say "people you follow only" to limit conversations to people who you yourself have followed and then update your list of people you follow to only contain those people you are happy to receive private conversations from.

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    Simon Hampel, 21st Mar, 2017
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  5. MelbRenos

    MelbRenos New Member

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    Hi Simon, I just signed up and trying to PM people but can't see the option anywhere?
    Have screenshotted your page as an example (appreciate you may have PM's turned off however)
     

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    MelbRenos, 16th Jan, 2022
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  6. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    As an anti-spam measure, new members cannot send PMs until they have been around a while and posted enough for us to validate their authenticity.
     
    Simon Hampel, 16th Jan, 2022
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  7. MelbRenos

    MelbRenos New Member

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    Thank you Simon, appreciate the response :)
     
    MelbRenos, 17th Jan, 2022
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  8. protik

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    Hi Simon, what's the criteria on duration of membership and quantity of messages to validate authenticity of a user? Just needed to PM a member but the conversation button seemed to have disappeared thanks
     
    protik, 26th Jan, 2022
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  9. The Y-man

    The Y-man Moderator Staff Member

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    You can ask on the thread concerned for the member to PM you if they wish to. You will be able to reply.


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    The Y-man, 26th Jan, 2022
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  10. Patel

    Patel Active Member

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    Hi Simon, How long does it normally take to validate authenticity? I recently joined and like to PM someone. thanks
     
    Patel, 7th Feb, 2022
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  11. Paul@PAS

    Paul@PAS Tax, Accounting + SMSF + All things Property Tax Business Plus Member

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    I recall some minimum number of posts applied. Its to stop one off registration to spam members

    See Simons post concerning this above
     
    Paul@PAS, 8th Feb, 2022
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  12. RVD

    RVD New Member

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    Hi all, I have also recently joined and would like to PM others. Can anyone advice the duration of time required for new members before the PM option becomes available? Thanks.
     
    RVD, 17th Oct, 2022
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  13. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    it's a few weeks and requires more posts as well, but you can bypass the restrictions by upgrading your account to premium membership - https://www.propertychat.com.au/community/account/upgrades
     
    Simon Hampel, 17th Oct, 2022
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