I think it would be a good idea to add a separate setting to disable direct chat messages - I am forever having to ask people to PM me instead as it’s easier for me to refer back to and keep track of conversations that way. Pretty sure admin and mod team members of other forums might feel similarly.
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A discussion is underway about adding a separate setting to disable direct chat messages, while still allowing private messages (PMs). AstonJ initiated the conversation, explaining that they prefer to keep track of conversations through PMs. However, the current settings either disable chat entirely or both direct chat messages and PMs together (Lilly and Firepup650). AstonJ and Firepup650 pointed out that these settings do not meet their needs. JammyDodger noted that a similar discussion exists in another topic, Add option to disable user-user chat, and suggested having separate options for direct chat messages and PMs.
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is this what you are looking for? - in your preferences - chat settings tab
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I think that disables chat completely? If so, no (just want to disable direct chat messages - DMs).
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I would point to this:
but that turns off PMs too.
Hence the purpose of this thread - to have a separate setting 
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I think there’s also some discussion for this in this topic Add Option to Disable User-User Chat
FWIW I think separate options for each would be a good idea.
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