Requirements to enter chat has been changed

[Spider Lilies]

Confusingly enough there are 3 different things on here. DMs called "conversations", private chats with another member and a public chat room. This thread is about the last I think.

What is the difference between a dm and a pm here? Ime they usually a different term for the same thing? And thanks for explaining!

Public chat and private chat are under the same thing and so both are covered by the restriction described by the original post of this thread.

This makes sense they both would be restricted like this, thank you

 

[tzon]

What is the difference between a dm and a pm here? Ime they usually a different term for the same thing? And thanks for explaining!

I'm fairly sure DM (Direct Message) and PM (Private Message) are different terms for the same thing.

What confused me, and kind of still does is the difference between a Conversation and DMs. I've not sent or recieved any DMs while I've had one conversation with one user.
Am I right in what I think; Conversations can be a "group chat" where more than two users can participate, whereas DMs are private messages between two users only?

 

[Ihatemonday]

How do I even enter chat?

 

[cme-dme]

How do I even enter chat?

Post more and it will show up

 

[weeping<3willow]

i had access to chat and just lost it? idk y

edit: just got it back. weird

 

[Awesomefoid67]

it's been like years since this change and it has still lowkey killed chat i fear

 

[DaughterofUmbra]

I received some messages recently from members asking why they are unable to enter chat. We changed the requirements to enter chat to prevent trolls and alt-accounts from entering chats easily and pursuing malicious goals. Thanks for your understanding and I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused to all people who already had access to chat but I can assure that if you keep being active on the site, you'll gain access to chat again in no time. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message.

Sincerely,
RainAndSadness

I am new here. I was unaware of a chT feature. I think that is great! Where do we locate it on the site?

 

[judestfrancis]

I am new here. I was unaware of a chT feature. I think that is great! Where do we locate it on the site?

hey Umbra! after you post and interact a secret amount of times, itll show up for you :)