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Those are called Herald PMs and they're sent to give the rules so new posters to a specific forum either understand the etiquette or can't claim they were never told about the etiquette.
Not every forum has a Herald, but for the ones that do, the PMs can't be turned off.
And if you find them annoying, try being a Herald. It's a pretty easy job in and of itself, but the amount of automatic PMs you're always sending is insane and take up a lot of inbox space. And if they could just be turned off by other posters, I've no idea how it would even affect my own inbox.
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Can't they just post the rules in some locked thread or just follow the normal TV Tropes rules?
It's more complicated than that. People don't read rules threads- so we need to get to them directly.
In either case, this is a discussion better suited for ATT or Wiki Talk.
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Well, how do you know people read this shit? A lot of people might just say "ugh another one of these" or maybe even completely ignore it.
Sure, but they can't claim afterward they weren't informed of the rules and etiquette. Also as a herald myself, numerous people have responded to the PM I sent.
And again, not the place for this.
Edited by WarJay77 Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
The point of the herald is to proactively engage tropers of a subforum's atmosphere and expectations - turning it off would rather contradict the whole point. Besides, even if you find it annoying, there is a hard cap on it. We don't have infinite subforums.
One thing that's kind of annoying is when auto P Ms are given every time I post in a new forum. Is it really necessary?
Edited by MisterSnuffy