In plain English
This term is about the sender's relationship to the person receiving a direct message. The sender has not yet been approved by the recipient. Because of that unapproved status, the message is treated as a message request.
In context
In this inbox label, "message request" indicates a direct message from a sender the recipient has not yet approved.
- Situation
- Using messages, follows, connections, groups, communities, and interaction controls
- What it communicates
- Names the inbox area or item for messages from people not yet accepted as contacts or followers.
Meaning limits
It identifies the message by the sender's approval status, not by the message's topic or intent.
Examples
“Since she had never approved him, his direct message arrived as a message request.”
“Her first note from the new neighbour sat in message requests until she recognized the name.”