# Unlimited amount of replies in a private message
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 10, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277 "2017-06-10T01:23:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Aussie\_Wombat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aussie_Wombat)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/1 "2017-06-10T01:23:48Z")
Hey there! I was wondering would there be a possibility of adding an “unlimited reply” for private messages?
Because over in the Infinite Flight Community (which runs through discourse) all us Aussies have a private chat and it will keep ending so we have to invite everyone in again - that can get pretty annoying
So just as a little feature it would be great to have this as a feature
-Wombat
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/2 "2017-06-10T01:31:15Z")
Private messages were previously unlimited - they were capped for performance reasons.
You may want to consider asking the Infinite Flight admins to make you a group private category.
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### Author:  [@Aussie\_Wombat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aussie_Wombat)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/3 "2017-06-10T01:42:54Z")
Thanks for the reply,
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> make you a group private category
That sounds interesting! I’ll try it.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/4 "2017-06-10T01:44:09Z")
Yes, the PM post limit is within the control of Discourse, group creation is not.
Edit: and now this reply makes no sense due to your ninja edit. Good luck with the private category request!
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/5 "2017-06-10T02:12:59Z")
Discourse isn’t designed as a “chat” system, so yeah, if you’re using it like that you’ll end up bumping into limitations like the one you’ve found. As @jomaxro said, the cap was put in place because gigantic topics (public or private) cause performance problems, because Discourse wasn’t designed for huge topics, because they’re generally not discussion.
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### Author:  [@Aussie\_Wombat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aussie_Wombat)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/6 "2017-06-10T02:45:26Z")
Ok, thanks everyone!
I’ll follow your advices 😉
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/7 "2017-06-10T11:26:21Z")
You might also look at plugins that provide chat functionality.