# Message button missing from user card

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943 "2022-08-23T08:26:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AlanM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AlanM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlanM)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943/1 "2022-08-23T08:26:19Z")

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I have been setup as an admin on a new forum but I notice that my user card does not show the blue Message button that other admins and users have on their user cards.

How can I enable the blue Message button on my user card?

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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943/2 "2022-08-23T08:26:49Z")

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Yes, there is no message button on your own User Card because what would be the point of messaging yourself?

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**Author:** ![AlanM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AlanM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlanM)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943/3 "2022-08-23T08:51:54Z")

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Of course - my apologies for being stupid. Still building my familiarity with the site and had not realised. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943/4 "2022-08-23T09:06:34Z")

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No apology necessary.

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**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943/5 "2022-08-23T10:07:44Z")

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Because the issue is solved… there is actually one situation: when using messages as draft-system 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-button-missing-from-user-card/236943/6 "2022-09-22T10:08:03Z")

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