Maximum Users per conversation thread

Help Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by jisom123, Sep 13, 2012.

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  1. jisom123

    jisom123 Initiate (0) Aug 21, 2008 Indiana

    Is there a max? I can't find the "add participant" button any longer. We have about 24 participants. Thanks.
     
    #1 jisom123, Sep 13, 2012
  2. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    25 is the current max.
     
    #2 Todd, Sep 13, 2012
  3. jisom123

    jisom123 Initiate (0) Aug 21, 2008 Indiana

    Is there a way to remove ex-participants? We have 5 in the list. Thanks.
     
    #3 jisom123, Sep 13, 2012
  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Yes. I just enabled it. The conversation owner can now mouseover the avatars of participants and "kick" them from the conversation.
     
    #4 Todd, Sep 13, 2012
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  5. Rempo

    Rempo Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2010 Indiana

    It seems as though you can 'kick' everyone except the people who have left permanently (and yourself). We'll see if jisom has the same problem.
     
    #5 Rempo, Sep 13, 2012
  6. Rempo

    Rempo Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2010 Indiana

    If you look at the web address for kicking people, you can figure out how to kick the ex-participants.

    Edit: But when trying to add new people, you may run into a problem (the kicked users are still in the list):

     
    #6 Rempo, Sep 13, 2012
  7. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    Has anyone found a solution for this? Is there a way to completely remove someone from the conversation so that a new person can take their place?

    Any possibility to raise the limit on maximum participants?
     
    #7 kscaldef, Jan 4, 2013
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  8. dvelcich

    dvelcich Zealot (646) Feb 6, 2008 Illinois
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    I've been preaching this for years. It would be awesome for organizing tastings, big BIFs, and generally keeping in touch with the friends you've made here. They always worry about spammers, but if they upped it to 50, I can't imagine that would be the thing that would invite them to start coming here.
     
    #8 dvelcich, Jan 4, 2013
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  9. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    It appears to be a known issue (for some) with the software, but necessarily viewed as a bug. No solution at this time.
    Not at this time, nor would this ultimately solve the issue.
     
    #9 Todd, Jan 4, 2013
  10. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    We're not worried about your typical spammer. It's people in the industry who have abused this in the past.
     
    #10 Todd, Jan 4, 2013
  11. RyanMM

    RyanMM Crusader (403) Mar 12, 2009 Michigan

    Some friends and I are running into problems with the private messaging system because of the 25 person limit on people participating in the conversation.

    It would be really helpful if that limit could be doubled or perhaps removed entirely.

    The setting is under User Group settings, "Maximum conversation recipients."

    Thanks!
     
    #11 RyanMM, Jan 6, 2013
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  12. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Yeah, I think we know where the settings are. :wink: We've just opted to not raise them.

    (Merged your thread into this one.)
     
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  13. RyanMM

    RyanMM Crusader (403) Mar 12, 2009 Michigan

    Thanks, I missed this the first time around. Glad we're not the only ones running into this issue.

    I know you're worried about abuse and increased moderation needs, but what would be the harm in upping it for a trial period and seeing how it works out? It can always be reverted if there are reports of abuse.
     
    #13 RyanMM, Jan 6, 2013
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  14. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    We've been there before and had to deal with the abuse.
     
    #14 Todd, Jan 6, 2013
  15. Retail1LO

    Retail1LO Initiate (0) May 4, 2011 Pennsylvania

    Moderation? Why on earth would private conversations need to be moderated?
     
    #15 Retail1LO, Jan 6, 2013
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  16. GeddyLeeRocks

    GeddyLeeRocks Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Because of jerks like me!:wink:
     
    #16 GeddyLeeRocks, Jan 6, 2013
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  17. dvelcich

    dvelcich Zealot (646) Feb 6, 2008 Illinois
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    Can I ask when? I've been here for five years, and it's always been a 25 person limit as far as I can remember. I'm only asking because the trial period seems like a completely reasonable request, especially with the new web design going on. This is the perfect time to experiment with things like that before the change over to the new format.
     
    #17 dvelcich, Jan 6, 2013
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  18. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    It was a while back. People started reporting stores/bars for spamming groups of regional users with specials and whatnot.

    I guess we could give it a try ...
     
    #18 Todd, Jan 6, 2013
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  19. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Sometimes people receive spam or abusive messages. They report it. Not overly shocking as it eventually happens on every site that has a PM system.
     
    #19 Todd, Jan 6, 2013
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  20. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    We have Facebook for that now, right? :wink:
     
    #20 kscaldef, Jan 6, 2013
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