# Ability to set a topic reminder for someone else?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2017年十二月19日 15:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430 "2017-12-19T15:18:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 15:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430/1 "2017-12-19T15:18:59Z")
I just came across a situation where I wanted to be able to set a topic reminder for another moderator and was unable to do so. I realize this is likely to be be abused by delegation happy admins but I still think it might be worth considering. A group of us share moderator/membership management duties and it would be helpful to assign a message to someone else and set a topic reminder at the same time.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 16:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430/2 "2017-12-19T16:13:50Z")
Workaround: impersonate the user and set the reminder 😉
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 17:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430/3 "2017-12-19T17:17:19Z")
Yeah, or in this one off case just tell the person to do it themselves and make sure they do it. 🙂
But when delegating follow up to each other it would be nice to assign and set the reminder at the same time.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 23:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430/4 "2017-12-19T23:46:05Z")
How is this materially different from using the assignment plugin and assigning the topic to that person? Seems identical to me.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月20日 03:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430/5 "2017-12-20T03:55:11Z")
The difference is that there is no topic reminder set. What we end up doing is assigning the message/topic to someone and writing a whisper with the request to follow up at a later date. This is not a major problem and in fact gives more flexibility to the person being given the task, but at times I miss the ability to set a specific date for follow-up while assigning.