Back to collectionAt 13,000 Members, a Private Message Rule Becomes a Practical Guide
Background: The community had grown beyond 13,000 members, making anti-scam reminders more urgent. Today: The official account made the rule firm: it would never DM members, and support requests had to go through tickets; anyone deceived by a private message was responsible for the consequences. Impact and next steps: The rule became a setting members could act on instead of a warning alone, while the voice chat preserved space for conversation alongside the emphasis on self-protection.
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Background: The community had grown beyond 13,000 members, making anti-scam reminders more urgent. Night Watchman was a longtime member, not yet a node operator; he turned the familiar risk of private messages into instructions new members could follow easily.
Today: The official account made the rule firm: it would never DM members, and support requests had to go through tickets; anyone deceived by a private message was responsible for the consequences. Night Watchman then made a three-step graphic explaining how to turn off server member DMs and shared it in the group. The weekly community voice chat went ahead that evening as usual.
Impact and next steps: The rule became a setting members could act on instead of a warning alone, while the voice chat preserved space for conversation alongside the emphasis on self-protection. Making sure new arrivals actually saw and followed these steps still required ongoing reminders.