Sending a message
Opening a conversation and understanding a message's states.
The person's profile → the "Message" button
You don't message someone from the Messages tab
The Messages tab shows conversations that are already open — it has no "new message" button. To write to someone for the first time, you go to their profile and tap "Message".
The search bar inside the Messages tab only searches your own conversations.
The Messages tab carries two tabs at the top: "Chats" and "Requests". See Message requests.
A message's states
Under each message you send, a word says where it has got to.
| Label | What it means |
|---|---|
| Sending… | It's on its way |
| Sent | It has left your phone |
| Delivered | It has arrived |
| Seen | It has been read |
| Failed | It didn't go out |
The screen also shows "Typing…" when the other person is writing.
With no network, nothing is lost
The message is queued
A message written without a connection isn't lost: it's kept and goes out on its own when the network returns. You don't have to rewrite it.
If the input field has disappeared
Three possible reasons, and each is explained on screen:
- the conversation is frozen by a block — see Blocking someone;
- you're on a page whose role doesn't allow replying to messages — see Roles and permissions;
- a penalty has taken away message sending — see Appealing a penalty.
A sent message can't be taken back
There is no deleting and no editing of a message already sent. No recovery gesture exists in the app: what's sent is sent.
On a page, the inbox is shared
A page's whole team reads the same inbox, and unread messages are counted for the page, not for each member. A message already opened by somebody else won't show as unread for you.
Updated on September 14, 2026
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