If you recently signed up here you will likely have to wait 7 days before you can either send or receive a PM…
The content I’ve encountered on this site is impressive, and I think it could be even more engaging if a grace period for “May the 4th” were included.
You mean the 25th May, yes? The actual Star Wars Day. 😉
Unfortunately, it would seem the spammers, spambots, AI, and other reasons… would likely take advantage of such a grace period, yes?
New members have restricted permissions, partly to combat spam/bots…but other reasons also.
So new members having to wait 7 days before being able to send / receive PMs (and using that time to get to know how the site works - and doesn’t, the site and fan project rules etc, how to ask for a fan project - before making unnecessary and disruptive ‘link request’ posts, and joining in the conversations and the community here) is a good thing - if a little inconvenient for newer members.
The Feedback Forum and General Assistance sections of the site may be of interest for more information, queries, and suggestions etc. 👍