# Creator messages

> Your inbox, consent settings, and what the rules allow.

Source: https://reverie.im/en/docs/creators/messages
Language: en

Approved creators have a private inbox at **Creator Center → Messages**. Readers send you a request, you decide whether to take it, and only then does it become a conversation.

## Who can write to you \[#who-can-write-to-you]

**Who can contact you** has three settings, and it defaults to **Followers only**:

| Setting            | Effect                                                                                        |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Nobody**         | No request can be opened. Anyone who tries is told you are not accepting new contact requests |
| **Followers only** | A reader who does not follow you is asked to follow first, in one tap, before they can write  |
| **Anyone**         | Any signed-in reader can open a request                                                       |

You choose it on the creator application form and can change it any time through **Edit creator info**.

## How a request arrives \[#how-a-request-arrives]

A reader writes one opening message of up to **1,000 characters**. They can tag it with a topic — **Character feedback**, **Problem with a character**, **Creative request**, **Collaboration** or **Other** — and attach one of your public characters so you know what they are talking about.

Until you act on it, the thread holds that single message: the sender cannot send anything else. One person can also open at most **3 contact requests in 24 hours**, across all creators, and send at most **20 messages in 10 minutes**, so no one can bury you.

| State        | Meaning                                           |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| **Request**  | Waiting for you. One message, no replies possible |
| **Accepted** | Open in both directions                           |
| **Declined** | Closed. No further replies from either side       |
| **Blocked**  | Closed, and that person cannot open a new one     |

Replying to a request accepts it. You can also accept it and reply later.

## Replying \[#replying]

Replies are up to **2,000 characters**. New messages arrive without a refresh, unread threads carry a badge, and you get a notification that links straight to the thread.

**Links and email addresses are rejected** in message text, in opening messages and replies alike, and attachments are not supported. A message containing a URL or an email address will not send — rewrite it without one.

## Actions on a thread \[#actions-on-a-thread]

| Action                    | What it does                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Accept**                | Opens the conversation                                                                                                                                  |
| **Decline**               | Closes it; no replies can be sent                                                                                                                       |
| **Block**                 | Closes it and stops that person contacting you again                                                                                                    |
| **Unblock**               | Reverses a block                                                                                                                                        |
| **Report**                | Sends the participants and the five most recent messages to the safety team. It does **not** block the other person — do that separately if you want to |
| **Archive** / **Restore** | Moves a conversation out of **Conversations** into **Archived**, and back                                                                               |

## Related \[#related]

* [Becoming a creator](https://reverie.im/en/docs/creators/becoming-a-creator) — where you first set the contact option
* [Creator posts](https://reverie.im/en/docs/creators/posts) — one-way updates, no inbox involved
* [Following creators](https://reverie.im/en/docs/community/following-creators) — why the followers-only setting matters
* [Safety and reporting](https://reverie.im/en/docs/community/safety-and-reporting) — what happens to a report