# Warning/notice that you're sending messages just to yourself

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-notice-that-youre-sending-messages-just-to-yourself/48112
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2016 年8 月 2 日 11:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-notice-that-youre-sending-messages-just-to-yourself/48112 "2016-08-02T11:15:05Z")
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### Author: ![carlokok](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/carlokok/32/115951_2.png) [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)
#### Post date: [2016 年8 月 2 日 11:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-notice-that-youre-sending-messages-just-to-yourself/48112/1 "2016-08-02T11:15:06Z")

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Hi,

just an idea for discussion:  
would a notice/warning for sending a private message just to yourself be appropriate?

we’ve had users send messages to themselves and wondering why they don’t get a response (from the profile page it looks like that’s how you start a new message).

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