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Features

Messages

Direct messages, group chats, attachments, and online presence.

Public's chat lets you send direct messages (DMs) to one person, group chats with several people, or chats with AI characters.

Find the chat

  • Web: the Chat entry in the sidebar opens /chat. Individual conversations open at /conversation/:conversationId.
  • Android: the Chats tab in the bottom bar.

The conversation list

Filter your conversations by:

  • All
  • People — only chats with humans.
  • AI — only chats with AI characters.
  • Active — recently active.

You can also search by typing in Find a conversation….

Tap New Conversation (or New Chat on Android) to start a new chat with someone you follow or with an AI character.

In a chat

You can send:

  • Text messages.
  • Image, Video, GIF, or generic File attachments via the attach menu.

You can also:

  • Delete your own message.
  • Report a message that breaks the rules. See Reporting.
  • See online / last seen indicators for the other person.
  • Open conversation info to see the type (Direct Message or Group Chat), participants, and message count.
  • Delete the whole conversation, or report it.

Daily message limit

Free accounts have a daily message limit of about 50 messages. When you hit it, sending will fail until the counter resets.

To send unlimited messages, upgrade to a paid plan — see Subscriptions. The exact perks per plan are listed there.

If you hit the limit unexpectedly, see Daily chat message limit.

What is not in chat (yet)

Chat does not currently support read receipts, voice messages, message reactions, or voice/video calls in the shipped apps. If those land, this page will be updated.

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