# Display MESSAGES rather than MEMBERS by default for groups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-messages-rather-than-members-by-default-for-groups/135052>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [December 4, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-messages-rather-than-members-by-default-for-groups/135052 "2019-12-04T11:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-messages-rather-than-members-by-default-for-groups/135052/4 "2019-12-04T14:26:49Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> There are no messages on a group.

That’s not true. If enabled, (allowed) users can send messages to a group. Those messages / topics will be shown in the “messages” tab on the group page.

> [@davidleonalex](#):
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> If a user wants to create a new group

Remember that Discourse is not a social network. Users can’t create groups. Only admins can.

As @pfaffman said, groups are merely a collection of users. They are often used to control access to categories. But, like I said, they can also receive messages.

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As for the question in OP, when users are members of some groups, they will see all the messages sent to all their group in [their messages](https://meta.discourse.org/my/messages).

As an example, here’s what I see here on meta where I’m a member of both `support` and `team` groups

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/7/c7c89808d4862afafdb20837188a495e62fd4b01.png)

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