# Now I've got Chat 💬 what do I do with Personal Messages?

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/now-ive-got-chat-what-do-i-do-with-personal-messages/238838 "2022-09-13T01:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![debryc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/debryc/32/101652_2.png) [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/now-ive-got-chat-what-do-i-do-with-personal-messages/238838/27 "2022-12-02T19:22:40Z")

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I continue to prefer Direct Messages. It’s consistent with other common platforms like Slack and Discord. Also, I noticed that in Customize Text, the code calls it direct messages! “Send me a DM” is also super clear terminology.

 ![Screenshot of search results for "Personal chat" when in Customize > Text](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/c/6/ac60825f294eee95353339e474bb1378b1c52be7.png)

The complication for Discourse is that Messages has been used for topic like / email like posts between individuals.

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