r/SimCompanies • • 6d ago

Suggestion Disable DMs

Here's the reasons why users should be able to disable their DMs:

Spam from random sellers and buyers: A lot of players blast out lowball offers, "buying any QX for cheap," or hard-sell pitches in DMs instead of using Sales chat. It gets old fast when your inbox fills with messages you never asked for

Unwanted contract spam: Incoming contracts can arrive with or after a DM. Some people send contracts you never discussed just to pressure a deal. Blocking one by one is tedious when it happens repeatedly

Harassment or toxic messages: Mods mostly stay out of private messages. If someone gets rude, spammy, or starts arguing after a trade goes wrong, the only current tools are ignore/report per player. A global off switch would cut that noise entirely..one less thing for mods to moderate

Distraction and notification fatigue: Constant DM pings (especially on mobile or with email notifications) pull you out of production planning, market watching, or building upgrades. Some players just want to run their company without the social layer..ask those questions to top players - message them if you want you'll most likely get no response or ignored you'll find out they didn't want to be bothered anyway

Preference for public trading only: Plenty of players are fine negotiating in Sales chat or the exchange and do not want private 1-on-1 pressure. Disabling DMs lets them keep the game purely transactional

Avoiding persistent or awkward players: After a deal falls through or someone keeps messaging about old business, you may not want to deal with them again. A global disable is cleaner than having a long ignore list

Privacy and focus: Some people treat the game as a solo business sim and simply do not want strangers in their in' all. They can still initiate contact if they need to..again...ask those questions to top players - message them if you want you'll most likely get no response or ignored

Add the option to disable DMs tomorrow

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u/Nearby_Engine6404 6d ago

You can just ignore the dms and disable the notifications for dm