So many ideas get posted every hour so i doubt anyone will ever read or comment on this but if you do, ty
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Not sure how many times a private messaging system between players has been suggested by now, but its not on the list of "Ruled out ideas" so i'm presuming its still on the table, just needs some additions about practicality

I'll try to keep this brief:
The benefits should be obvious allowing greater communication between players both within and out-with clan, I know the top clans will have forums etc. and will all have ways to talk to each other privately but huge majority of players do not have this. i.e. this is not a necessity to play but it would be a nice addition

I presume the main limitation as to why this has not been implemented has been a combination of potential abuse of players as well as further abuse of a required report button which is already extremely over used, my potential solutions to this:
1) clear simple obvious rules: no abuse, no swearing, no advertisement, no harassment, no critiquing other players bases, no mocking failed attacks, no provoking, no deliberately trying to start an argument, basically a "be responsible policy"
2) It should be easy and quick to determine what breaks rules and what doesnt, after that a simple punishment of 1 month ban from messaging and the player you abused automatically blocks the abuser unless they undo the block, this punishment should be enough of a deterrent to discourage abuse, as well as preventing repetition, and should be non-permanent enough that it wont have that much impact on a players playing meaning the ban can be implemented without much fuss
3) if a player gets 3 bans in the space of 6 months they are banned from posting messages for 6-12 months, i.e. if you cant use it responsibly then you dont get to use it at all.
4) players are only allowed one report per day to prevent over-reporting, yes if a group wants to abuse the same person then that person is in a bad place but instances of this should be very isolated

2nd limitation, limited memory space for the messages
1) allow one player to send 1 private message every 15 minutes
2) the message only stays in inbox for 2 days after its been read or 7days max (those numbers are arbitrary as an example of what could reduce the strain on any memory limit)
3) same character limit there is for short clan messages

additional suggestion have a 2 month trial period of this system to see if its manageable, if abuse is widespread so much it has to removed at least it will have been finally been tested and proven and it can stop lingering in the background, CoC is probably the largest online game for mobile gaming, private messaging is a basic function all online games have, online games need communication, I'm not naive enough to think that i've solved trolling and someone at supercell will suddenly go "brilliant ideas lets do this" im just hoping that by adding my voice to this suggestion sooner or later this will happen.
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unimportant p.s. yes this is my first post on the forum if anyone wants to complain i have no right to comment because im new im not, im a level 93 th9 player who's farmed 353mil gold thats not me bragging cause i know its not much to brag about in grand scheme of things its just me proving ive experienced the game thoroughly, just never posted on forum before