Social networks, no matter what they say about them, are an excellent means of communication. They allow you to connect not only with friends, but also with other people outside your personal circle of acquaintances. To do this, you can use any device: mobile phone, computer, laptop, tablet and even new TVs with an operating system. The most popular social network in the Russian segment of the Internet is VKontakte. The main means of communication here is regular messages. But sometimes users encounter the following notification: sending messages is limited. You can find out what this means in VK by reading this article.
What does this notification mean in VK?
Sending messages is limited - this is a new notification in VK, which indicates that the user is using a restriction on the number of people who can send him a message. The option can also be considered as a kind of anti-spam protection. If you are not sending advertising, then the most likely reason seems to be a restriction on the part of the recipient. He could change the profile settings, prohibiting messages from both specific individuals and various groups from being sent to him. Don't forget about the Black List, where users regularly send each other during a quarrel.
Why does the question about the drug limit arise?
For some people, VKontakte is not just a place for communication and free time, but also a platform for promoting their goods or services. Often, promotion on VK involves performing the same type of actions, including sending messages. And too active implementation of these actions is not very popular with the site administration. That is why all these limits were introduced.
And even despite the fact that the system does not allow you to perform more than a certain number of actions per day, daily fulfillment of the permitted “norm” may arouse suspicion from the site administration. Knowing the limits will allow you to perform 3-5 actions less than allowed by the social network, which, in turn, will allow you to avoid blocking or freezing your VK profile. Read about what to do if messages on VK are blocked in the corresponding article.
Reasons for limiting sending messages to VK
There are several reasons, here are the most popular ones, due to which an error may occur when sending:
- A user blacklisting your account (you were banned) is the most common reason; — The recipient limits the circle of people who can send him a message - most often limited to friends; — VK restrictions on sending due to suspicion of spam sending - such blocking is included by social network algorithms; — Possible failure on the server - yes, this also happens.
Here are a few additional restrictions that may cause an alert:
— the maximum number of SMS to users who are not on the “Friends” list is 20/day; — limit on requests to be added to “Friends” – 50/day; - when quickly sending to one or several users - up to 10 messages.
It is worth noting that for the mobile platform some restrictions may be more stringent. For smartphones, the maximum number of “quick” messages only sometimes reaches 10. If you send frequently, the likelihood of blocking directly depends on the text size, speed and your device. The ban will be lifted when the user responds to messages or after a certain period of time. A repeated block will have a longer "cooling down" period.
Restricting access to your data using privacy settings
Another option for hiding information from one person or group of people is to edit your profile. To do this, go again to the main menu, hidden under your thumbnail in the upper right corner of the site. Go to settings, section “Privacy”.
Here you can change the visibility of profile data from personal information to groups, photos, comments. It also sets restrictions on the actions of guests on your page. You can limit the number of visitors who can send you messages.
If the person you want to block is not among your friends, then she sees your account in the same way as any stranger who comes to visit. To find out what your profile looks like from the outside, below the list of privacy settings, click on the line “see how other users see your page.”
If you want to work through your profile in detail, in a separate article we have compiled step-by-step instructions for setting up VKontakte.
What to do if you are in an emergency or limited by settings?
Although it has become impossible to send personal SMS to the user, it is still possible to contact him in other ways.
Please note that the list of actions in case of restrictions on the part of the user is much longer than in case of an emergency. There are several basic ways to bypass the blocking. 1) Send a friend request. After sending the application, you need to click the same button again and select “Write a message” in the menu that appears. Thus, your message will go along with the friend request. Please note that if the user responds, but without confirming the friend request, you will be able to communicate with the person for no more than 24 hours.
2)
Write to the user’s relatives and friends and ask them to forward your message.
3)
The most effective method is to attach a message to a gift.
If you wish, you can hide the text from strangers. 4)
Ask a person who is on the user’s friends list to create a general conversation.
This is almost the only opportunity to directly contact the person with whom you are in emergency. 5)
Use alternative communication channels, which are often publicly available. Phone number, Twitter, Instagram and other social networks will help you quickly contact the user.
6)
Perhaps the limit was set by a person unconsciously. Therefore, use the above methods to convey this information to him. Let him check in “Settings” - “Privacy” - “Contact me” who has the right to leave him messages.
Can the restriction occur by mistake? Yes, the possibility of a failure on the VK server also cannot be ruled out. The restriction on sending in this case can be solved by changing the platform (from mobile to PC and vice versa), waiting, or contacting support.
How many messages can you send on VKontakte?
