# Adding Friends in Discourse?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-friends-in-discourse/159727>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-friends-in-discourse/159727 "2020-08-03T23:46:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![AntiMetaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/antimetaman/32/186978_2.png) [@AntiMetaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AntiMetaman)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-friends-in-discourse/159727/1 "2020-08-03T23:46:48Z")

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One of the basic functions from standard forums is the ability to add friends or user accounts. While we can usually PM anyone on Discourse, the usefulness of this is to be able to quickly go into one’s “Messages” in the user profile and select from the dropdown menu the “To” user account a list of names that we know.

Currently, we type the name of the user here:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/4/64d016eef69be19182d5ec21a94f5a22d5e48950.png)

If such a feature already exists in Discourse, let me know since I’m still new.

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