literally been on TCF not even a year and i'm at triple the new limit. this is really disappointing for me as i don't have other means of connecting with friends at the moment. i think the 5-member limit is fair but the message limit seems a bit much, and i would go as far as saying unnecessary.
Sorry for it inconveniencing you but as we've said many times already it was unintended for users to use conversations
quite as heavily as yourself and others have. Its absolutely fine to chat privately with friends but using it as essentially an instant-messenger (like discord) substitute is a no-go.
The good thing is, it's not like your friends have went anywhere. You can figure things out with them, if other options aren't available then you can talk with them and others in a thread and simply tone down the private chat significantly - You absolutely still can talk to your friends in private, but in a more limited capacity.
and as it seems someone else already pointed out, if private chats are being hounded for not being used in their intended way, then i have a feeling we may be experiencing changes in the roleplay forums too. even though i'm no longer excessively active on here i don't think these changes are good changes; it's clear a large portion of users (or at least the active ones) are unhappy with this change and i think it'd be for the better if it was reverted or at the very least minimised in its effects.
I'm not sure what you mean, I can confirm that absolutely no chat concerning limiting the roleplay section has taken place so I'm at a complete loss as to why people think that we're going to make changes? If you've got concerns, i'll gladly answer them.
Unit One and myself have been active in providing answers here regarding our logic behind this decision and why we made it, while I can certainly repeat myself its best that you find those posts and give them a read.
However I will say it clearly that we have no plans to revert this, the limit will remain in place however the table is still open to discuss potential changes that could be made.
We didn't expect users to be happy about this, nobody would when something they used actively is limited and the unrest is completely expected. We can only apologise, but it was something we deemed necessary to do.