If we are talking about sending PMs to friends, then there are no restrictions. Communicate for health. Limitations you should be aware of in this case:
- The maximum possible number of attachments (videos, photographs, audio recordings, documents) in one message is 10;
- The maximum message length is 4096 characters (including spaces);
- The maximum number of dialogues is 500;
- The maximum number of participants in one conversation is 500 people.
I think most of you have encountered only the first point. This restriction can be easily circumvented by sending a new DM. The remaining limits are not so scary, since they are reached extremely rarely.
If we are talking about users who are not your friends, then there is a more tangible limitation. If you start actively sending messages to people not from your friends list, then after a while you will encounter such an error appearing in the left corner of the site.
So how many messages can you send on VKontakte to non-friends? After carrying out simple calculations, you can come to the conclusion that the daily limit for sending messages to people who are not friends is 20 pieces.
Let's sum it up
Now you know what the “Sending messages limited” blocking in VK means and how you can bypass it.
However, you need to consider the possibility that the user actually wants to stop communicating: temporarily or permanently. It is not recommended to use workarounds in this case. After all, threats, insults, spam, fraud and other negative aspects of communication can not only become the reason for permanent blocking of the page, but also an appeal to law enforcement agencies. By the way, about malicious violators and spam. The support service also has its own limitations that do not allow inappropriate individuals to send messages frequently. As you can see, the employees have not forgotten about themselves.
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How do I unfriend (unfollow) someone who blocked me?
Indeed, if you and this person were friends on VK, and then he blocked you (restricted access), then you remain subscribed to him. How to remove yourself from subscribers and stop seeing his news?
There is nothing complicated:
- Go to "My Friends".
- Open "Outgoing Requests".
- Find this person.
- Click the “Cancel request and unsubscribe” button.
That’s it, this person won’t remind you of himself in any way. If you still can’t find where this button is, open your applications page using this link: Outgoing applications.
You can also unsubscribe from a person through your VKontakte page by clicking on “Interesting Pages” and then “Unsubscribe” next to the person you no longer need.
Method-3: CONTACT USER THROUGH GROUP DIALOGUES
Perhaps the best way to contact the user is to use group dialogues. It is necessary for one of your mutual friends to create a dialogue in which they would add both of you, after which you can correspond with each other.
If you need to contact a person whose personal messages are closed and you don’t know any of his friends, you can try to find a friend of his whose personal messages are open. Contact such a friend and describe the situation to him. Ask him to add a person to your dialogue with whom you need to talk.
Block a person
interlocutor on VKontakte (put on the emergency list, blacklist) means making sure that he:
Use this function carefully and only as a last resort, when someone has really annoyed you, because sometimes you can block someone and forget about it. And you can accidentally block a friend - undoubtedly, he will be at a loss.
And also keep in mind that a blocked person can create a new VK page to try to get in touch with you again. Then you will have to block this page, and in especially severe cases, complain about the person to the VKontakte administration.
You can see everyone you've ever blocked. Click “My Settings” and then select the “Black List” tab - all the people you have blocked will be there. By the way, you can block someone there without going to their page:
How to block someone who blocked me (blacklist by name)
Go to his page in the full version of VK, it will say “...restricted access to his page”
. In the left column, click
"Actions",
a menu will open, then
“Block.”
There is another way - you can add him to your blacklist by name or by link to the page.
This is a softer locking option and more versatile. You can allow only friends to view your page, for example,
then strangers will not be able to watch it. In addition, you can prohibit writing messages to everyone except friends or a certain circle of people. The convenience here is that you don’t have to specifically choose who you want to block—you just need to determine who you want to communicate with.
- If you have an unwanted person in your friends list, remove him from there:
- Click “My Friends” and find this person on the list.
- Click "Unfriend".
- Click “My Settings”
and select the
“Privacy” tab. - Find the title "My Page". Just below, opposite “Who can see the basic information of my page,”
select
“Only friends.” - Find the heading “Contact Me.” Below, opposite “Who can write me private messages,”
select
“Only friends.” - If you want, look at other items on this page and also leave access there only for friends.
- All! The settings are saved.
Clue
On the “Privacy” tab, you can select the access option not “Only friends”, but “Everyone except...” and manually specify a person who should not see the page or write messages to you.
Important!
If you have private messages closed from strangers, do not forget about it and do not invite anyone to write to you in a personal message - they will not succeed. A lot of VKontakte communication takes place through personal messages, so you should think again about whether it’s worth depriving people of the opportunity to write to you. After all, it may happen that someone really needs to contact you, but he will not be able to do this.
On a note:
even if you closed your personal message from strangers, the people with whom you corresponded before,
within a week
will be able to send you messages to an already started dialogue.
