I’ve been a member of this community since 2016 and have used private messaging in the past to communicate with other community members. I can still view my old message history from those conversations. However, I’ve noticed that I no longer see any way to initiate new private messages: No “Messa…

Hi @Kirk_Masden , Yes private messaging is currently restricted to only Google staff members. I had also requested to reinitiate it for us community members. In that post the Google community management team had given their reasons for disallowing the DMs -mainly possible misuse. I had then given …

[image] Suvrutt_Gurjar: I will link that post here when I locate it. Thanks! I looked for posts on this topic but, to my surprise, couldn’t find any. I wonder if such discussion was in a section about the forum itself – which seems to have disappeared. :frowning:

Hi @Kirk_Masden , Here it is: [image] Image Upload is not saving to data source on mobile app only AppSheet Q&A Hi, I haven’t tested on iOS, will do and get back to you. Version is 17.3. Thanks play_button (attachments)

Interestingly, this forum has much tighter restrictions than the Firebase Studio form. There, I can see member profiles and send direct messages. Firebase Studio is also a Google product. So the restrictions we suffer are apparently not Google-wide. Attn @Andrew_B @Roderick @Michelle @Miqua @cschal…

Thanks! I found this: Limiting DMs was done urging of the legal/privacy teams to limit the potential for spam/abuse in user to user DMs. For a big company like Google and considering the danger of lawsuits, I guess I can see why this decision was made. Still, DM is important to the “community”…

I had requested at least a selective permission based on certain criteria such as aging of a community member in the community, her/ his track record in the community and measures such as a practical limit on number of daily , monthly messages, number of recipients allowed in a single DM message. I…

[image] Kirk_Masden: I’m asking because I’m setting up my own Discourse forum for educational purposes and trying to understand different approaches to community management. In connection with my own Discourse forum, I’ve been relying on a Discourse forum for Discourse forum hosts – appropria…

Has private messaging been disabled on this forum?

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Suvrutt_Gurjar February 7, 2026, 2:44pm 4

Hi @Kirk_Masden ,

Here it is:

Topic		Replies	Views
We can now send private messages to other Community members! Yeah! AppSheet Q&A other	9	500	March 6, 2026
Why are we not allowed to use direct messaging? Site Feedback	12	514	February 28, 2026
The Private message has gone after googlecloudcommunity to this platform Site Feedback	1	174	May 26, 2026

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