# Personal message rate limit also limits "Something Else" flags

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-message-rate-limit-also-limits-something-else-flags/257002>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-message-rate-limit-also-limits-something-else-flags/257002 "2023-03-03T21:20:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![CedricS](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cedrics/32/493163_2.png) [@CedricS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CedricS)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-message-rate-limit-also-limits-something-else-flags/257002/6 "2026-02-24T09:39:55Z")

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Hello,  
I’m bringing this discussion back up. This feature is clearly interesting. In my case, I have disabled private messages because it is not a feature I wish to offer my users. But the impact is that they cannot report a post with “Something else.”

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