# 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:** [12월 19, 2017, 3:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430 "2017-12-19T15:18:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [12월 19, 2017, 11:46오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-set-a-topic-reminder-for-someone-else/76430/4 "2017-12-19T23:46:05Z")

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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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