# 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:** [10 Junho , 2017 01:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277 "2017-06-10T01:23:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [10 Junho , 2017 02:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlimited-amount-of-replies-in-a-private-message/64277/5 "2017-06-10T02:12:59Z")

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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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