Chain-mail or 'pass it on' PM messages are against the rules

[Tess]

We've had another round of chain-mail PMs going around in the past 48 hours, annoying a bunch of angry members who are sick of this spam in their inboxes.

If you get any weird messages from people which tell you to pass the message on to as many people as possible, report the person who sent it and do nothing else with it. Do not pass it on to anyone else.

Passing these messages on is against the rules. These messages are considered to be 'spam'. They are not a personal message, so there is no reason to send these things in private messages. It's not a private message, it's just copy-pasted nonsense which has nothing to do with the person you're sending it to. The recipients didn't ask for this kind of information and aren't expecting to receive it. It's a waste of time for them to open their mail expecting a private message and instead get a bunch of garbage about how if they don't pass it on then they're not a true friend or something bad will happen etc.

Some of the chain-mail being sent around contains fake stories designed to guilt or scare you into passing it on. They're just scary stories, not real, and nothing bad will happen if you don't send them on. In fact, if you send them on, you will receive a board warning, so it's better not to.

If you don't know what I'm talking about then you probably haven't received one anyway.

[DecafBunny]

Thanks for posting this <3

[Insurgent]

Thank you Tess, those messages are quite annoying! ^^

[list the unknown]

Thanks for this. I just received one early today! I think it was suppose to be funny but I didn't think it was

[KumyaKuma]

Thank you very much for this! I was quite annoyed as it took up some space in my inbox and I had to delete some things. I just wonder who started it and why...

[will.i.am-is-a-hotty]

it totally is against the rules

[Mardigraskit]

I'm so glad this was settled. Got the two that know of, saw a lot of others got them on the 'Things That Annoy You' thread today and yesterday.

[Kinchovi]

{{Thank you Tess (: I was wondering if these were against the rules. I have recieved quite a number. I think I'll report them now.}}

[broker]

Thank you Tess! Fortunately I never received one, or even knew users were doing this. ^^;

[no~body]

Thanks so much for informing us we can report for it! I haven't gotten any, but my friend on here told me over pm that they were annoyed and had gotten some ;3