# Problems changing the minimum trust level (PMs and Flags)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-changing-the-minimum-trust-level-pms-and-flags/172627>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-changing-the-minimum-trust-level-pms-and-flags/172627 "2020-12-08T12:14:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-changing-the-minimum-trust-level-pms-and-flags/172627/13 "2023-03-29T13:46:57Z")

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> [@rahim123](#):
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> Have you considered trying to submit this as a PR to the upstream Discourse app to share the maintenance burden?

I developed the plugin 6 years ago. There has been no interest expressed, though I haven’t asked explicitly.

> [@rahim123](#):
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> It’s really quite a major limitation of Discourse that admins have to chose between allowing PMs for untrusted user groups

I’m a little surprised that there hasn’t been more interest in such a feature, but it’s only been in recent weeks that I’ve noticed anyone else using it, perhaps because it worked before now.

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