Community tab user to user communication idea

2026-09-24 -16:46

Hi People,

Peeps - Since the community tab does not currently allow for user to user direct messaging and mentions, I figured that one way to get around the absence of these features would be set up a post "DM post" at each channels or one channel. This way if a user wants to get in touch with another user from another post, reply or to network with, then they would be able to click onto that users profile, find their "DM Post" or pseudo-inbox and reply to it to grab their attention. The receiving user would have to have notifications for their "DM Post" on and most likely have to chat within a 5 minute timeframe from the ping so if another user pings at the same time or during a conversation, the chronological order of the conversation is preserved. They could also make a new post, copying and pasting a reply to the "DM Post" to get the 1 to 1 or even group conversation started.

Devs - Would the channels be able to handle this traffic? Its using the same infrastructure to post content and reply/share comments but at faster rates. The lengths of conversations are probably comparable to the traction popular posts get. A note to make is to make a "Networking" channel so traffic between users doesn't muddle the subjects of discussion of the other channels.

Let me know what you all think.

Cheers,

LRM