@bingst Ha! Now that I see that I remember there used to be colors in chat according to levels - everyone had a background color behind their text.

That's what it is!

But perhaps it works in chat? Yup I think it's for Chat rooms - I just logged in to a chatroom with K - this is what we saw with it turned on Of course in the higher levels of membership the colors are very similar - so it's hard to see. I think it's with lower level members that the color variation is more interesting.

You can see the screen behind my text is slightly darker than hers.

I appreciate y'all trying to help. thanks for your time.

Are you in Messages when you see that? Ah apparently that's where I see it.

IDK but mine is slid to the right.
And I'm open to receiving messages.

It might indicate something you chose in your settings?
Like whether you allow all other members to contact you.
If it's slid to the left I'm guessing something might be turned off.

Click on the Gear Icon in the top bar - than on the Alerts/Settings tab. Just below you'll see the settings for your message box.

See if you might have certain functions turned off.

I could be wrong btw.