This appears to be something that is completely overlooked.
If I have my settings to "Allow Private Messages from" and then "Everyone" that appears to allow people to message me, but if they do not have the same setting, and we're not friends, then as a user I cannot message them back.
It is entirely one way?
This means that if someone messages me, they're not notified that I cannot message them back, I then cannot reply to them, I have to know that I go to their profile and click 'connect' and add as a friend or follow and somehow determine that should be my next action.
This is not a good user journey.
When I set 'Allow private messages from anyone' that tells me that I should also be able to reply to their messages, too, regardless of their setting - they have reached out with a message which should set a temporary 'allow' for that message thread for a back and forth.
But it doesn't? Unless you're an administrator?
Am I missing something here? This is frustrating our users and impeding messaging between them.
