Right now it looks like it defaults to friends only, but I don't think our users will use that functionality. How to change the default? (p.s. thanks for quick responses y'all, this community has been very helpful!)
Right now it looks like it defaults to friends only, but I don't think our users will use that functionality. How to change the default? (p.s. thanks for quick responses y'all, this community has been very helpful!)
Also - I have been able to message people on the site who have it set to only receive messages from friends... but we arn't friends. Why/How is that?
Hey, I have the same question. Thanks for asking!
Note: I did just find this thread that talks about changing user settings in bulk through REST APIs, but that's not as elegant a solution as I was hoping for and a little different that what you are asking as well. I'd like to see an option in this list:
Hi Tina,
There is no current way to change this default. It would need to be done using either a custom plugin which would update each user or you could do it by updating users via the REST Update Users API.
Anyone with the Site Manage Membership permission can contact anyone regardless of their "Allow private messages from" setting