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Chat & DMsStarting a Chat

Starting a Chat

Every conversation on Nuts, direct or group, starts from the same place: the New button at the top of your chats list.

  1. Open Chats.
  2. Tap New (the button with the plus icon) in the top corner.
  3. In the sheet that opens, stay on the Direct tab.
  4. Type a name or @handle into the search field. Results appear as you type.
  5. Tap the person you want to message.

Nuts doesn’t drop you straight into a blank conversation. Instead, it asks you to confirm:

Send a message request? You won’t be able to chat until they accept it on their side.

Tap Send request to continue, or Cancel to back out. This confirmation appears every time you start a new direct chat with someone, not just with strangers — it’s how Nuts keeps your inbox free of messages you didn’t ask for.

What happens after you send a request

Once you tap Send request, Nuts opens the conversation and drops in your first message. From here:

  • While the request is pending, you’ll see a note in the chat: “Please wait until [name] accepts your message request.” You can keep typing, but the other person won’t see your messages arrive as a normal chat until they respond.
  • If they accept, the conversation opens up and you can chat normally from then on.
  • If they decline, you’ll see a banner letting you know: “[name] declined your message request.”

On the recipient’s side, a pending request shows up as a prompt in the conversation — “[name] wants to message you” — with Accept and Decline buttons. Declining doesn’t block the sender; if they change their mind later, the recipient can still open the request and tap Accept now.

The chats list

Every conversation you’ve started or accepted lives in your Chats tab, sorted by most recent activity. Tap any conversation to open it and pick up where you left off.

On the web

The flow is the same: click New in the chats list, search by name or handle, pick a person, and confirm the message request. The web app additionally has a dedicated Requests tab alongside your chats list, where pending requests are collected in one place with Accept / Reject buttons — useful if you’d rather review requests in bulk instead of opening each conversation individually. The Nuts app surfaces the same requests inline inside each conversation rather than in a separate tab.

OverviewGroup Chats