# Split into two settings: "Who can message and @mention this group?"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-into-two-settings-who-can-message-and-mention-this-group/41203>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [17 Marzo, 2016 15:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-into-two-settings-who-can-message-and-mention-this-group/41203 "2016-03-17T15:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [4 Marzo, 2017 19:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-into-two-settings-who-can-message-and-mention-this-group/41203/2 "2017-03-04T19:58:39Z")

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Is this #pr-welcome material?

I would like to make groups mentionable, but not message-able as we’d like to really encourage all activity on Discourse to take place in topics.

I’m a little weary of just trying things out as currently implemented because it may be harder to “take away” the feature from groups later if we open it up, because… loss aversion and what not.

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@tobiaseigen what are your thoughts about this feature ~ 1year later?

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