FilmFan101 said:
What’s the proper procedure then for somebody like me who signed up in order to do that?
Wait 7 days.
Excellent.
Will there be a threshold before one-post-wonders can request?
Likewise send a PM?
Thank you.
New members can’t start new topics (including PMs) for the first 7 days. There are no restrictions on replying to existing topics.
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If you send repeated requests for password reset e-mails, activation e-mails, etc., you’re only extending the time it takes for those messages to get to you.
Yahoo and Hotmail are particularly strict for some reason, so we’re getting a lot of bouncebacks from them.
Avoid freemail accounts for the best experience.
Would love an invite! For some reason my PM’s don’t work here. Says “accounts younger than 7 days can’t send messages due to spam concerns” even though I’ve been a member for over a month now. I joined April 7th of 2025. Thanks!
Try logging out and back in again.
Hello, would it be possible to get an invite? i’m having the same problem as “sebastiansegura” My account was created 7 days ago and still is limited.
Join date: 19-May-2025
😃
I am also unable to pm, or “private topic” if that’s the term? I’ve been here more than seven days 😃
I see you’re in the Members group, so you should have PM privileges. Try logging out and back in again if you still can’t send PMs.
I found another bug that would cause a user’s permissions not to update correctly even after they’ve been moved to the Members group. I’ll have that corrected soon.
In the meantime, anyone who’s been here for 7 days (and that’s 7 days to the exact minute…sorry, that’s just how math works) and doesn’t have PM privileges should try logging out and back in, which should resolve the issue.
It’s come to my attention some of the ads might be of questionable content or taste. If you see anything you think isn’t appropriate, please take a screenshot and post it here (or send it to me via PM) and I’ll see what I can do about having it removed.
Nice one 👍
New members can now view and reply to PMs they receive from other members with the latest updates, actually. Only starting new topics/PMs is restricted for the first 7 days.
One more suggestion from me (honest!)…
❗ The correct way of… how to ask for a fan project …on the OriginalTrilogy•com ❗ - is pinned up in the Fan Edits and Projects for Other Properties section of the site.
Would it be worth me posting up 3 more threads like this in the 3 other ‘Fan Project’ sections of the site - in Star Wars Preservation, Star Wars Fan Edits and Other Projects, and Preservation of Other Properties sections, and having them pinned up?
They may be a little help / another step in trying to stem the flow of so many ‘link request’ posts from newer members - as well as something easy and simple others can point to in giving newer members a ‘heads-up’.
No worries if not - just spitballing ideas 😃.
Edit: or repost and pin this ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS: “Link begging” posts will be deleted without notice - in in the 4 ‘Fan Project’ sections of the site?
I don’t know if posting more links to threads people are already ignoring will help.
The link begging announcement is in the announcement section in each of the fan project discussions already, but I don’t expect people to read it there either. It’s really just a CYA thing so they can’t complain when they get warned/banned.
Along with the bug fixes for automatically moving users to the Members group after 7 days, I added some messaging to the account activation/confirmation page that directs users to About and Help for their review. I also added a bit to the Help page under the “Account help” section.
All of the automated suggestions and additional new member restrictions (like a 24-hour delay) are considerably more work and will impact all new members negatively; we need to balance spam control and UX.
The aforementioned bugs have been addressed, so anybody awaiting a pending upgrade should be upgraded automatically the next time they access the site. If not, try logging out and back in again.
The automatic migration should work for all new members from this point.
Sorry for the trouble.
I’ll consider some of these suggestions (a few have been discussed already).
In the meantime:
We’ve had an influx of new members signing up to request fan project links within project threads and then disappearing without participating further.
From now on, unless the owner of the project has explicitly instructed members to post requests for project links within their project thread, any link begging posts will be deleted without notice.
Yes, we know you can’t send PMs as a new member. That’s kind of the point. Think about it. However, you can read PMs sent to you by other members, so if they want to get in touch with you, they can.
Repeated violations of link begging will result in a ban.
I think we need some new rules around these hit-and-run accounts that sign up to request a link and are never heard from again.
It’s a bug (the code runs at the start of the user’s session, but there’s a hole in the logic that causes it not to run at login). Will post a fix in the next few days.
I see those of you I didn’t manually upgrade have transitioned to the Members group, so it worked as intended regardless.
oojason isn’t wrong though; joining a community as a new member, only posting link requests, and then expressing frustration and demanding support because you can’t get immediate satisfaction on a free forum is bad form.
I understand these restrictions are an inconvenience, but they’re in place for valid reasons—mostly spam prevention.
You also might consider signing up just to PM project owners and ask for links isn’t in the spirit of the community.
The restrictions are all sensible and justified (and welcome in the case of spam prevention) but I’m currently looking at my 9-day old account that still cannot access the PM that was sent to me last week (clicking on it brings me to a “FORBIDDEN” screen). Is there something else that needs to be checked off before that can happen? Clearly the 7-day unlock isn’t working correctly. I log-in manually daily so logout/login also doesn’t solve it. On my profile it still says I’m in the “new members” group so I guess users don’t currently migrate out of that group after 7 days automatically?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
You’ve been upgraded to full membership. I’ll take a look into this bug.
I understand these restrictions are an inconvenience, but they’re in place for valid reasons—mostly spam prevention.
You also might consider signing up just to PM project owners and ask for links isn’t in the spirit of the community.
Hello i cant access my DM, it says FORBIDDEN.
Also I can’t DM anyone it says To help prevent spam, new members aren’t allowed to start private topics for the first 7 days after signing up.
But my account has been created 1 month ago and I had DMs with a few people.
I resetted my password I think it created a bug in your system and it thinks my account is new.
Please help, thanks
You’re in the Members group, so you should have PM access. Try logging out and back in again.
I think I’ve identified a bug that might’ve caused this, so I’ll look into it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
New members have restricted permissions, partly to combat spam/bots…but other reasons also.
Do you know how long until the new member status gets removed? I sent someone a message and I went back to check it today and it just says “forbidden”. Once I lose the new member status I should be able to see any responses, right?
You’ll have full permissions 7 days after signing up.
New members have restricted permissions, partly to combat spam/bots…but other reasons also.
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/How-the-Original-Trilogy-Changed-Filmmaking-Forever/id/127285 - url ‘news’ spam
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Windows-10-and-impending-end-to-Win7/id/66503/page/1#1590792
Thank you sir.
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Amazing how the 4K disc manages to have less fine detail than the Blu-ray—and this is considered one of the better Cameron 4K discs.
I appreciate fan projects that use AI (tastefully) to squeeze the most out of an SD or HD source while remaining faithful to the original film, especially with the excellent results your projects have demonstrated, but selling a decade-old, AI-upscaled 2K master as 4K is fraud.
All these Cameron films are big-budget blockbusters and certainly justify new 4K masters. I know he’d still tinker with them because he wants all his movies to look like Avatar, but at least he’d be starting with a high-quality source.
I got an e-mail saying my automatic donation has been cancelled. I don’t mind that I’m saving a bit of money now, but is everything okay with the site? Do you guys no longer need donations?
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np, glad you figured it out 👍
I’ll try again, I remember when I did, the title was greyed out… 😉 Tx
Let me know if you encounter this again. It shouldn’t be greyed out as long as you’re the OP.