If you're like me, you get irritated when players send you inbox messages asking to add them to your mafia. I've noticed of late that I've gotten a lot more of these than usual. I finally realized why this is happening and Mafia Wars players are not intentionally sending inbox messages. We often advice that you add a personal message to friend requests so the person will know you want to be their friend for the purpose of playing Mafia Wars. To do this, just click on "Add a personal message..." once you generate the request. Fill in your message in the box that opens up.
I think this has been going on for a while now but something was changed by Facebook so when a person adds a personal message to the friend request, the message also shows up in your inbox. You can see here I got two inbox messages from players wanting me to add them for Mafia Wars.
Here they both are on my pending friend request page and the messages are identical to the ones above. I feel this is a redundant and unnecessary feature from Facebook and there is no need for our inboxes to get cluttered with messages we will see on the request page.
I didn't see a setting to turn these types of inbox messages off. A work around would be to adjust your privacy setting so that non-friends can't send you messages. I would do this but too many players send me messages that contain information to help me make posts for this blog. Please comment if you know a better way to stop these unwanted and unnecessary messages,
Great Info,
ReplyDeletewas about to get pissed at the users doing twice posting, spamming my inbox...
so valued info, that i would post it on my Wall
NO NO facebook don't like you
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specially when it's FB that's are the spammer
And this is what you got from adding a personal message to your request :
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You have been blocked from sending messages because you repeatedly misused this feature. This block will last anywhere from a few hours to a few days. When you are allowed to reuse this feature, please proceed with caution. Further misuse may result in your account being permanently disabled. For further information, please visit our FAQ page.
Yes, FaceBook is also blocking most links from bit.ly again today, too. :(
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