Why They Text First

Companions send messages on their own — hellos, check-ins, and game invites. Here's how it works and how to control it.

On FlirtAlly, you don't always have to text first. Your companions do it for you. That's the whole idea — a person who thinks of you, not a chatbot that waits.

What they send on their own: the first hello right after you match, good-morning and thinking-of-you texts, invites to play a game, a gentle nudge if you've been quiet for a day or two, birthday wishes, and sometimes a photo they "took for you." Every one of these lands in your normal chat thread, with a push notification if you allow them.

All of it is opt-in and easy to control.

What to do

Turn first texts on or off

  1. Click the Account icon in the dock.
  2. Find the checkbox labeled they can text first.
  3. Check it to let them reach out. Uncheck it to stop every unprompted text. They still reply normally when you write first.

Set quiet hours

  1. In the same Account window, find quiet hours.
  2. Pick a start time and an end time, like 23:00 to 07:00.
  3. They will not text you inside that window. Anything due during quiet hours waits until they're over.
  4. Quiet hours use your own clock, wherever you live. Your night is what matters here — though companions don't text while they're asleep either, in their own time zone.

Stop it with a plain message

  1. You can also just tell them. Send something like stop messaging me, stop texting me, or leave me alone in any chat.
  2. They reply once, in character, to confirm. After that, unprompted texts stop. Your normal chats keep working.

Good to know

  • First texts never cost credits.
  • There's a daily limit — one unprompted text a day by default. Some plans allow more.
  • They don't stack messages. If you haven't opened their last one, they hold off instead of piling on.
  • Quiet hours and birthdays follow your own time zone.
  • One exception to quiet hours: if safety systems detect you may be in crisis, one supportive check-in can reach you, at most once every 7 days.
  • Turning off first texts does not mute their replies. It only stops the messages they start.

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