# Is it possible to private message another user on the Julia Discourse?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-private-message-another-user-on-the-julia-discourse/54217>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-private-message-another-user-on-the-julia-discourse/54217 "2021-01-29T19:21:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-private-message-another-user-on-the-julia-discourse/54217/1 "2021-01-29T19:21:44Z")

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Quick question: Is it possible to private message another user on the Julia Discourse? I couldn’t find a button for it but it might be because I haven’t posted enough?

[(Original message :slack:)](https://julialang.slack.com/archives/C6A044SQH/p1611947449131400?thread_ts=1611947449.131400&cid=C6A044SQH)

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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-private-message-another-user-on-the-julia-discourse/54217/2 "2021-01-29T19:28:00Z")

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When you click on your avatar, you will get the (envelope) button:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/5/45bcce5d1400eece4415367083c751681b6e205f.png)

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**Author:** ![kimlaberinto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kimlaberinto/32/21534_2.png) [@kimlaberinto](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kimlaberinto)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-private-message-another-user-on-the-julia-discourse/54217/3 "2021-01-29T19:41:09Z")

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I was able to find the answer on Slack! Thank you to everyone for the help.

It seems like I didn’t have the “Basic” trust level badge on the Discourse yet. I mostly read the Julia Discourse without logging in so I guess I didn’t have enough “reading time” yet on the forum. But now I do! Once I read a few more topics while logged in it gave me the “Basic” trust level badge.

I can now see the “Message” button when I click on my profile or other people’s profiles.

Thank you to @Valentin and @giordano on Slack! Thank you to @PetrKryslUCSD as well!

EDIT: Link to the badges: [JuliaLang](https://discourse.julialang.org/badges)