forum What to I do if I want a chat group with my friends but they don't show up when I'm typing their names?

Started December 25, 2018 by @CopperQueen

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I want to have a group chat but when I'm typing my friends names in they don't show up.
How do I make them show up so I an invite them to my group chat/tag them?

To add people to a chat, they need to have usernames, not just profile names. If you look at my name above this post, you’ll see it starts with an @ - that means it’s my username. Above your post I see your name displayed as “Ann Copper”: as there’s no @, I know that you haven’t set a username for yourself. You can do that here.

If your friends don’t have usernames, they will need to set them up before you can add them to a group chat. Try to only use letters and numbers in your usernames as spaces and some kinds of punctuation can sometimes cause glitches in the messaging system.

Here are some links to a couple of tutorials if you need more help:
Set or Edit Your Username via the Header Bar
Start a Private Discussion via the Inbox

Thanks!