wrote on Aug 20^th, 2008 at 9:21pm:

If they have such a daft rule as 100 posts then so be it, you must go with  the rules even if you think its daft, Not far off now!!

Why the huge desire for PM's? Do people want to get there so they can start pm'ing every member with spam?  What's the big deal? If you have something to say then why not post it - that way everyone has the oportunity to rip it to shreds (mentioning no specific names!)

PM's were changed for several reasons;
1. Promote more posting on the forum to keep it interesting and fresh
2. Stop unsolicited traffic from people who joined simply to be able to send unsolicited messages
3. Stop the forum being reduced to a private 'email' system (which is effectively what pm's are), which serves no purpose